New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL LANDS PROTECTION ACT 1998 - SECT 5

5 Livestock health and pest districts

(1) The Governor may, by proclamation, constitute livestock health and pest districts having boundaries and names determined by the Governor.

(2) The Governor may, by proclamation:

(a) alter the boundaries of any district, or

(b) dissolve the whole or any part of a district, or

(c) amalgamate part or all of one district with part or all of one or more other districts to constitute a single district having the boundaries and name determined by the Governor, or

(d) alter the name of any district.

(3) The Governor may, by proclamation, vest any property, and assign any rights and obligations, of an authority for a district referred to in subsection (2) (a), (b) or (c) in another authority or authorities.

(4) A proclamation under this section takes effect on the day it is published in the Gazette or on a later day specified in the proclamation.