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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS AMALGAMATION ACT 1980 - SECT 13

13 Urban areas within united areas

(1) In this section, "continued urban area" means a part of a shire that, by the operation of subsection (2), is or will, on and from l January 1981, be for all purposes an urban area within a united area.

(2) An urban area under the Principal Act that is part of a united area which is a shire shall:

(a) where it is an urban area for which, had this Act not been enacted, an urban committee would be required by section 549 of the Principal Act to be elected, be deemed to be an urban area for that shire under and subject to the Principal Act

(i) for the purpose only of enabling an election of urban committeemen for the urban area to be held pursuant to this section--on and from the date of assent to this Act, and

(ii) for all other purposes--on and from 1 January 1981, or

(b) where it is not an urban area to which paragraph (a) applies, be deemed to be an urban area for that shire under and subject to the Principal Act on and from 1 January 1981.

(3) An urban area under the Principal Act that is part of a united area which is a municipality is, on 1 January 1981, dissolved and the urban committee, if any, for the urban area is, on that date, abolished.

(4) An election of persons who will be urban committeemen for a continued urban area within a united area (being an urban area for which, had this Act not been enacted, an urban committee would be required by section 549 of the Principal Act to be elected) shall be held on the same day as the first election of councillors for the united area required to be held by clause 3 (1) of Schedule 2.

(5) To the extent that they are not inconsistent with the provisions of a proclamation under section 21 (1) of the Principal Act, the provisions of section 549 of the Principal Act apply to and in respect of an election of persons who will be urban committeemen for an urban area within a united area required to be held by subsection (4) and they so apply as if:

(a) section 549 (1) of that Act were omitted, and

(b) the requirements of section 549 (2) of that Act were modified so as to require the returning officer for the united area (within the meaning of Schedule 2) to:

(i) cause urban area rolls of electors to be compiled by transcribing from the roll of electors required by clause 6 (4) of Schedule 2 to be used for the first election for the united area (within the meaning of that Schedule) the names of persons appearing thereon in respect of the continued urban area, and

(ii) arrange for and hold an election of an urban committee by the electors of the continued urban area in accordance with subsection (4).

(6) An urban committee constituted by urban committeemen elected at an election held pursuant to this section may exercise and shall perform, on and from 1 January 1981, all of the, powers, authorities, duties and functions of an urban committee under and subject to the Principal Act.