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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 2.11

2.11 .         Alternative methods of filling office of mayor or president

        (1)         When an order is made under section 2.1 declaring an area of the State to be a district, the Governor is, by order, to specify whether the first mayor or president of the local government is to be —

            (a)         elected by electors of the district under Part 4; or

            (b)         elected by the council from amongst the councillors under Schedule 2.3, Division 1.

        (2)         A local government may change* the method of filling the office of mayor or president used by the local government from the election by the council method to the election by the electors method.

        * Absolute majority required.

        (3)         A local government may exercise the power conferred by subsection (2) whether or not a proposal has been made under section 2.12.

        (4)         The method of filling the office of mayor or president used by a local government is changed from the election by the electors method to the election by the council method if the result of a poll declared under section 2.12A(4) is that a majority of electors of the district who voted at the poll voted in favour of the change.

        (5)         This section and sections 2.12 and 2.12A are subject to any regulations made for the purposes of section 2.12B.

        [Section 2.11 amended: No. 49 of 2004 s. 17(1) and (2); No. 16 of 2019 s. 7; No. 11 of 2023 s. 9.]



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