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., .. A.D. 1967 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CHRISTIANBURG/ WISMAR/MACKENZIE COUNTRY DISTRICT) [No.

18 53 (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) I assent.

D.J.

G. ROSE Governor-General.

15th September, 1967 ACT NO.

18 OF 1967.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CHRISTIANBURG/WISMAR/MAC­ KENZJE COUNTRY DIS1RICT) ACT, 1967.

(SPECIAL PROVISIONS) An-angemelllt of Sections.

Section 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Short title and commencement.

Interpretation.

Establishment Country Authority authorities.

Employment servants.


by Coullltry Authority • of new country district.

to be successor of former local of certain officeirs and SCHEDULE.

AN AcT to provide for the constitution • its bound­ Mackenzie District, the incoq,oration within aries of the Christianburg and Wismar.

Village District and the .

North Mackenzie District incidental thereto • [16th September, 1967] and matters Country Country of the Christianburg/Wi�mar/ by the Parliament Enacted of Guyana:- 1.
( 1) This Act may be oited as the Local Government Pro-and com- 1 (Christianburg/Wis,mar/Mackeinzie visions) Aot, 1967.

District) (Special Country A.D. 1967.

• Short title mencemen.

publication subsection (2)This Aot shall come into operation under t!he, provisions 24 of the Principal of a notice ( 1) of seotion on the date of of paragraph (b) of Ordinance • • by virtue 54 No.

18) THE LAWS OF GUY ANA [A.O.


1967 whereof Mackenzie s the Christianburg and Wismar Village District and the North Country Di trict cease to be constituted.

• • Interon,tation.

2.
In this Act - shall have the meanang aissigned 1Jhereto by I f ... in section Ordinance; means the country authority Ordinance under the Principal "the Area" means t!he area of land mentioned 3 of this Act; "the Board'' section 3 of the Principal "the Country Autho11ity" which shall be constituted for the District referred "a District" means a District of section 1 of this Act; "employee'' moons any person any contract of 1service by subsection cluded • • the subsistence 4 of this Act; means the local authority to in section mentioned ( 4) of section 3 of 1Ihis Act; in subsection who was employed of wbli.oh is pre­ under (2) .. .. • "looal authority"' "the Principal Ordinance; "propevty" and all interests, property action, includes all property, movable and immovable, easements movable and immovable, in, to and out of including • and regis,tJers, books and dbcuments.
and rights thing,s in Ordinance" means the Local Government of a Disitrict; • Cap.

150.

Establish-3.

The arrea of land the boundaries :'i��r new in ,the schedule to ru5irict.

declaI'ed, District, Ullld'eir sechion effect from the coming into operailii.on of the n(jiJice section (2) of section 1 of this Act.
and named the Ch.ristianburg/Wismar/Mackenzie by notice CoUDJtry with Ordinan:ce 24 of the Principal rt.his Act �hall be deemed to be a COUlilltlry district of which are described referred to in sub­ • • 4.

( 1) Except in so far as iiS incompatible of this Act, the Country country tiu�rity provisions �ccr or the suocessor of each of such local authorities • r �car° referred to in :SJubseotion '::�or-by virtue ities.
prejudice of this subsection, of the nortice Aifthor1ty with the foregoing mall be for all purposes as 1shall be disestablished to tlhe generality • of the foregoing l!he property, rights, powers, liabilities (2) of soot.ion 1 of this Act and, withput provisions and obligations to and vested • • aforesaid are hereby transferred of each local authority in the Country Authority .
accordingly hereinbefore estimatei.s (2)No notice rates, any aippraisements, or done m rt:he course of, or pursuant shall be deemed to or other things provided, to, the execu11ion meniti.oned • of Cl abrogate prescribed the functions Districts tihait • which would cease this subsection shall, except l'I scribed so, however, or disposed .. ... every provision, prescription to have effect buJt for the foregoing or oth« thing provi<rions provided, of pre­ in so far as otherw1se in the course of, or pursuant to, the execution of of t!h.e Board or the local authorities in relation to their A.D. 1967 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CHRTSTIANBURG/ WISMAR/MACKENZIE COUNTRY DISTRICT) (SPECIAL [No.
18 55 PROVISIONS) .. to have effect as if those Districts the fuootions of the Board or the Coullltry Area, continue and tihe Country Districts, shall be exercisable of anything Authority • and the funotions were the local authority of the Bo·a1xl and the Country i111 .so far as is expedient .
to blav effect as aforesaid of each of such Authority on account continuing accordingly Authority in relation to the • remained constituted ., .. (3)All enactments, instruments thereunder and other docu­ • to variation to a District as are necessary for the and to such modifications, having special reference of this Act shall (subject immediately or autburity and exceptions wit!h this Act) have efiect with like reference ments whatsoever before the commencement rescind ment by any competent adaptaJtions, qualifications pulrp�se of conformity to such part of thk:: Area as was comprised ( 4)Except for the purpose of giving any payment of a person who, at the commencement • on leave of absence pending his relinquishment of any appointment to the service deemed to provide of thie nol!ice tract of service of section in !resp ot of ,the tennination purpose of carrying any service assigned upon and of the IS!aid notice, or for the hereinbefore mentioned, of shall be deemed to be incurred by, or in that District.
effect to the right to of this Act, is with :i local authority 5 of th;s Aot, no liabrilities afteir the coming into ope.ration ( 1) of this section, to the provisions arising and, subject or obligat!iOlllS • of a locail authority, for llhe subsistence, into efiect a111y notice in this iseotion sihaill be of an employee to, ,the Country or the Board.

in subseleticm mentioned Authority by virtue nothing 1of any con­ • • • .. .J.

