New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CITY OF SYDNEY BOUNDARIES) ACT 1967 - SECT 15

15 Administration of transferred parts

(1) On and from the appointed day:

(a) the number of aldermen constituting the Councils of the Municipalities of Leichhardt, Marrickville and Woollahra shall, until the Governor in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by section twenty-three of the Principal Act otherwise determines, be deemed to be increased by the number of persons required to be appointed to each of those councils respectively under section fourteen of this Act,

(b) the Commissioners and each of them shall, in respect of the City of Sydney as altered by this Act have, exercise and discharge the responsibilities, liabilities, rights, powers, authorities, duties and functions conferred or imposed on them and on each of them, as the case may be, by section ten of this Act,

(c) the Commissioners shall be deemed to be the Council of the Municipality of Northcott and shall, in respect of that area, have, exercise and discharge the responsibilities, liabilities, rights, powers, authorities, duties and functions conferred or imposed:

(i) upon the council of a municipality or upon the Council of the Municipality of Northcott, and

(ii) upon them by or under this Act,

(d) the Chief Commissioner shall, in respect of the Municipality of Northcott, have, exercise and discharge the responsibilities, liabilities, rights, powers, authorities, duties and functions conferred or imposed by or under the Principal Act upon the mayor of a municipality,

(e) the Commissioners shall be deemed to be aldermen of the Municipality of Northcott:

(i) for the purpose of electing members of the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board under the provisions of Part 3 of the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1924 , as amended by subsequent Acts, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, and

(ii) for the purpose of electing councillors of the Sydney County Council under the provisions of Division 3 of Part 6 of the Gas and Electricity Act 1935 , as amended by subsequent Acts, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act,

(f) all consents, approvals, decisions and permissions given, made or granted by the Council of the City of Sydney and relating to land or premises within any part taken from the City of Sydney and added to the Municipality of Leichhardt, Marrickville or Woollahra, or constituted as the Municipality of Northcott, shall be deemed to be consents, approvals, decisions and permissions given, made or granted by the respective councils of those areas, and

(g) the valuations and the lists of persons shown in the extracts prepared pursuant to section eleven of this Act in respect of the lands described in Schedules One, Two, Three and Four shall, for all purposes, respectively be the valuations in force and the list referred to in Division 4 of Part 5 of the Principal Act in respect of those parts of the City of Sydney which, pursuant to this Act, are added to the Municipalities of Leichhardt, Marrickville and Woollahra and the part constituted as the Municipality of Northcott until new valuations are made in accordance with the provisions of the Valuation of Land Act 1916 , as amended by subsequent Acts, or the list is amended, altered or varied by the clerk of the respective council, pursuant to the provisions of the Principal Act.

(2) For the purpose of the exercise and discharge of their responsibilities, liabilities, rights, powers, authorities, duties and functions as the Council of the Municipality of Northcott, the Commissioners shall hold meetings which shall be convened by the Chief Commissioner at least once in each month and at which:

(a) two Commissioners shall form a quorum, and

(b) the Chief Commissioner shall preside and, in the event of equality of voting, shall have, in addition to his original vote, a second or casting vote.

(3) The time and place of the first meeting of the Commissioners held pursuant to subsection two of this section shall be as determined by the Chief Commissioner, and of subsequent meetings shall be as determined by the Commissioners.

(4) The procedure to be followed in the conduct of meetings held pursuant to subsection two of this section shall be as determined by the Commissioners.

(5) Such proportion of the remuneration and allowances payable to the Commissioners on or after the appointed day as may be determined by the Minister shall be paid from the General Fund of the Council of the Municipality of Northcott to the Council of the City of Sydney.