Section 35: Powers of Lord Mayor, Mayor and Chairperson of District Council

35. Powers of Lord Mayor, Mayor and Chairperson of District Council (1) The Lord Mayor, Mayor or Chairperson of a District Council shall issue general policy guidelines on the activities of the Council over which he presides. (2) The appropriate Chief Executive shall be responsible, after consultation with the Lord Mayor, Mayor or Chairperson of a District Council, as the case may be, for arranging the business for, and keeping the minutes of, the Council or any of its committees and for conveying the decisions of the Council or any of its committees. (3) Any act required to be done by the Lord Mayor, Mayor or Chairperson of a District Council may, in his absence, be done respectively by the Deputy Lord Mayor, Deputy Mayor or Vice-chairperson of the District Council, as the case may be. (4) Where the Lord Mayor and the Deputy Lord Mayor, the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor, or the Chairperson and Vice-chairperson of a District Council, are absent from their respective offices, the Municipal City Council, Municipal Town Council or District Council, as the case may be, shall, at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Senior Councillor, appoint a substitute Lord Mayor, substitute Mayor, or substitute Chairperson who shall act L18 – 25 [Issue 7] Local Government Act as Lord Mayor of the Municipal City Council, Mayor of the Municipal Town Council or Chairperson of the District Council, until such time as the Lord Mayor or Deputy Lord Mayor, Mayor or Deputy Mayor, or Chairperson or Vice-chairperson of the District Council resumes office.