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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT AREAS) ACT 2004 - SECT 14

14 Meaning of reviewable community government matter

(1) The following are reviewable community government matters--

(a) dividing, redividing and abolishing divisions of a community government area;
(b) changing the boundaries of divisions of a community government area by--
(i) excluding part of a division of a community government area and including the part in another division of the community government area; or
(ii) creating a new division of the community government area;
(c) assigning and reassigning councillors of a community government to divisions of its community government area;
(d) deciding and changing the composition of a community government;
(e) recognising indigenous social groupings of a community government area for elections for the community government of the area;
(f) assigning and reassigning councillors of a community government to indigenous social groupings;
(g) changing the mode of election of the mayor of a community government;
(h) another matter relating to a community government declared under a regulation to be a reviewable community government matter.

(2) A reviewable community government matter includes--

(a) any aspect of a matter mentioned in subsection (1); and
(b) a particular proposal about a matter, or an aspect of a matter, mentioned in subsection (1).

(3) In this section--

indigenous social grouping means a group of indigenous persons sharing a common basis of social affiliation, including family relationship, language, traditional land ownership and historical association.



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