(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.]