8County councils

8 County councils

8 County councils

(1) To avoid doubt, the constitution and operation of a county council, as existing immediately before the amalgamation day, is not affected by any changes to councils or council areas effected by this Proclamation.

(1A) The following provisions apply for the purposes of the continuance of the operation of a county council under this clause:

(a) a new council is taken to be a constituent council of a county council instead of a former council if the former council was a constituent council of the county council immediately before the amalgamation day,

(b) the number of members to be elected by the new council to the county council’s governing body is to be the same as the total number of members of the former councils on the governing body,

(c) until the first election of members of the county council’s governing body following the amalgamation day, the Administrator of the new council may exercise the functions (including the voting rights) that would be able to be exercised by persons elected to the governing body by the new council,

(d) until the first election of members of the county council’s governing body following the amalgamation day, the Administrator is to be the chairperson of the county council if the chairperson immediately before the amalgamation day was a councillor of a former council,

(e) elections for the chairperson of the county council and for members of the county council are to be held within 2 months after the first ordinary election of councillors for the new council.

(2) This clause does not prevent a change being made to the constitution or operation of a county council or the dissolution of a county council in accordance with the Act at any time during or after the initial period.

cl 8: Am 2016 (581), Sch 1.1 [2].