Metropolitan councils

269 Metropolitan councils (1) For each of the metropolitan provinces there is a metropolitan council con- sisting of — (a) in the case of Bulawayo, the mayor of the City of Bulawayo, who is the chairperson of the Bulawayo Metropolitan Council; (b} in the case of Harare — (i) the mayor of the City of Harare. who is the chairperson of the Harare Metropolitan Council; and (i) the mayor or chairperson of the second-largest urban local authority within the province, who is the deputy chairperson of the Harare Metropolitan Council; (c) all the Members of the National Assembly whose constituencies fall within the metropolitan province concerned; {d) the women Members of the National Assembly who are elected in terms of section 124(1)(b) from the metropolitan province concerned; (e) the Senators elected from the metropolitan province concerned; and (f) the mayors and deputy mayors and the chairpersons and deputy chairpersons, by whatever title they are called, of all local authorities in the metropolitan province concerned. (2) The seat of a member of a council referred to in— (a) paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) becomes vacant if the member ceases to be mayor, deputy mayor or chairperson, as the case may be; (b) paragraph (c)}, (d) or (e) of subsection (1) becomes vacant if the member vacates his or her seat in Parliament; (c) paragraph (f) of subsection (1) becomes vacant if the member ceases to be a mayor, deputy mayor, chairperson or deputy chairperson, as the case may be, of a local authority in the metropolitan province concermed.