Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi will be back in the mayoral chain in the new year.

Ms Scaffidi said today she would resume her mayoral duties on January 8, following a win in WA’s Court of Appeal that effectively dismissed 26 of 45 breaches of the Local Government Act committed by Ms Scaffidi.

As a result an 18-month disqualification handed down by the State Administrative Tribunal to Ms Scaffidi was also scrapped.

Ms Scaffidi has yet to learn if she faces a fresh disqualification or suspension, with a new SAT penalty hearing set for February 13 and 14.

“When the Court of Appeal set aside the tribunal’s orders, I indicated that when I resumed my statutory duties would depend on, among other things, whether an agreement could be reached between myself and the CEO (of the Department of Local Government) regarding penalty,” she said in a statement released on Twitter.

“The CEO subsequently opposed my applications to the Tribunal for mediation and a compulsory conference. As a result of that opposition, the Tribunal refused to order a mediation or compulsory conference. In opposing my applications, the CEO informed the Tribunal (through Counsel) that he considered it ‘very unlikely’ this matter could be resolved by agreement.

“Accordingly on 8 January 2018 I will resume the statutory duties which I have been duly elected to undertake. That will be 4 months since the date on which I agreed to the CEO’s request not to perform my statutory duties pending the determination of my appeals to the Court of Appeal.

Camera Icon “I look forward to resuming my duties,” Lisa Scaffidi said. Credit: WA News

“I look forward to resuming my duties and continuing to serve the City of Perth and all stakeholders/ratepayers.”

Earlier this week a fresh bid to reach agreement on a new penalty failed, when the SAT declined to order a “compulsory conference” with the Department, which would have been similar to mediation.

The request was opposed by the department and SAT judge Tim Sharp, who had previously knocked back a request by Mr Penglis for mediation and declined to order it.

Ms Scaffidi has previously said she would resume her mayoral duties if the State Government did not negotiate on a new penalty for her 19 breaches of the Act/