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Agency No. 1
Agency Title  DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Start Date  1 Jan 1949
End Date  1 Jul 2001
Category  Department
Creating Legislation  The Municipal Corporations Act 1906 (to 30/6/1961); The Local Government Act 1960 (from 1/7/1961 until 30/6/1996); The Local Government Act 1995 (from 1/7/1996)
Agency Description  The work of the Department of Local Government consisted of general supervision and guidance of the activities of local authorities, by-laws, holding of auditing accounts, perusing of alterations, recommending approval of some appointments.

Following on from recommendations handed down by the Machinery of Government Taskforce, the functions of the Department of Local Government were merged with the regional functions of the former Department of Commerce and Trade on 1 July 2001 to form a new department - the Department of Local Government and Regional Development.

 
Preceding Agencies 
7 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 1 Jan 1901 ~ 1 Jan 1985   Detail
 
Succeeding Agencies 
1216 DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1 Jul 2001 ~   Detail
 
Superior Agencies 
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Subordinate Agencies 
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Functions exercised by this agency 
8 GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION 1 Jan 1949 ~ 1 Jul 2001   Detail
 
Record series created by this agency 
1 FILES - DEPARTMENTAL 1 Jan 1949 ~   Detail
2 FILES - MUNICIPAL 1 Jan 1949 ~   Detail
1209 FILES - PERSONAL 1 Jan 1930 ~   Detail
3006 ELECTION RETURNS - ROAD BOARDS 1 Jan 1949 ~ 30 Jun 1961   Detail
3007 ELECTION RETURNS - MUNICIPALITIES 1 Jan 1949 ~   Detail
3008 REGISTERS OF SERVICE - COUNCIL MEMBERS 1 Jan 1949 ~ 31 Dec 1980   Detail

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