LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 2.6
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 2.6
2.6 . Local governments to be run by elected councils
(1) Each local
government is to have an elected council as its governing body.
(2) The offices on the
council of the local government of a city or town are those of the mayor, the
deputy mayor and the councillors.
(3) The offices on the
council of the local government of a shire are those of the president, the
deputy president and the councillors.
(4) The Governor may,
by order, appoint a person to be the commissioner of a local government until
the offices of members of the council are filled for the first time and the
council holds its first meeting.