Local Government Act 2019
321Official manager
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321 Official manager (1) The official manager has full power to transact any business of the council and to do anything else the council could have done but for the suspension or dismissal of its members. (2) The official manager may act in the manager's own name, or in the name of the council, and may execute a document under the common seal of the council. (3) The official manager's remuneration and terms and conditions of office are determined by the Minister. (4) The official manager's remuneration is payable from the funds of (5) The official manager ceases to hold office: (a) if the members of the council are reinstated; or (b) if the members of the council are dismissed from office – at the conclusion of the general election for the council held under section 319(1)(a); or (c) if a general election is called by the Minister under section 319(2) – at the conclusion of the general election.
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