Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980

The Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980 was an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales, which amended the Local Government Act 1919, with the purpose of amalgamating a series of local government areas in New South Wales. The amalgamations took effect from 1 January 1981.

The Act

Schedule 1 of the Act lists the areas to be amalgamated and the status of the new area. The only area to be split by the Act was the Manning Shire, divided between the Shire of Great Lakes and the newly created Municipality of Greater Taree.

Repeal

The Act was repealed by the Statute Law Act 2011.