Municipal Association Amendment Act 1980
Municipal Association Amendment Act 1980
Municipal Association Amendment Act 1980
Municipal Association Amendment Act 1980
Public Act |
1980 No 123 |
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Date of assent |
22 December 1980 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Municipal Association Act 1939
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Municipal Association Amendment Act 1980, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Municipal Association Act 1939 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Subscriptions, etc., to Association
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 4, the following section:
“4a
“(1)
The Association may from time to time, at its annual conference, by resolution prescribe the subscriptions, fees, or other payments, annual or otherwise, to be paid by members of the Association.
“(2)
Any resolution made in accordance with subsection (1) of this section may prescribe different subscriptions, fees, or other payments for different members or classes of members, and provide for the exemption of any member or class of member from any subscription, fee, or other payment.”
(2)
Section 4 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (1)(d) and subsection (3).
(3)
Notwithstanding the said repeals, any rules relating to the fixing of subscriptions, fees, or other payments made before the commencement of this Act shall continue in force until the passing, in accordance with section 4a of the principal Act (as inserted by subsection (1) of this section), of a resolution relating to those subscriptions, fees, or other payments.
(4)
This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April 1980.
3 Payments by Association
(1)
The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section 7, and substituting the following section:
“7
“(1)
The Association may—
“(a)
Pay fees to members of the Executive Committee (other than the President) for carrying out any functions under this Act:
“(b)
Pay the reasonable travelling expenses incurred by such members (including the President) in carrying out any functions under this Act:
“(c)
Pay such fees and expenses to any person acting under the directions of the Executive Committee.
“(2)
The President may, in addition to any amount payable for travelling expenses under subsection (1) of this section, be paid such annual allowance as may be fixed from time to time by the Executive Committee of the Association.”
(2)
The Municipal Association Amendment Act 1976 is hereby consequentially repealed.
This Act is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.