Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If —
(a)
electors of the district, acting under section 2.12(1), propose; or
(b) the
council, by motion passed by it, proposes,
to change the method
of filling the office of mayor or president of the local government from the
election by the electors method to the election by the council method, the
local government is to —
(c) give
local public notice of the proposal stating that submissions about the
proposal may be made to the local government before a day to be specified in
the notice, being a day that is not less than 6 weeks after the notice is
given; and
(d)
consider or reconsider the proposal in view of any submissions received.
(2) Subject to
section 2.13(3), if the local government decides to proceed with the proposal,
there is to be a poll of the electors of the district on the proposal and
—
(a) the
Advisory Board is to —
(i)
determine the question to be voted on by the electors of
the district; and
(ii)
prepare a summary of the case for each way of voting on
the question;
and
(b) the
Electoral Commissioner is to —
(i)
make the summary available to the electors before the
poll is conducted; and
(ii)
be responsible for the conduct of the poll; and
(iii)
appoint a person to be the returning officer of the local
government for the poll;
and
(c) the
local government is to meet the expenses of the Electoral Commissioner in
connection with the poll to the extent required by regulations.
(3) The returning
officer is to conduct the poll for and under the direction of the Electoral
Commissioner.
(4) As soon as is
practicable after the result of the poll is known the returning officer is to
declare and give notice of the result in accordance with regulations.
(5) A poll referred to
in this section is not to be held more than once in every 4 years in a
district, even if a proposal has been made by the electors under section 2.12.
[Section 2.12A inserted: No. 49 of 2004 s. 17(4).]