New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Savings, transitional and other provisions

(Section 15)

Part 1 - General

1 Regulations

(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the following Acts:

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 , to the extent that it amends this Act

(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later date.

(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as:

(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or

(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.

Part 2 - Abolition of Electricity Association of New South Wales

2 Definitions

In this Part:
"abolition order" -see clause 3 (1).
"assets" means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future, whether vested or contingent and whether personal or assignable) in real or personal property of any description (including money), and includes securities, choses in action and documents.
"Electricity Association" means the Electricity Association of New South Wales.
"liabilities" means any liabilities, debts or obligations (whether present or future, whether vested or contingent and whether personal or assignable).
"rights" means any rights, powers, privileges or immunities (whether present or future, whether vested or contingent and whether personal or assignable).

3 Minister may abolish Electricity Association

(1) The Minister may, by order published on the NSW legislation website (an "abolition order"), abolish the Electricity Association.

Note: See Local Government Associations Incorporation Amendment (Abolition of Electricity Association) Order 2009 (590) , LW 18.12.2009.

(2) The Minister may make an abolition order only if:

(a) the Electricity Association has requested, in writing, that the Minister make the order, and

(b) the Minister for Energy has consented to the making of the order.

(3) An abolition order has effect from the day that the order is published or on such later day as may be specified in the order.

4 Provisions consequent on abolition of Electricity Association

(1) A person who immediately before the abolition of the Electricity Association held office as a member of the Electricity Association:

(a) ceases to hold that office on the abolition of the Association, and

(b) is not entitled to any remuneration or compensation because of the loss of that office.

(2) On the day on which an abolition order has effect the assets, rights and liabilities of the Electricity Association become the assets, rights and liabilities of the Crown.

5 Amendment of this Act consequent on abolition of Electricity Association

On the day on which an abolition order has effect, this Act is amended by:

(a) inserting “and” after “New South Wales,” in section 2 (a) (ii), and

(b) omitting sections 2 (a) (iii) and 4 (3)-(9).