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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.