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Local Government Act 2019
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58 Mayor or President (1) The principal member of a municipal council is to have the title Mayor. (2) However: (a) in the case of the council for the City of Darwin local government area – the principal member is to have the title Lord Mayor; and (b) in the case of the Litchfield Council – the council may, by resolution, decide the principal member instead has the title President. (3) A council for a region or a shire may, by resolution, decide the principal member of the council has the title Mayor or President.