Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts The footnote Special
majority required applying to a power conferred in this Act on a local
government, means that —
(a) if
there are more than 11 offices of member of the council, the power can only be
exercised by, or in accordance with, a decision of a 75% majority of the
council; or
(b) if
there are not more than 11 offices of member of the council, the power can
only be exercised by, or in accordance with, a decision of an absolute
majority of the council.
What this Part is about
This Part deals with the constitutional framework of the system of elected
local government in this State maintained as required by Part IIIB of the
Constitution Act 1889.
In particular it deals with —
(a) the
division of the State into districts and wards for local government purposes;
(b) the
creation of local governments;
(c) the
creation and membership of elected councils;
(d) the
qualifications of members of councils; and
(e) the
terms of office of members of councils and how their offices may become
vacant; and
(f)
commissioners of local governments.