South Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 9

9—Governor may act by proclamation

The Governor may, by proclamation, do one or more of the following:

            (a)         constitute a new council;

            (b)         amalgamate two or more councils to form a single council or two or more councils (being a lesser number than the number of councils subject to amalgamation);

            (c)         define the area of a council;

            (d)         alter the boundaries of a council;

            (e)         give a name to, or alter the name of—

                  (i)         a council;

                  (ii)         the area of a council;

            (f)         constitute a council as a municipal council or a district council, or change a municipal council to a district council or a district council to a municipal council;

            (g)         divide, or redivide, the area of a council into wards, alter the division of the area of a council into wards, or abolish the division of the area of a council into wards;

            (h)         give a name to, or alter the name of, a ward;

                  (i)         determine the composition of a council (for example, by making provision about the principal member of a council and about the number of councillors for a council and, if a council has wards, the number of councillors to represent each ward), or alter the composition of a council;

            (j)         abolish a council.