Waitemata County Council Empowering Act 1962

Local Act		1962 No 4
Date of assent		20 August 1962

	Title
	Preamble
1	Short Title
2	Interpretation
3	Constitution of Council
4	Part II of principal Act to continue to apply

An Act to increase the number of members of the Council of the County of Waitemata and the number of Councillors to be elected for each riding

WHEREAS, having regard to the extensive area comprised within the boundaries of the County of Waitemata and the large and increasing population resident therein, it is deemed advisable that the Waitemata County Council be empowered to increase the maximum number of members of the Council of the county and the number of Councillors to be elected for each riding and to make provision for additional Councillors to be elected at the general election of Councillors to be held on the thirteenth day of October, nineteen hundred and sixty-two:

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Waitemata County Council Empowering Act 1962.

2 Interpretation

Inthis Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“Council” means the Waitemata County Council:

“Principal Act” means the Counties Act 1956.

3 Constitution of Council

(1)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection (1) of section 33 of the principal Act or in any special order made under section 36 of that Act, the Council shall consist of not fewer than six or more than sixteen Councillors.

(2)

The Council may, at any time not later than the seventh day before the last day fixed by section 12 of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1953 for the nomination of candidates for the triennial general election of Councillors to be held on the thirteenth day of October, nineteen hundred and sixty-two, by resolution publicly notified, alter within the limits aforesaid the number of members of the Council and the number of Councillors to be elected for each riding at that election.

(3)

Any such resolution shall come into full force only at that election except in so far and to such extent as may be necessary for providing for the election.

4 Part II of principal Act to continue to apply

Except asotherwise expressly provided in section 3 of this Act, the provisions of Part II of the principal Act shall continue to apply in all respects to the Council.

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