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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 2.2

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 2.2

2.2 .         Districts may be divided into wards

        (1)         The Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister, may make an order —

            (a)         dividing a district into wards; or

            (b)         creating new wards in a district that is already divided into wards; or

            (c)         changing the boundaries of a ward; or

            (d)         abolishing any or all of the wards into which a district is divided; or

            (e)         as to a combination of any of those matters.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act —

            (a)         an order that divides a district into wards is to be regarded as establishing a ward system for the district; and

            (b)         an order that abolishes all of the wards into which a district is divided and does not create new wards, is to be regarded as discontinuing the ward system for the district.

        (3)         Schedule 2.2 (which deals with wards and representation) has effect.

        (4)         The Minister can only make a recommendation under subsection (1) if the Advisory Board has recommended under Schedule 2.2 that the order in question should be made.

        (5)         An order cannot be made under subsection (1) in relation to a district which, under regulations made for the purposes of section 2.2A(1)(a), cannot be divided into wards.

        [Section 2.2 amended: No. 11 of 2023 s. 7.]