Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) When an order is
made under section 2.1 declaring an area of the State to be a district,
the Governor is, by order, to specify whether the first mayor or president of
the local government is to be —
(a)
elected by electors of the district under Part 4; or
(b)
elected by the council from amongst the councillors under Schedule 2.3,
Division 1.
(2) A local government
may change* the method of filling the office of mayor or president used by the
local government from the election by the council method to the election by
the electors method.
* Special majority required.
(3) A local government
may exercise the power conferred by subsection (2) whether or not a
proposal has been made under section 2.12.
(4) The method of
filling the office of mayor or president used by a local government is changed
from the election by the electors method to the election by the council method
if the result of a poll declared under section 2.12A(4) is that a
majority of electors of the district who voted at the poll voted in favour of
the change.
[Section 2.11 amended by No. 49 of 2004
s. 17(1) and (2).]