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Local Government Act 1989
5Power to name roads, erect signs and require premises to be numbered
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5 Power to name roads, erect signs and require premises to be numbered
(a) approve, assign or change the name of a road; and
(b) erect signs on a road; and
(c) approve, assign and change the number of a road and any premises next to a road; and
(d) require people to number their premises and to renew those numbers.
Sch. 10 cl. 5(2) substituted by Nos 27/1997
s. 27, 7/1998 s. 23.
(2) The Council, in exercising a power under paragraph (a) of subclause (1) must act in accordance with the guidelines in force for the time being under the **Geographic Place Names Act 1998** and must advise the Registrar under that Act of the action it has taken under that paragraph.