Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –
"absolute majority" means more than half of the number of councillors to be elected to a council, whether or not any of them are present at a meeting of the council;
"Appeal Tribunal" means the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal established under the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Act 1993;
"assets", for the purpose of Parts 3 and 12A and section 226A, includes –(a) any real or personal property; and
(b) any estates or interests in any real or personal property; and
(c) any rights, obligations or liabilities;
"authorised person" means a person authorised under section 20A;
"Board" means the Local Government Board established under section 210;
"Board of Inquiry" means a Board of Inquiry established under section 215;
"by-election" means a by-election held under Division 9 of Part 15;
"by-laws" means by-laws made by a council under Part 11;
"candidate" means a person whose nomination for an election under Part 15 has been accepted under section 272;
"certificate of election" means a certificate issued under section 304;
"chief executive officer" means, in relation to a single authority or joint authority, the person responsible for the administration and operation of that authority;
"close associate" means a person referred to in section 51;
"Code of Conduct Panel" means the Code of Conduct Panel established under section 28G;
"community" means the community of a municipal area;
"competitive neutrality principles" means the national competition policy competitive neutrality principles referred to in clause 3 of the Competition Principles Agreement made between the Commonwealth, the States and the Territories;
"controlling authority" means an authority established under section 29;
"council" means a council established under section 18;
"council committee" means a council committee established under section 23;
"councillor" means a person elected to a council and includes the Lord Mayor, Deputy Lord Mayor, mayor, deputy mayor and alderman;
"deputy mayor" includes the Deputy Lord Mayor;
"Director" means the Director of Local Government appointed under section 334;
"Director, MPES" means the Director, Monetary Penalties Enforcement Service appointed under section 8 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005;
"elector" means a person entitled to vote in an election or by-election under Part 15;
"elector poll" means a poll conducted under Part 6;
"electoral advertising" means any advertising in respect of a campaign for election by a candidate or intending candidate by any of the following means:(a) any notice, sign or poster;
(b) any pamphlet or handbill;
(c) any "how-to-vote" card;
(d) any print medium;
(e) any broadcast by radio or television;
"Electoral Commissioner" means the person holding that office under the Electoral Act 2004;
"electoral district" means an electoral district referred to in section 17;
"financial year" means a period of 12 months starting on 1 July in one year and ending on 30 June in the next year;
"general manager" means the person appointed as such under section 61;
"GST law" has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth;
"intending candidate" means a person who has publicly declared the intention to nominate for an election under Part 15;
"joint authority" means an authority established under section 30;
"legal practitioner" means an Australian legal practitioner;
"mayor" includes the Lord Mayor;
"member" means –(a) a member of a special committee or a controlling authority; and
(b) a person representing a single authority council or a joint authority council on a single authority or a joint authority; and
(c) a member of the board of management of a single authority or a joint authority;
"municipal area" means an area referred to in section 16;
"ordinary election" means an election under Part 15 that is not a by-election;
"participating council" means a council that, together with one or more councils, establishes a joint authority;
"partner" means a partner within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003;
"proposed municipal area" means a municipal area that is to come into existence as a result of an order under section 214E;
"public land" means public land as specified in section 177A(1);
"public office" means –(a) in the case of a municipal area, the place at which a council carries on its administrative activities; or
(b) in the case of a proposed municipal area, the place at which a council or councils of that proposed municipal area carry out their administrative activities;
"rateable land" means land in respect of which rates are payable;
"rates notice" means a notice referred to in section 122;
"relevant period" means the period starting on the 30th day before the date of notice of election and ending at the end of the polling period;
"review" means a review carried out by the Board under Part 12A;
"simple majority" means the majority of councillors of a council present and able to vote at a meeting of the council or council committee;
"single authority" means an authority established under section 30;
"single authority council" means a council that establishes a single authority;
"special committee" means a special committee established under section 24;
"Standards Panel" means a Standards Panel convened under section 28H;
"vehicle" means a vehicle within the meaning of the Traffic Act 1925 and a bicycle;