Local Government (Savings and Transitional) Act 1993
5Towns, cities and municipalities
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5 Towns, cities and municipalities
(1) Any town or city created or declared under a repealed Act before the proclaimed day continues, on that day, to be a town or a city under the Local Government Act 1993 .
(2) Any municipality proclaimed, created or continued under a repealed Act before the proclaimed day is, on that day, a municipal area under the Local Government Act 1993 .
(3) Any municipal district created under a repealed Act before the proclaimed day is, on that day, a municipal area under the Local Government Act 1993 .
(4) Any ward created under a repealed Act before the proclaimed day is, on that day, an electoral district under the Local Government Act 1993 .
(5) The boundaries of any town, city, municipal district or ward in existence immediately before the proclaimed day continue, on that day, to be boundaries under the Local Government Act 1993 .