The Local Government Act 1974 of

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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 A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governme ...

regional council Regional Council may refer to: * Regional Council (Hong Kong), disbanded in 1999 ** Regional Council (constituency) Regional council may refer to: * Regional council (Cameroon) * Regional council (France), the elected assembly of a region of Fran ...

s (which were not established until the

1989 local government reforms The 1989 New Zealand local government reform was the most significant reform of local government in New Zealand in over a century. Some 850 local bodies were amalgamated into 86 local authorities, made up of regional and territorial levels. Back ...

)McKinnon, Malcolm (ed.) (1997). ''New Zealand Historical Atlas''. Auckland: David Bateman. Plate 98. * district councils * district community councils *

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s * local authority trading enterprises The Act consolidated and amended the

Municipal Corporations Act 1954 A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

, the

Counties Act 1956 A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

, the Local Authorities (Petroleum Tax) Act 1970, and provisions of other Acts of the

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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 Although most of the Act was repealed when the

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was enacted, some sections, providing for the management of roads, transport, navigation, drainage, rivers and waste management, still apply.Harris, R. (2004). "Local government and development legislation", page 128, Chapter 3G, in Harris, Rob (ed.) (2004). ''Handbook of Environmental Law'' (1st ed.). Wellington: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc., .

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Local Government Act 1974List of subsequent acts
Statutes of New Zealand 1974 in New Zealand law Local government legislation History of local government in New Zealand

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