2015-02-03 P&O Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Proposed Local Laws

                          Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2015                            4



Part 1                       Preliminary
1     Short title
             This local law may be cited as Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 1
             (Administration) 2015.

2     Purposes and how they are to be achieved
       (1) The purposes of this local law are to provide a legal and procedural framework for
           the administration, implementation and enforcement of the local government’s
           local laws, subordinate local laws and specified regulatory powers under
           legislation, and to provide for miscellaneous administrative matters.
       (2) The purposes are to be achieved by providing for—
             (a)    consistent and comprehensive processes for the local government to grant
                    and regulate approvals to undertake prescribed activities; and
             (b)    authorised persons for enforcing local laws; and
             (c)    review of certain decisions made under local laws; and
             (d)    enforcement of local laws; and
             (e)    matters relating to legal proceedings; and
             (f)    miscellaneous administrative matters relating to meetings, fees, abandoned
                    goods and seized and impounded items.

3     Definitions—the dictionary
             The dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in this local law.

4     Relationship with other laws1
             This local law is—
             (a)    in addition to, and does not derogate from, laws regulating land use planning
                    and development assessment; and
             (b)    applies to each of the local government’s local laws subject to any specific
                    provision in a local law that expresses a contrary intention.


Part 2                       Approvals for prescribed activities

5     Meaning of prescribed activity
             Prescribed activity means—
             (a)    an activity prescribed in part 1 of schedule 2 and defined in part 2 of
                    schedule 2; or



1
  This local law and any subordinate local law made under it do not apply to the extent of any inconsistency
with a law of the State or the Commonwealth. See the Act, section 27.