388Legal status of county councils

#### 388 Legal status of county councils 388 Legal status of county councils > > (1) A proclamation establishing a county council operates to constitute the county council as 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 county council is not a body corporate (including a corporation). > > > (3) A county 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 county council in the same way as it applies to and in respect of a body corporate (including a corporation). > > **s 388:** Subst 2008 No 92, Sch 1 \[5\].