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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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