220Legal status of a council

#### 220 Legal status of a council 220 Legal status of a council > > (1) A council is a body politic of the State with perpetual succession and the legal capacity and powers of an individual, both in and outside the State. > > > (2) A council is not a body corporate (including a corporation). > > > (3) A council does not have the status, privileges and immunities of the Crown (including the State and the Government of the State). > > > (4) A law of the State applies to and in respect of a council in the same way as it applies to and in respect of a body corporate (including a corporation). > > **s 220:** Subst 2008 No 92, Sch 1 \[1\].