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Local Government Amendment Act 1971-72

COOK ISLANDS

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT ACT 1971-72

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Membership of Island Councils
3. Remuneration of Island Council members
4. Constitution of District Councils
5. Term of office
6. Remuneration of District Councils

1971-72, No. 12

An Act to amend the Local Government Act 1966

(28 February 1972

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Local Government Amendment Act 1971-72 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Local Government Act 1966 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act").

2. Membership of Island Councils

Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following new subsection:

"(1) The Rarotonga Island Council shall consist of all the members of the District Councils on Rarotonga constituted by section 41 of this Act".

3. Remuneration of Island Council members

The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section 29.

4. Constitution of District Councils

Section 41 of the principal Act is hereby amended by -

(a) Repealing paragraphs (b) and (c) and substituting the following new paragraphs:

• "(b) In the case of the Takitumu District three elected members:
• (c) In the case of the Te-Au-O-Tonga District four elected members:
• (d) In the case of the Puaikura District three elected members."

[PacLII Editorial Note: Page 2 missing from copy]