Local Government Amendment Act (No 3) 1977

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Local Government Amendment Act (No 3) 1977, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Local Government Act 1974
2: This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1978.
1: New
Parts 2 to 17
2:
2: Miscellaneous provisions
3: Sections 3 to 6 repealed 1 April 1980 9(1) Local Government Amendment Act 1979
4: Sections 3 to 6 repealed 1 April 1980 9(1) Local Government Amendment Act 1979
5: Sections 3 to 6 repealed 1 April 1980 9(1) Local Government Amendment Act 1979
6: Sections 3 to 6 repealed 1 April 1980 9(1) Local Government Amendment Act 1979
7:
8: Repeals and revocations
1: The enactments specified in Schedule 4
2: The following Orders are hereby revoked:
a: The Local Authorities (Petroleum Tax) Representation Order 1971 (SR 1971/77)
b: The Local Authorities (Petroleum Tax) Representation Order (No 2) 1971 (SR 1971/100)
3: Every reference to any provision of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 Counties Act 1956 section 2
4: Subsection (4) inserted 1 April 1980 9(9) Local Government Amendment Act 1979 Subsection (4) repealed 5 May 1988 5(h) Petroleum Sector Reform Act 1988
9: Transitional provisions
1: Every region constituted under the principal Act existing at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be a region constituted under Part 2 section 2
2: The combining of 2 or more constituent authorities of a united council made under section 43(3) Part 2
3: Every district of a territorial authority existing at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be a district constituted under the said Part 2
4: With respect to the enactments repealed by section 8(1)
a: The Corporation of each district as subsisting at the commencement of this Act shall be the same Corporation under the principal Act, and, subject to the provisions of the principal Act as amended by this Act, shall retain its property and liabilities and powers, and all existing contracts (including contracts of service) and engagements of the Corporation shall be enforceable by and against it:
b: Every council shall continue to have control over all property previously controlled by it:
c: Until the first election or appointment of members of a council under Part 3 section 2
5: Every person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was the holder of the office of—
a: Mayor or Deputy Mayor of a borough pursuant to the Municipal Corporation Act 1954
b: Chairman of a town district pursuant to the Municipal Corporations Act 1954
c: Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a county pursuant to the Counties Act 1956
d: Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a regional council or united council pursuant to the principal Act; or
e: Chairman or Deputy Chairman or Mayor or Deputy Mayor, as the case may be, of a district council pursuant to the principal Act; or
f: Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a community council or district community council pursuant to the principal Act— shall, unless his office is sooner vacated for any reason, continue to hold that office until his successor is elected or appointed and comes into office: Provided that notwithstanding the repeal of sections 67 and 77 of the Counties Act 1956 section 8(1) subsection (1) section 67 section 77
6: Every reference to the Corporation of a borough or city under the style of The Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the Borough ( or Name The [ Name of borough or city or
7: Every reference to the Corporation of a county under the style of The Chairman, Councillors and Inhabitants of the County of [ Name of county The [ Name of county
8: Every reference to the Corporation of the district of a district council under the style of The Mayor ( or or Name The [ Name of district
9: Every reference to the Corporation of a town district under the style of The Chairman, Councillors, and Citizens of the Town District of [ Name The [ Name
10: Every city existing immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to be a city as if it had been proclaimed as such under section 51 section 2
11: Every ward of a borough or of the district of a district council existing at the commencement of this Act is hereby declared to be a ward of that borough or district under the principal Act.
12: Every riding of a county or of the district of a district council existing at the commencement of this Act is hereby declared to be a riding of that county or district under the principal Act.
13: Every division of a district for financial purposes existing at the commencement of this Act is hereby declared to be a division of the district for financial purposes under the principal Act.
14: Every community constituted or deemed to be a community under the principal Act and existing immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be a community constituted under Part 2 section 2
15: Commissioners of any Depreciation Fund appointed under Part 11 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 Part 11 of the Counties Act 1956 section 8(1) section 213 section 2 sections 131 to 139 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 sections 155 to 163 of the Counties Act 1956
16: Every reference in any other Act to a county borough or a county borough council or to a county town or a county town committee shall, after the commencement of this Act, be read as a reference to a community or, as the case may be, to a district community council or community council, as the case may require.
17: Every reference to the Town Clerk or County Clerk in any other Act or in any regulation, order, or bylaw, or in any agreement, deed, instrument, application, notice, or document in force at the commencement of this Act shall, after the commencement of this Act, be read as a reference to the principal administrative officer
18: Every special order made under any enactment repealed by this Act and in force at the commencement of this Act shall continue in force after the commencement of this Act, as if it had been made under the corresponding provision of the principal Act as enacted by section 2
19: Every reference to sanitary drainage or to a sanitary drain in any provision of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 Counties Act 1956
20: Every reference to the General and Separate Rates and General Appropriations Account in any Act, regulation, order, rule, bylaw, book, account, or document whatsoever in force at the commencement of this Act shall, after the commencement of this Act, be read as a reference to the Rates and Appropriations Account.
21: The Local Government Accounting Regulations 1974 (SR 1974/83) Local Government Accounting Regulations 1974, Amendment No 1 (SR 1976/298) section 639 section 6(1)
22: The Local Government (Remuneration and Allowances) Order 1977 (SR 1977/304) section 214 section 2 In clause 5 of that Order committee Subsection (22) amended 1 April 1979 4(8) Local Government Amendment Act 1978 by adding the words In clause 5 of that Order the term committee See section 4