New Zealand Legislation: Acts

23 Description of local government

• (1) A territorial authority must be either a city council or a district council.

  (2) A territorial authority that is a city council must be described as the “[name of city] City Council”.

  (3) A territorial authority that is a district council must be described as the “[name of district] District Council”.

  (4) A regional council must be described as the “[name of region] Regional Council”.

  (5) Despite subsection (1), the Auckland Council and the Chatham Islands Council are territorial authorities.

  Compare: 1974 No 66 s 37L(2), (3)

  Section 23(5): substituted, on 1 November 2010, by section 113(1) of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (2010 No 37).