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The Government has therefore decided that,
when the next Municipal Council elections take place in
in the
March 1989,
each of
the
ten District
Boards
urban area should elect a representative
Urban Council.
Urban Councillors will at the same
to sit on the
time
cease
Boards.
the urban District
to be ex-officio members of the
The Government also believes it is right to
amend the legislation concerning cross-membership
between the Urban Council and urban District Boards, to
bring it into line with that presently in force in the
Regional Council
the Government proposes area. Thus,
for a member of the requirement
to
remove
the Urban
Council to resign from the Council if he is elected to
an urban District Board, and vice versa.
Some of these
1987, 1987, before the
proposals were announced in December publication of this White Paper, in order to enable
Urban Councillors wishing to continue as District Board
members beyond March 1989 to stand for election in the
District Board elections on 10 March 1988.
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56.
in the other
There was less public interest
issues in the Green Paper
Paper affecting the Municipal
Councils.
submissions Some
commented
in
favour
of
retaining two separate Councils.
There
was general
support for the present arrangements regarding the
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