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55.

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.

Role and Composition of the Municipal Councils

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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