LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 257
Declaration of council as non-functioning
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 257
Declaration of council as non-functioning
257 Declaration of council as non-functioning
(1) An administrator may be
appointed for an area by the Governor without the necessity for a public
inquiry if the Governor declares the council to be non-functioning because--
(a) the requirements of this Act as to the making and levying of an ordinary
rate have not been followed, or
(b) the council has not exercised its
functions for 6 months or more, or
(c) there are not enough councillors for
there to be a quorum at council meetings.
(2) The Governor may, as an
alternative to the appointment of an administrator on the ground referred to
in subsection (1)(c), appoint (or authorise a special election to elect)
councillors to fill all the vacancies on the council or such number of those
vacancies as will provide a quorum at meetings.
