Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A local government
or an approved body —
(a)
shall become a participating body if and when the Governor makes a declaration
to that effect;
(b)
shall continue to be a participating body unless and until the Governor
cancels such declaration.
(2) Such declaration
shall not be made —
(a)
unless a local government or an approved body elects by resolution to become a
participating body;
(b) if a
local government does not so resolve, unless the ratepayers by a majority vote
at a poll held in manner prescribed, elect that the local government becomes a
participating body.
(3) A local government
or approved body shall cease to be a participating body, if and when the
Governor cancels such declaration.
(4) Such
declaration —
(a) may
be cancelled if on consideration of a report from the Board, the Governor is
satisfied that the local government or approved body is no longer suitable to
be a participating body;
(b)
shall, where applicable to an approved body, be cancelled if the governing
body of the approved body, resolves that it no longer remains a participating
body;
(c)
shall, where applicable to a local government, be cancelled, if the ratepayers
by a majority vote at a poll held in manner prescribed, elect that the local
government no longer remains a participating body.
(5) Such cancellation
shall not affect the liability, if any, of a local government or approved body
to the Board.
[Section 4 amended by No. 14 of 1996
s. 4.]