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Em11Joymcnt 5.


( l ) The Country 1s t rmmat a mentione m su secuon o e Authority or Authority .

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ed e an opportunity section .

... C shall affo,rd to every employee .

d .

b (4)f th l,y Country whose service the ountry Aurt:hority, of serving C • Preceding rtain d ce d' .

1cers an ffi h' h o 1tLon w 1c servants.


uPon terms and con with effect from u h termina,t1on, to him than those of his taken ias a wh'Ole are not less favourable slrnll, as if it o terminart:ed service s be reckoned as aforesaid, were such service suc'h leave as may be due to him u111der for the purpose fille said terms and conditions.

(2)Any question whether with shall be decided and the Jaist-memioned service AutJhority (1) of this.
�ection by ,tfbe Board, whose· dec1s10n shall of the Country of asce1itaining - .. subsection .

.. is compllied be final.

BOUNDARIES OF TIIE CHRISTIANBURG/WlSMAR/ SCHEDULE s.3.
MACKENZIE COUNTRY DISTRICT .. of one and a half miles from its junoti:on Commencing Demer,ara River, • for a distance • posed Atkinson/Mackenzie line paxallel wi'l!h the pro­ Road to its interseotion from the mouth of the Bamia River, right bank, up the left bank of the Bamia River to and one mile east of the centre and extending line of 1!he proposed with an imaginary • 4 • .. 56 No.
18] THE LAWS OF GUYANA [A.D. 1967 • and the southern boundary of Plantation with the right bank of the Demerara & • .. of dated Siberie boundary, or upper boundary of ft. to the southern along the prolonga­ n or Lot 4 7; th:ence in the Department in the Department !
!hence by a straight of Block 'C' for a distance or Lot 4 7 to its junction line to the mouth of the Dakoura of the southern westwards Road; thence by the said line to the junction boundary along the northern of 2,500 ft. to the we-stem bound­ .. along the western corner of Block 'C'; thence Creek River; thence up the left bank of Creek to its junction with the western boundary of Block Surveyor, of Lands and of Block Atkinison/Mackenzie a line being the prolongation Plantation tion of the southern Siberien River, on the left bank of the Demerara the Dakoura 'C' shown on a plan by C. P. De Freitas, Government 18th March, 1931, and recorded Mines as Plan No.
3624; thence 'C' to the north-western boundary .. ary of Block 22 shown on a plian by C. S. Spence, Government Sur­ veyor, dated 15th May, 1948, and recorded in the Department of Lands and Mines as Plan No.

5235; thence along 1:'he western boundary boundary of Block 22 for a distance of 10,283.76 .. of Block 'E' shown on a plan by C. S. Spence, 1947, and recorded No.
5246: thence along the southern distance along the western ft. to the northern boundary boundary of Block 30 shown on a plan by C. S. Spence, Surveyor, of Lands and Mines as Plan No.

8941; thence along the western boundary boundary 30 for a dista111ce 'F' shown on the aforementioned .. along the western boundary thence • ft. to the northern boundary s the DaliwaJa Demerara opposite • commencement, all ,such boundaries plan on record with the Department No.
12390. dated 25t!h November, of Lands and Mines as Plan of Block 'E' for a boundary of Block 'E'; thence boundary of 2487.69 of Block 'E' for a distance • of Block 'E'; thence along the northern of 10184.57 ft. to the western of 4500.00 ft. ,to the mouth of .. River (al o known as the Dallawalla down the left bank Deme;ra,ra thence by a straight as Plan No.
3624; • plan recorded of Block 'F' for a di tance of 6,500 of Block 'F'; thence along t!he northern boundary boundary of Block 'E' for a distance of Block 30 for a distance of 3672.07 of Block 30: thence along the northern of Block ft. to t!he western boundary of Block boundary of Block 'F' for a distance • ft. to the western River; the Bamia RiveT; ft. to the northern boundary Creek) left bank, Riv if to a paint line ro the point of d being shown on a of Lands and Mines as Plan as aforesai o[ 7201.73 of 4278-79 Government thence • • e s fJ C: dated 20th March, 1959, and recorded 1n.
the Departmem ,.

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Passed by the National Assembly 1967. on the 12th of September, (M.P.

LG (Bill No.

4/ 18/89).

17/1967).

• F. A. NARAIN, the National Clerk <Yf Assembly.