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Chapter 2System of local government
Part 2.2Constitutive powers

20 By-laws

(1) This section applies in relation to by-laws that apply in a part of the Territory immediately before:

(a)

the constitution of a local government area; or

(b)

the merging of 2 or more local government areas; or

(c) the division of a local government area into 2 or more local government areas; or

(d)

the boundaries of a local government area are changed; or

(e) there is a change in the classification of a local government area.

(2)

The by-laws:

(a) continue to apply within the local government area to the extent that the by-laws applied before the constitution, merger, division, boundary change or change in classification; and

(b) may be amended or repealed by the council for the area, even if the by-laws were not originally made by that council.

(3) Despite subsection (2), the Administrator or the Minister may, by Gazette notice, determine the by-laws that apply to a local government area or part of a local government area.

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