New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AREAS) ACT 1948 - SECT 7

7 Status and names of united areas

(1)

(a) The united area constituted by the union of the constituent areas included in the first group in the First Schedule shall be a city within the meaning of the Principal Act, and may be described as the City of Sydney.
Where in any Act other than this Act or in any ordinance, regulation, by-law, proclamation or in any instrument or document, reference either express or implied is made to the “City of Sydney” or to “the Municipal Council of Sydney,” such reference shall, except where otherwise expressly provided by this Act be construed as a reference to the united area referred to in this subsection or to the council of that united area, as the case may be.

(b) The united area constituted by the union of the constituent areas included in the second group in the First Schedule shall be a city within the meaning of the Principal Act, and may be described as the City of Parramatta.

(2) Each united area constituted by the union of the constituent areas included in any group in the First Schedule other than the first group and the second group shall be and is hereby constituted a municipality within the meaning of the Principal Act, and may be described by the name which the group bears as set out in the First Schedule.

(3) The provisions of the Principal Act shall, to the extent to which they are not inconsistent with this Act, apply to and in respect of each united area and to the council thereof.