Wards in rural and remote councils
4 Wards in rural and remote councils
The following provisions of this Act do not apply to the area of a rural and remote council—
section 210(7),
section 211.
If the area of a rural and remote council is not divided into wards immediately before the council’s designation as a rural and remote council, the area remains without wards, subject to subclause (4)(a).
If the area of a rural and remote council is divided into wards immediately before the council’s designation as a rural and remote council, the area remains divided into wards, subject to subclause (4)(b).
A rural and remote council may only do the following with the concurrence of the Minister—
divide its area into wards,
abolish all of its wards.
Note—
A council must not divide an area into wards or abolish all wards unless it has obtained approval to do so at a constitutional referendum—see section 210(5).
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