Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980

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Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980
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Parliament of New South Wales
Long title
  • An Act to amend the Local Government Act 1919 to unite certain areas, within the meaning of that Act, with other areas or parts thereof; and for other purposes
Citation1980 No. 110
Enacted byParliament of New South Wales
Royal assent17 September 1980
Administered byDepartment of Local Government
Related legislation
Local Government Act 1919
Status: Repealed

Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980 was a New South Wales statute with the purpose of amalgamating a series of local government areas in New South Wales. The Act amended the to give force to the amalgamations. The amalgamations took effect from 1 January 1981.

The Act was repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011.[1]

Councils amalgamated[]

Schedule 1 of the Act lists the areas to be amalgamated and the status of the new area (i.e. Shire or Municipality). The only area to be split by the Act was the Manning Shire, divided between the Shire of Great Lakes and the newly created Municipality of Greater Taree.[2]

Municipalities[]

Constituent areas United area
, Hastings Shire Municipality of Port-Macquarie-Hastings
City of Wagga Wagga, Kyeamba Shire,  Mitchell Shire City of Wagga Wagga
, ,  part of Manning Shire Municipality of Greater Taree

Shires[]

Constituent areas United area
, Mumbulla Shire, Imlay Shire Bega Valley Shire
, Boomi Shire, Boolooroo Shire Moree Plains Shire
, Namoi Shire Narrabri Shire
, Tamarang Shire Quirindi Shire
, Waugoola Shire Cowra Shire
, Jemalong Shire Forbes Shire
, Goobang Shire Parkes Shire
, Timbregongie Shire Narromine Shire
, Narraburra Shire Temora Shire
, Illabo Shire Junee Shire
, Monaro Shire Cooma-Monaro Shire
, Mittagong Shire, Wingecarribee Shire Wingecarribee Shire
Municipality of Windsor, Colo Shire Hawkesbury Shire
Great Lakes Shire, part of Manning Shire Great Lakes Shire

References[]

  1. ^ Schedule 4 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. ^ Schedule 1, Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act. Retrieved 24 October 2018
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