Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014

Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister, make the following order under sections 214E(1)(m) and 25(4) of the Local Government Act 1993 .

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

BRYAN GREEN

Minister for Local Government

PART 1 - Preliminary

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 .

2.   Commencement

This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Interpretation

(1)  The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if it were by-laws.

(2)  A word or expression used in this order and in the Local Government Act 1993 has the meaning it has in that Act.

PART 2 - Number of Councillors

4.   Number of councillors for Derwent Valley municipal area

The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Derwent Valley is 8 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.

5.   Number of councillors for Southern Midlands municipal area

The total number of persons to be elected as councillors in the municipal area of Southern Midlands is 7 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.

6.   Number of councillors for Waratah-Wynyard municipal area

The total number of persons to be elected as councillors in the municipal area of Waratah-Wynyard is 8 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.

PART 3 - Amendment of Local Government Act 1993

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 12 February 2014

This order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.