Local Government Act, 1946
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 Amendment of section 34 of Local Government Act, 1925.  |   
 97.— Section 34 of the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925), is hereby amended by the deletion of subsections (8) and (9) and the substitution therefor of the following subsections:  | |
“(8) Nothing in this section shall—  | ||
(a) authorise the county surveyor or urban district council to trim or cut a tree during any period beginning on a 1st day of April and ending on the next following 30th day of September, or  | ||
(b) authorise a person to be requested or ordered to trim or cut a tree during any such period,  | ||
unless failure to trim or cut the tree during that period would, in the opinion of the county surveyor or urban district council, involve serious risk of accident.  | ||
(9) Where the time limited by a request or order under this section for trimming or cutting a tree expires during any period beginning on a 1st day of April and ending on the next following 30th day of September, such time shall be deemed to be extended to the next following 7th day of October.”  |