Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor may
place any area of land outside a district, and whether actually adjoining or
not, under the jurisdiction of the local government of such district, for the
purposes of this Act, and such area shall for all the purposes of this Act be
deemed to be within the district while so placed under that jurisdiction and
the Governor may remove the area of land from that jurisdiction and from that
district and such adjustment and distribution of the assets and liabilities of
the local government as the Executive Director, Public Health considers
necessary as consequential to such removal shall be made as and in the manner
the Executive Director, Public Health directs.
(2) The Governor may,
to secure proportionate representation in the council of the local government
in respect of the annexed area, appoint members to represent the ratepayers of
such annexed area, who shall sit with, and have all the powers of councillors,
and every such appointment shall be made upon the nomination of the ratepayers
in manner prescribed by regulations to be made by the Governor under this Act.
[Section 22 amended by No. 25 of 1950
s. 3; No. 28 of 1984 s. 45; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]
[ 23, 24. Deleted by No. 57 of 1985
s. 12.]