2018-08-07 Services and Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                     7 AUGUST 2018


7                        LOCAL LAWS AMENDMENTS
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Governance Advisor, Paul Bright
                                    Executive Services Department

Index                               ECM/ Local Laws

Attachments                         1.    Public Interest Test Report about Administration and Other Local
                                          Laws (Amendment) Local Law (No.1) 2018 and Administration and
                                          Other Subordinate Local Laws (Amendment) Subordinate Local Law
                                          (No.1) 2018 (31 page)
                                    2.    Administration and Other Local Laws (Amendment) Local Law (No.1)
                                          2018 (6 pages)
                                    3.    Administration and Other Subordinate Local Laws (Amendment)
                                          Subordinate Local Law (No.1) 2018 (26 pages)
                                    4.    Letter from the Department of Transport and Main Roads (3 pages)
                                    5.    Consolidated version of amended local laws (201 pages)
                                    The above attachments are provided separately to this agenda)



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Governance Advisor to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 8 August 2018 and resolve:
A.                       To note Council has consulted with relevant government entities about the overall State
                         interest in Administration and Other Local Laws (Amendment) Local Law (No.1) 2018; and
B.                       To implement the recommendations of the Public Interest Test Report about Administration
                         and Other Local Laws (Amendment) Local Law (No.1) 2018 and Administration and Other
                         Subordinate Local Laws (Amendment) Subordinate Local Law (No.1) 2018 (provided at
                         Attachment 1); and
C.                       To make Administration and Other Local Laws (Amendment) Local Law (No.1) 2018 as
                         advertised (provided at Attachment 2); and
D.                       To make Administration and Other Subordinate Local Laws (Amendment) Subordinate
                         Local Law (No.1) 2018 as advertised, subject to the inclusion, in section 8 (Amendment of
                         sch 5 (State-controlled roads to which the local law applies) of the following –
                         ‘For the purposes of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, section
                         66(5)(b), the chief executive’s written agreement is subject to the limitations specified in a
                         letter from the Department of Transport and Main Roads to the local government dated 19
                         June 2018 (provided at Attachment 3)’; and
E.                       To note the letter of the Department of Transport and Main Roads (provided at Attachment
                         4); and
F.                       To note that each of Administration and Other Local Laws (Amendment) Local Law (No. 1)
                         2018 and Administration and Other Subordinate Local Laws (Amendment) Subordinate
                         Local Law (No. 1) 2018 contain anti-competitive provisions; and
G.                       To adopt, pursuant to section 32 of the Local Government Act 2009, a consolidated version
                         of each of the following (provided at Attachment 5) –

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