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Tasmania regulation
This Order sets the total number of councillors for six Tasmanian municipal areas: Central Coast (9), Devonport (9), Glamorgan‑Spring Bay (8), Glenorchy (10), Kingborough (10) and Tasman (7). The new numbers take effect from the certificate of election issued at the next ordinary election after the Order is notified (ss 4–9). The Order also adopts interpretation rules from the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 and the Local Government Act 1993 and records that the amendments are incorporated into that Act (s 3; Part 3).
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Direct links to the current provisions in Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2013.
This order may be cited as the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2013 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
(1) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if it were by-laws.
(2) A word or expression used in this order and in the Local Government Act 1993 has the meaning it has in that Act.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Central Coast is 9 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Devonport is 9 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Glamorgan-Spring Bay is 8 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Glenorchy is 10 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Kingborough is 10 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Tasman is 7 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
10.
The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993 .
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11.
The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993 .
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 26 June 2013
This order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993 .
The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993 .
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This order may be cited as the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2013 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
(1) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if it were by-laws.
(2) A word or expression used in this order and in the Local Government Act 1993 has the meaning it has in that Act.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Central Coast is 9 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Devonport is 9 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Glamorgan-Spring Bay is 8 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Glenorchy is 10 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Kingborough is 10 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Tasman is 7 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
10.
The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993 .
**
11.
The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993 .
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 26 June 2013
This order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993 .
The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993 .