New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CITY OF SYDNEY BOUNDARIES) ACT 1967 - SECT 10

10 Commissioners substituted for Council of City of Sydney

(1) On and from a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation:

(a) the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney shall cease to hold office as Lord Mayor,

(b) the aldermen of the Council of the City of Sydney shall cease to hold office as aldermen,

(c) the Commissioners shall, subject to this Act, be deemed to be the Council of the City of Sydney and in the name and on behalf of the corporation, the Council of the City of Sydney, shall, in respect of the City of Sydney, have, exercise and discharge the responsibilities, liabilities, rights, powers, authorities, duties and functions conferred or imposed:

(i) upon a council of a municipality and upon the Council of the City of Sydney, and

(ii) upon them, by or under this Act,

(d) the Chief Commissioner shall have, exercise and discharge the responsibilities, liabilities, rights, powers, authorities, duties and functions conferred or imposed upon the mayor of a municipality and upon the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, and

(e) the Commissioners shall be deemed to be aldermen of the City of Sydney:

(i) for the purpose of electing members of the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board under the provisions of Part 3 of the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1924 , as amended by subsequent Acts, whether passed before or after the day appointed pursuant to this subsection, and

(ii) for the purpose of electing councillors of the Sydney County Council under the provisions of Division 3 of Part 6 of the Gas and Electricity Act 1935 , as amended by subsequent Acts, whether passed before or after the day appointed pursuant to this subsection.

(2) For the purposes of the exercise and discharge of their responsibilities, liabilities, rights, powers, authorities, duties and functions, the Commissioners shall hold meetings, which shall be convened by the Chief Commissioner at least once in each month and at which:

(a) two Commissioners shall form a quorum, and

(b) the Chief Commissioner shall preside and, in the event of equality of voting, shall have, in addition to his original vote, a second or casting vote.

(3) The time and place of the first meeting of the Commissioners held pursuant to subsection two of this section shall be as determined by the Chief Commissioner, and of subsequent meetings shall be as determined by the Commissioners.

(4) The procedure to be followed in the conduct of meetings held pursuant to subsection two of this section shall be as determined by the Commissioners.