(1) Except as
otherwise stated in this section, this Act and any other Act under which
anything can be done for the regional purpose apply in relation to a regional
local government as if —
(a) the
participants’ districts together made up a single district; and
(b) the
regional local government were the local government established for that
district.
(2) A regional local
government can only do things for the regional purpose, and the application of
this Act or any other Act under subsection (1) is limited accordingly.
(3) The following
provisions of this Act do not apply in relation to a regional local government
—
(a) Part
2 (other than sections 2.7, 2.26, 2.29 and 2.32(e) and Division 7); and
(b) Part
4; and
(c) Part
5, Division 2, Subdivision 4; and
(d) Part
6, Division 6; and
(e) any
provision prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.
(4) Part 6, Division
5, Subdivision 3 does not apply in relation to a regional local government
unless the establishment agreement provides that it does.
(5) The provisions
that do apply in relation to a regional local government apply to it subject
to any prescribed modifications and any other necessary modifications.
[Section 3.66 amended: No. 49 of 2004 s. 29.]