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Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2016

An Act amending the Local Government Act, 2004 governing local councils in Sierra Leone.

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Summary

The Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2016 amends the Local Government Act, 2004, which re-established elected local councils and the system of decentralised local government in Sierra Leone.

As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Act — for example concerning the functions, finances or administration of local councils, or the devolution of functions — and must be read together with the principal local-government legislation.

Main provisions

  • Amends specified provisions of the Local Government Act, 2004.
  • Concerns the functions, finances or administration of local councils.
  • Relates to decentralisation and the devolution of functions.
  • Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal Act it amends.