Local Government Act 1974 (New Zealand)

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Local Government Act 1974
Parliament of New Zealand
Long title	An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the reorganisation of the districts and functions of local authorities, to make better provision for the administration of those functions which can most effectively be carried out on a regional basis, and to make provision for the establishment of united councils, regional councils, district councils, district community councils, and community councils, and to consolidate and amend the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, the Counties Act 1956, the Local Authorities (Petroleum Tax) Act 1970, and provisions of other Acts of the Parliament of New Zealand relating to the powers and functions of regional councils, united councils, and territorial local authorities
Date passed	1974
Date of Royal Assent	8 November 1974
Commencement	1 December 1974
Other legislation
Amendments	1989
Related legislation	Local Government (New Zealand) Act of 2002
Status: Current legislation
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The Local Government Act (1974) of New Zealand consolidated the previous law relating to local government that applied to territorial local authorities, regional and district council bodies in New Zealand.

The Act made provision for the establishment of:

unitary authorities
regional councils (which were not established until 1989)^[1]
district councils
district community councils
community councils
local authority trading enterprises

The Act consolidated and amended the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, the Counties Act 1956, the Local Authorities (Petroleum Tax) Act 1970, and provisions of other Acts of the Parliament of New Zealand relating to the powers and functions of regional councils, united councils, and territorial local authorities.

The legislation is the legal basis for the governances of the cities, districts and regions of New Zealand.

Although most of the Act was repealed when the Local Government Act 2002 was enacted, some sections, providing for the management of roads, transport, navigation, drainage, rivers and waste management, still apply.^[2]

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^ New Zealand Historical Atlas - McKinnon, Malcolm (Editor); David Bateman, 1997, Plate 98
^ Harris, R. (2004). "Local government and development legislation", page 128, Chapter 3G, 'Handbook of Environmental Law' ISBN 0959785183, Edited by Rob Harris, published by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc., Wellington, First Edition, 2004.