16Wards and councillors of altered areas

16 Wards and councillors of altered areas

16 Wards and councillors of altered areas

(1) All wards in The Hills Shire area are abolished.

(2) All wards in the Hornsby area are abolished.

(2A) The area of The Hills Shire, as altered by this Proclamation, is to be divided into 4 wards having the boundaries shown for the area on the map with the identifier number PP5023-W kept in the register of public surveys on the commencement of the Local Government (City of Parramatta and Cumberland) Amendment Proclamation 2017.

(2B) The area of Hornsby, as altered by this Proclamation, is to be divided into 3 wards having the boundaries shown for the area on the map with the identifier number PP5024-W kept in the register of public surveys on the commencement of the Local Government (City of Parramatta and Cumberland) Amendment Proclamation 2017.

(2C) The division of the altered areas into wards by this clause does not apply in respect of any by-election to fill a casual vacancy in a civic office if the by-election is held before the date specified for the first ordinary election of the councillors for the altered council concerned after the commencement of this subclause.

(3) Nothing in this Proclamation operates to vacate, or otherwise affect, the holding of office by a councillor or mayor of an altered council.

cl 16: Am 2017 (8), cl 3.