Local Government Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Dec 2012 · Part II · Administration of Local Authorities
7. Extension of this Act to non-local authority areas
Feedback & supportThe State Authority may from time to time by notification in the Gazette apply, with such modifications as shall seem fit, any of the provisions of the this Act or any by-laws to any area situate in the
State which is not comprised in whole or in part within any local authority area and thereupon all such provisions and by-laws as are specified in such notification shall, subject to such modifications as aforesaid, come into force within the area to which the same have been applied.
Where under subsection (1) any of the provisions of this Act or any by-laws have been applied to any area, the State Authority may by notification in the Gazette appoint any person or persons, either by name or office, to exercise and perform within such area all or any of the powers and duties which are by this Act or by any by-laws conferred or imposed on the local authority or on any of its officers.
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