You are looking at a part of the Local Government Act 1974 that is about regional councils. This part is called section 575B and it has been repealed. It was repealed on 1 July 2003 by section 266 of the Local Government Act 2002, which you can find on the New Zealand legislation website.

You can see that this section is no longer part of the law because it says "Repealed" next to its name. This means it is not used anymore. The Local Government Act 2002 made this change to the law.

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Government and voting > Local councilsHousing and property > Land use

575A: Interpretation, or

"What words in the law mean"

576: Power to undertake farming operations, or

"Councils can't do farming work under this old rule, which was stopped in 2003."

Part 33Farming and afforestation
Farming

575BRegional councils (Repealed)

Notes

Section 575B: repealed, on 1 July 2003, by section 266 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).