Local Government Amendment Act 2019 (NSW)

Local Government Amendment Act 2019 No 6

An Act to amend the Local Government Act 1993 with respect to rates, tendering requirements, election planning, mutual recognition of approvals and other regulatory matters; and for other purposes.

1 Name of Act This Act is the Local Government Amendment Act 2019.

2 Commencement (1) This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act, except as provided by subsection (2). (2) Schedule 1 [4], [15]–[20] and Schedule 2.2 commence on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Local Government Act 1993 No 30

[1]–[3] (Repealed)

[4] Section 178A Insert after section 178:

178A Appeals relating to mutual recognition of approvals (1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to appeals to the Land and Environment Court by applicants or approval holders who are dissatisfied with a determination of a council under a scheme prescribed by the regulations for the mutual recognition of approvals. (2) The regulations may also confer on the Land and Environment Court a discretion to award compensation, that is payable by a council, in circumstances of a kind referred to in section 179.

[5]–[14] (Repealed)

[15] Section 379 Delegation of regulatory functions Insert at the end of section 379 (1) (d): , or (e) another council.

[16] Section 379 (2B)–(2D) Insert after section 379 (2A): (2B) A council may delegate a regulatory function to another council only with the approval, by resolution, of the other council. (2C) The regulations may prescribe regulatory functions that must not be delegated by a council to another council under this section or limit the circumstances in which a regulatory function may be delegated by a council to another council under this section. (2D) A council may delegate a regulatory function to a joint organisation under a provision of this section whether or not the council is a member council of the joint organisation.