Glen Davis Act 1939
30Constitution of municipality
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30 Constitution of municipality
30 Constitution of municipality
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Local Government Act the Governor may, by proclamation published in the Gazette, declare that the whole or any part of any land theretofore acquired by the Minister under this Act, together with such other lands (if any) as the Governor may think fit, shall, as from a date appointed in the proclamation, be constituted as a municipality within the meaning of the Local Government Act.
The corporate name of such municipality shall be “The Council of the Municipality of Glen Davis”.
(2) The Governor may, in and by the proclamation, appoint an administrator of such municipality.
(3) The Governor may, by such proclamation, or by any subsequent proclamation made by him from time to time and published in the Gazette, declare that until the first election of aldermen of the municipality is held all or any of the provisions of the Local Government Act or of any other Act as specified in the proclamation, in so far as they apply to a municipality or to the council thereof or to the area of a municipality, shall not apply to or in respect of the municipality constituted under this section.
(4) Upon the date appointed in the proclamation under subsection one of this section:
(a) the lands so constituted a municipality shall cease to be a part of the Shire of Blaxland,
(b) the council of such shire shall be deemed to be the council of that shire as altered by the taking away of such lands, and
(c) no reconstitution of the council or the area of the Shire of Blaxland shall be necessary.
(5) An administrator appointed under this section shall have the powers, duties and liabilities of a council, and shall be paid out of the general fund of the municipality such salary as the Governor may determine.
(6) The Governor may, by proclamation published in the Gazette, appoint a date upon which the first election of aldermen of the municipality shall be held.
(7) An administrator appointed by the Governor under this section may be removed by the Governor by proclamation published in the Gazette, and the Governor may, in like manner, appoint another administrator in his stead.
(8) An administrator appointed under this section shall cease to hold office as such upon the date upon which the first election of aldermen of the municipality is held.