2018-08-07 S&O Agenda - Att 1 to Item 7 - Public Interest Test Report

                         Public Interest Test Plan — Noosa Shire Council
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                       Page 15


          Stakeholders/broad impacts                          Impact rating and rationale


Travellers’ representative bodies

Participation in developing new local law -          Low positive - Impact likely to be positive but
opportunity to influence outcome.                    degree of impact uncertain.


Negative licensing


          Stakeholders/broad impacts                          Impact rating and rationale


Local government

Council is impacted because of the change in its     Low negative - Only requires implementation of
activities which would result under the new          changes to local law.
regulatory arrangement.


Existing operators

No approval renewal applications required.           Low positive - Cost saving would be minimal.


Potential operators

Removal of barrier to entry.                         Low positive - Rated low because, while
                                                     approvals previously required,

                                                     Council did not refuse to grant an approval
                                                     where applications were consistent with local
                                                     law. Therefore barrier to entry was nominal.


Residents/guests/tenants

Some uncertainty as to what impacts might be.        Low negative - Rated low as uncertain as to
Under this regime Council would not have the         degree of impacts.
ability to set specific conditions associated with
individual premises.

For example, Council would not be able to specify
that certain equipment be provided for tenants in
relation to premises providing accommodation for
the elderly, such as hand rails and other safety
devices unless these are written in the local law.


Immediate neighbours

As with residents/tenants stakeholder group,         Low negative - Degree of impact uncertain.
immediate neighbours may be negatively
impacted through inability of Council to set site
specific conditions but again degree of impacts
uncertain.