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This order may be cited as the Local Government (Election of Mayors) Order (No. 2) 1998 .
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Tasmania regulation
This Order sets, for each listed Tasmanian council, whether the mayor and deputy mayor are elected by the council's councillors or by the local electors, and it revokes the earlier 1998 Order. It affects councillors, voters and council administration: depending on the listing, either councillors or municipal electors choose the mayor and deputy mayor, shifting who decides and imposing routine electoral-administration responsibilities on the relevant decision-maker.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Local Government (Election of Mayors) Order (No. 2) 1998.
This order may be cited as the Local Government (Election of Mayors) Order (No. 2) 1998 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if this order were by-laws.
(1) The mayor and deputy mayor of a council specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 are to be elected by the councillors of that council.
(2) The mayor and deputy mayor of a council specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 are to be elected by the electors of the relevant municipal area.
The Local Government (Election of Mayors) Order 1998 is revoked.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | | Councils for which mayor and deputy mayor elected by councillors | Councils for which mayor and deputy mayor elected by electors | | Break O'Day Council | Burnie City Council | | Brighton Council | Clarence City Council | | Central Coast Council | Devonport City Council | | Central Highlands Council | Glenorchy City Council | | Circular Head Council | Hobart City Council | | Derwent Valley Council | Southern Midlands Council | | Dorset Council | | | Flinders Council | | | George Town Council | | | Glamorgan-Spring Bay Council | | | Huon Valley Council | | | Kentish Council | | | Kingborough Council | | | King Island Council | | | Latrobe Council | | | Launceston City Council | | | Meander Valley Council | | | Northern Midlands Council | | | Sorell Council | | | Tasman Council | | | Waratah-Wynyard Council | | | West Coast Council | | | West Tamar Council | |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 8 October 1998
This order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This order may be cited as the Local Government (Election of Mayors) Order (No. 2) 1998 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if this order were by-laws.
(1) The mayor and deputy mayor of a council specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 are to be elected by the councillors of that council.
(2) The mayor and deputy mayor of a council specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 are to be elected by the electors of the relevant municipal area.
The Local Government (Election of Mayors) Order 1998 is revoked.
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| Column 1 | Column 2 | | Councils for which mayor and deputy mayor elected by councillors | Councils for which mayor and deputy mayor elected by electors | | Break O'Day Council | Burnie City Council | | Brighton Council | Clarence City Council | | Central Coast Council | Devonport City Council | | Central Highlands Council | Glenorchy City Council | | Circular Head Council | Hobart City Council | | Derwent Valley Council | Southern Midlands Council | | Dorset Council | | | Flinders Council | | | George Town Council | | | Glamorgan-Spring Bay Council | | | Huon Valley Council | | | Kentish Council | | | Kingborough Council | | | King Island Council | | | Latrobe Council | | | Launceston City Council | | | Meander Valley Council | | | Northern Midlands Council | | | Sorell Council | | | Tasman Council | | | Waratah-Wynyard Council | | | West Coast Council | | | West Tamar Council | |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 8 October 1998
This order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.