This legislation has been repealed.
(1) Subject to subsection (3), on 1 January 1981:(a) the areas, or(b) the areas and part of an area,as the case may be, specified or described in Column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 opposite a number specified in Column 1 of that Part of Schedule 1 are united, and the united area is constituted as a municipality.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), on 1 January 1981:(a) the areas, or(b) the area and part of an area,as the case may be, specified or described in Column 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 opposite a number specified in Column 1 of that Part of Schedule 1 are united, and the united area is constituted as a shire.
(3) For the purposes only of:(a) enabling the provisions of sections 11 (1)-(3), 12 (7) and (10), 13 and 16 and Schedule 2 to be carried into effect, and(b) section 16 (g) of the Principal Act,the references in subsections (1) and (2) to 1 January 1981 shall be construed as references to the date of assent to this Act.