New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 6

6 Meaning of "local authority"

(1) The
"local authority" for a place is the council in the area of which the place is located.

(1A) The Minister may appoint a person to be the local authority for the purposes of this Act for land within the Western Division that is not within the area of a council under the Local Government Act 1993 .

(1B) The Minister may revoke an appointment under subsection (1A) at any time or for any reason.

(1C) A person appointed under subsection (1A) (except a person who is an employee of a government sector agency within the meaning of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 ) is entitled to be paid the remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) that the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the person.

(2) The regulations may provide that the functions of the local authority for a place are to be exercised for the purposes of this Act or specified provisions of this Act by a specified person or the holder of a specified office (instead of by the council provided for by subsection (1)). That person or the holder of that office is then the local authority for that place for the purposes of this Act or the relevant provisions of this Act.