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Local Government Commission Amendment Act 1962

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Short Title

Supplementary provisions for giving effect to scheme

Financial adjustments

Local Government Commission Amendment Act 1962

Public Act		1962 No 81
Date of assent		6 December 1962

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Supplementary provisions for giving effect to scheme
3	Financial adjustments
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Local Government Commission Act 1961

BE IT 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 Local Government Commission Amendment Act 1962, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Local Government Commission Act 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Supplementary provisions for giving effect to scheme

(1)

Section 23 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting in subsection (1), after paragraph (g), the following paragraph:

“(gg)

Where a new district is constituted, determine, notwithstanding anything in the Rating Act 1925, the system of rating to be in force in the new district if different systems were previously in force in the respective districts or parts of districts comprising the new district:”.

(2)

Section 23 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting, after subsection (2), the following subsections:

“(2a)

In exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1) of this section, the Governor-General may—

“(a)

Constitute a new district, notwithstanding anything in any other Act restricting the area or limits of a district of that kind:

“(b)

Determine that for a limited time specified in the order there shall be such number of ridings, wards, or other subdivisions of any district and such number of members of the local authority of the district as are specified in the order, notwithstanding anything in any other Act.

“(2b)

In this section the term ‘new district’ includes a district formed by the union of two or more adjoining districts, whether districts of the same kind or not; and also includes a district converted into a district of a different kind.”

3 Financial adjustments

Section 26 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (4), and substituting the following subsection:

“(4)

For the purpose of deciding any application to the Commission under this section, the Commission shall consult with the Audit Office, and may make such inquiries as it thinks fit, and may obtain advice from any other person who, in the opinion of the Commission, has expert knowledge concerning any aspect of the matter to be decided.

This Act is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.

Local Government Commission Amendment Act 1962