Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980


Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980 was a New South Wales statute with the purpose of amalgamating a series of local government areas in New South Wales. The Act amended the Local Government Act 1919 to give force to the amalgamations. The amalgamations took effect from 1 January 1981.
The Act was repealed by the Statute Law Act 2011.

Councils amalgamated

Schedule 1 of the Act lists the areas to be amalgamated and the status of the new area. The only area to be split by the Act was the Manning Shire, divided between the Shire of Great Lakes and the newly created Municipality of Greater Taree.

Municipalities

Shires