2020-02-11 P&E Agenda - Item 4 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Shire Council Local Law No 1 (Administration) 2015

                        Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2015                           20



Part 7                     Miscellaneous

34   Maintenance of good order at meetings
     (1) A person who is not a member of the local government or a local government
         committee must not obstruct the proper conduct of a meeting of the local
         government or committee.
          Maximum penalty for subsection (1)—20 penalty units.
     (2) If a person (other than a member) obstructs the proper conduct of a meeting of the
         local government or committee, the chairperson may ask the person to withdraw
         from the meeting place.
     (3) A person asked to withdraw from a meeting place under subsection (2) must
         immediately withdraw from the place and remain away until the end of the
         meeting or for a lesser period fixed by the chairperson.
          Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—20 penalty units.
     (4) If a person contravenes subsection (3), an authorised person may, at the request of
         the chairperson, exercise reasonable force to remove the person, and keep the
         person away, from the meeting place.


35   Fees
     (1) If a local law provides for payment of a fee, and does not itself fix the amount of
         the fee, the fee is to be fixed by resolution under the Act, chapter 4, part 2.
     (2) A resolution fixing a fee may provide for the reimbursement of the fee in
         appropriate circumstances.
          Example—
                Suppose that a person pays an approval fee appropriate to an approval of 1 year’s duration but,
                because of unforeseen circumstances, surrenders the approval within 3 months after it is
                granted. A resolution might provide that, in such a case, the former approval holder is to
                receive a partial reimbursement of the approval fee.
     (3) Unless specific provision to the contrary is made in the local law or resolution
         fixing a fee, the local government may, in an appropriate case, waive or partially
         remit a fee.


36   Abandoned goods
     (1) This section applies where an authorised person considers on reasonable grounds
         that goods have been abandoned in a local government controlled area or on a
         road.
     (2) The authorised person may seize and impound the goods.


37   Dealing with seized and impounded items
     (1) This section applies where—
          (a)     an authorised person has exercised a power under a local law to seize and