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Tasmania regulation
This Order fixes the total number of councillors to be elected for three municipal areas: Derwent Valley (8), Southern Midlands (7) and Waratah‑Wynyard (8). The new numbers take effect at each area's next ordinary election once the certificate of election for that poll is issued after the Order is gazetted. The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 and definitions in the Local Government Act 1993 apply and the changes are incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014.
This order may be cited as the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 .
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 Derwent Valley 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 in the municipal area of Southern Midlands 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.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors in the municipal area of Waratah-Wynyard 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.
7.
The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993 .
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8.
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 12 February 2014
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 2014 .
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 Derwent Valley 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 in the municipal area of Southern Midlands 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.
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors in the municipal area of Waratah-Wynyard 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.
7.
The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Local Government Act 1993 .
**
8.
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 12 February 2014
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 .