South Australia
Roxby Downs (Local Government Arrangement) Regulations 1997
under the Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) Act 1982

Contents
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Revocation
4	Interpretation
5	General powers of the council
6	Administrator to act in name of council
7	Proclamation providing for certain matters
Legislative history

1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Roxby Downs (Local Government Arrangement) Regulations 1997.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on the day on which they are made.
3—Revocation
The following regulations are revoked:
	(a)	the Roxby Downs (Local Government Arrangement) Regulations 1986;
	(b)	the Roxby Downs (Constitution of Council) Regulations 1986.
4—Interpretation
In these regulations—
Act means the Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) Act 1982;
Administrator means the Administrator of the municipal council appointed under the Act and the Indenture;
municipal council means the Municipal Council of Roxby Downs constituted by proclamation pursuant to the Local Government Act 1934 and the Act.
5—General powers of the council
The municipal council—
	(a)	continues as a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal; and
	(b)	is capable in its corporate name of acquiring, holding, dealing with and disposing of real and personal property; and
	(c)	is capable of acquiring or incurring other rights or liabilities and of suing and being sued in its corporate name.
6—Administrator to act in name of council
The Administrator will exercise all the powers and discharge all the functions of the municipal council in the name of and on behalf of the council.
7—Proclamation providing for certain matters
	(1)	The Governor may, by proclamation made before the expiration of the administration of the municipal council by the Administrator under the Indenture—
	(a)	determine whether the council is to have a mayor or a chairperson; and
	(b)	determine the number of councillors who are to constitute, or to be included in, the membership of the council; and
	(c)	divide the area of the council into wards; and
	(d)	determine the boundaries of each ward, the name of each ward, and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward (which number may vary from ward to ward); and
	(e)	determine whether the membership of the council is to include aldermen and, if so, how many; and
	(f)	appoint, or provide for the election of, the first members of the council.
	(2)	Section 14(1) of the Local Government Act 1934 will not apply to a proclamation under subregulation (1).
	(3)	A proclamation under subregulation (1) will have effect from the expiration of the administration of the municipal council by the Administrator under the Indenture.

Legislative history
Notes
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Revocation of regulations
The Roxby Downs (Local Government Arrangement) Regulations 1997 were revoked by Sch 1 of the Roxby Downs (Local Government Arrangement) Regulations 2012 on 1.9.2012.
Principal regulations
Year	No	Reference	Commencement	
1997	194	Gazette 28.8.1997 p552	28.8.1997: r 2