Local Government (Amending) Act 1916 (NSW)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(AMENDING) ACT.

Act No. 76, 1916.

An Act to amend the law with regard to Local Government, including the government of the City of Sydney ; to regulate within the City of Sydney buildings and erections ; to define the qualifications of electors and to regulate the voting in shires and municipalities ; to apply to shires the provisions of the Country Towns Water and Sewerage Acts, 1880-1905 ; to amend certain Acts ; and for purposes consequent thereon or incidental thereto. [Assented to, 20th December, 1916.]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,, lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­

Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the .same, as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited as the " Local Government (Amending) Act, 1916."

2. (1) Buildings may, within the city of Sydney, be built, enlarged, or altered wholly or partly of composite steel and concrete or of steel framing construction sub­ ject to such conditions as may be prescribed by by-laws, which

PART I.

CITY OF SYDNEY.

Regulation of building.

which, the Municipal Council of Sydney is hereby authorised to make, specifying the manner in which any such building shall be so built, enlarged, or altered.

(2) The provisions of the Sydney Corporation Act, 1902, relating to by-laws made thereunder shall apply to by-laws made under this section.

(3) This section shall not come into operation until by-laws thereunder are proclaimed.

PART II.

MUNICIPALITIES AND SHIRES.

The electoral franchise.

3. Section fifty-five of the Local Government Act, 1900, is amended as follows :—In the first sentence of paragraph (a) of the section, by omitting the words " and verified by statutory declaration of the terms thereof."

4. Section forty-three of the Local Government Act, 1900, is omitted, and the following is inserted in its place: —

43. (1) If it appears to the Minister to he im­ practicable or inconvenient to hold an election on the day prescribed, he may postpone the election to a subsequent day, not being more than—

(a)	six months thereafter, in the case of an election in tin; year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen ; or
(b)	one month thereafter, in the case of an election in any year subsequent to the year
one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

(2) Where the time for the holding of the triennial ordinary election is postponed in any area—

(a) the election of mayor or president shall be postponed, and shall be held within fourteen days after the day of election of the council, and in such case the mayor or president in office at the time of the postponement may remain in office as the mayor or president until such day, and the mayor or president

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in office on sucli day may if re-elected as alderman or councillor remain in office as mayor or president imtil his successor is elected or appointed ; and

(1)) the retiring aldermen or councillors may remain in office until the day next preceding the day of the election of the council.

IT'attr and scicerage in shires.

B. The Country Towns "Water and Sewerage Acts, 18SO-1905, shall apply to shires, and for that purpose section six: of the Local Government Act, 190G, is amended hy inserting after " Noxious Trades Act, 1902/ ' the words and figures '• or the Country Towns AVatcr and Sewerage Acts, 1850-1905."