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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Local Government (Restoration of Local
Democracy to Melton) Act 2000
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 2
3. New Division 3 of Part 12 substituted 2
Division 3--Elections 2
248. General election to be held 2
249. Meeting to be called after election 2
250. Commissioners to go out of office 2
251. Future elections 3
4. Conduct of elections 3
5. Repeal of spent Division 3
6. Revocation of spent order 3
7. Repeal of spent Act 3
ENDNOTES 4
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Council 5 September 2000
A BILL
to amend the Local Government Act 1989 to provide for a general
election of Councillors for the Melton Shire Council on 13 October
2001 and for other purposes.
Local Government (Restoration of Local
Democracy to Melton) Act 2000
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The main purpose of this Act is to amend the
Local Government Act 1989 to provide for the
holding of a general election of Councillors for
5 the Melton Shire Council on 13 October 2001.
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2. Commencement
(1) This Act (other than sections 5, 6 and 7) comes
into operation on the day after the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
5 (2) Sections 5, 6 and 7 come into operation when the
meeting required by section 249 of the Local
Government Act 1989 (as inserted by section 3)
starts.
3. New Division 3 of Part 12 substituted
10 For Divisions 3, 4 and 5 of Part 12 of the Local
Government Act 1989 substitute--
"Division 3--Elections
248. General election to be held
(1) A general election of Councillors for the
15 Council must be held on 13 October 2001.
(2) The Council is deemed to have decided to
hold triennial elections and to have complied
with section 35(2).
(3) The costs of the election are to be borne by
20 the Council.
249. Meeting to be called after election
The Chief Executive Officer must summon a
meeting of the Council within 14 days after
the day the returning officer for the election
25 publicly declares the result of the election.
250. Commissioners to go out of office
The Commissioners go out of office when
the meeting of the Council required by
section 249 starts.
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251. Future elections
Section 36(2) applies as if the election
required by section 248 had been held under
section 36(1).".
5 4. Conduct of elections
In section 247(3) of the Local Government Act
1989--
(a) in paragraph (h), after "any reference" insert
"(other than in Division 3)";
10 (b) after paragraph (h) insert--
"(i) section 248(2) is to be read as if the
reference to Division 5 of Part 3 in
paragraph (a) of this sub-section did not
exist.".
15 5. Repeal of spent Division
Division 2 of Part 12 of the Local Government
Act 1989 is repealed.
6. Revocation of spent order
The Order in Council "Appointment of
20 Commissioners to Melton Shire and Amendment
of Previous Order" dated 23 March 1999 and
published in the Government Gazette on 25 March
1999 is revoked.
7. Repeal of spent Act
25 The Local Government (Governance and
Melton) Act 1998 is repealed.
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Endnotes
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ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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