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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1988
THE
THE INTO INTRODUCED
NECESSARY TO ENACT COUNCIL MUNICIPAL
AMENDING LEGISLATION WILL BE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH. IT WILL BE
THE BILLS BEFORE ALL OF
NOMINATIONS FOR THE ELECTIONS ARE CALLED FOR IN EARLY JANUARY NEXT YEAR.
COUNCIL THE URBAN
(AMENDMENT} BILL 1988 PROVIDES FOR THE
то DISTRICT BOARDS
THE ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS OF URBAN
MEMBERS ELECTED IN THE URBAN COUNCIL. IT ALSO ADJUSTS THE TERMS OF
THAT ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN MARCH 1989 TO TWO YEARS AND TWO WEEKS 50 THEY END ON APRIL 14,
1991.
THE TENURE SO THAT
THE REGIONAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988 ADJUSTS OF MEMBERS ELECTED IN THE ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN MARCH 1989 IT ENDS ON APRIL 14, 1991.
THE BILLS ALSO PROVIDE FOR ARRANGEMENTS
MEMBERS AND THE REPRESENTATIVE
ELECTION VICE-CHAIRMAN IN 1991.
FOR THE
ELECTION OF OF A CHAIRMAN AND
APPOINTMENT OR ELECTION
DEEMED ΤΟ MEMBER ΤΟ
THEY PROVIDE FOR A PERSON TO DECLINE PRIOR TO TAKING UP OFFICE AS A MEMBER, OTHERWISE HE/SHE IS FOR AN ELECTED BE ELECTED; THIS REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT DECLARE ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE IN WRITING.
NO IT
APPOINTED
1988 MEANS THAT THE DISTRICT BOARDS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1, 1989, ELECTED URBAN COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL LONGER BE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE URBAN AREA.
URBAN
ΤΟ COUNCIL
NOMINATE ALSO REMOVES THE RIGHT OF THE URBAN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE URBAN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
THAT THE
ELECTIONS
ΤΟ
DISTRICT HELD
HELD
THE 1988 WHITE PAPER STATED BOARDS, MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE OF ELECTIONS SHOULD BE IN THAT ORDER AND THAT ALL THREE SETS WITHIN THE SPACE OF 12 MONTHS.
PAPER STATED THAT THE 1988 WHITE
THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF YEARS ELECTED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE THREE
TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE TIME BEING. SOME INTERIM ADJUSTMENTS TO THE OF THE DISTRICT
THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS ARE THEREFORE NECESSARY TO PREPARE FOR THE NEW SEQUENCE OF ELECTIONS.
THE
BOARDS AND
ADJUSTMENTS, INTERIM
BOARD
AND ES A REDUCE
RESULTING IN DISTRICT
CONCURRENTLY IN 1991, MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS BEING HELD ONE-OFF EXERCISE, AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ANY CONFUSION WHICH MIGHT ARISE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
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