In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, Corporation means the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Invercargill constituted under Local Government Act 1974.
A reference to the Municipal Corporations Act 1900 was substituted, as from 1 January 1901, for a reference to the Municipal Corporations Act 1886 pursuant to section 433 Municipal Corporations Act 1900 (1900 No 50). That reference was in turn substituted, as from 4 August 1908, by a reference to the Municipal Corporations Act 1908 pursuant to section 1(2) Municipal Corporations Act 1908 (1908 No 124). That reference was in turn substituted, as from 1 April 1921, by a reference to the Municipal Corporations Act 1920 pursuant to section 385(1) Municipal Corporations Act 1920 (1920 No 48). That reference was in turn substituted, as from 20 December 1933, by a reference to the Municipal Corporations Act 1933 pursuant to section 393(1) Municipal Corporations Act 1933 (1933 No 30). That reference was in turn substituted, as from 1 April 1955, by a reference to the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 pursuant to section 413 Municipal Corporations Act 1954 (1954 No 76). That reference was in turn substituted, as from 1 April 1980, by a reference to the Local Government Act 1974 pursuant to section 9(1) Local Government Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 59).