Constitution (Local Government) Amendment Act 1986 (NSW)
CONSTITUTION (LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
AMENDMENT ACT 1986 No. I l l
NEW SOUTH WALES
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
1. Short title
2. Amendment of Act No. 32, 1902
CONSTITUTION (LOCAL GOVERNMENT) AMENDMENT ACT
1986 No. I l l
NEW SOUTH WALES
Act No. I l l , 1986
An Act to amend the Constitution Act 1902 with respect to the local government of the State. [Assented to 27 November 1986.]
Act No. I l l
Constitution (Local Government) Amendment 1986
BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the "Constitution (Local Government)
Amendment Act 1986".
Amendment of Act No. 32, 1902
The Constitution Act 1902 is amended by inserting after Part VII the
following Part:
PART VIII
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Local government
(1) There shall continue to be a system of local government for the State under which duly elected or duly appointed local government bodies are constituted with responsibilities for acting for the better government of those parts of the State that are from time to time subject to that system of local government.
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(2) The manner in which local government bodies are constituted and the nature and extent of their powers, authorities, duties and functions shall be as determined by or in accordance with laws of the Legislature. (3) The reference in subsection (2) to laws of the Legislature shall be read as a reference to laws that have been enacted by the Legislature, whether before or after the commencement of this section, and that are for the time being in force.
Constitution (Local Government) Amendment 1986
(4) For the purposes of this section, the Western Lands Commissioner, the Lord Howe Island Board, and an administrator with all or any of the functions of a local government body, shall be deemed to be local government bodies.
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