New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2005 - REG 277

277 Notice of changes to wards

(1) If a council divides its area into wards, abolishes all its wards, alters its ward boundaries or names or renames a ward in its area, the general manager of the council must give notice of that fact.

(2) The notice is to be given:

(a) by advertisement in a newspaper circulating generally in the council’s area, and

(b) in writing displayed at the office of the council, and

(c) in writing delivered or sent to the Electoral Commission.

(3) If, as a result of the changes referred to in this clause, there are any wards that are new or that have altered boundaries, the notice must include a written description of, and a map showing, the boundaries of the new wards or boundaries as so altered.