This Act may be cited as the Turangi Township Amendment Act 1973, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Turangi Township Act 1964 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

The Council may, in accordance with section 49 of the Counties Amendment Act 1968, declare the township to be a county town.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of section 54 of the Counties Amendment Act 1968, the Council shall not appoint a county town committee for the township—

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 49 of the Counties Amendment Act 1968, the Council may not alter the boundaries of the township under that subsection while the principal Act is in force.

Section 4 of the principal Act is hereby amended—

Notwithstanding the provisions of the principal Act, the members of the Committee who hold office until the 31st day of March 1974 shall, subject to subsection (2) of this section and to subsections (5) and (6) of section 5 of the principal Act, continue in office without further appointment even though the terms for which they were appointed have expired and no further members (other than members appointed under subsection (6) of section 5 of the principal Act) shall be appointed.

If the township is constituted a county town before the triennial election of Councillors to be held on the 12th day of October 1974 and a county town committee is appointed for the township, after that election, and in accordance with Part III of the Counties Amendment Act 1968, then the members of the Committee shall vacate office on the date on which the members of the county town committee come into office, and the Committee shall have no further functions.