Northern Territory Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2014 (NO 19 OF 2014) - SECT 22

After section 200

insert

200A     Public availability

    (1)     For section 200, the following rules apply, despite any other provision of this Act, in relation to when material need not be available on the council's website:

    (a)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(c):

        (i)     a draft plan need not be available on the website after the final plan is made available on the website; and

        (ii)     a final plan need not be available on the website after 3 years from the last day of the period to which the plan relates;

    (b)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(d), the material need not be available if the following conditions are met:

        (i)     3 years have elapsed since the day on which the subsidiary ceased to exist;

        (ii)     during the 3 years when the material was available on the website after the subsidiary ceased to exist, the material was accompanied by a note indicating the date on which the subsidiary ceased to exist;

    (c)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(e), the material need not be available after 3 years from the day on which the meeting was scheduled, or if later, was held;

    (d)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(f), the material need not be available after 3 years from the last day of the relevant financial year;

    (e)     if the material is an entry on the register mentioned in section 200(g), the material need not be available after 3 years from the conclusion of the next general election after the entry was made;

    (f)     if the material is a code of conduct mentioned in section 200(h), the material need not be available after it is no longer the code of conduct in force for the council;

    (g)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(ha), the material need not be available after 3 years from the last day of the financial year for which the budget or amendment was adopted;

    (h)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(i), the material need not be available after 3 years from the last day of the financial year during which the approved rating proposal or notice was published;

        (i)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(j), the material need not be available after 3 years from the last day of the financial year during which the notice was published;

    (j)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(k), the material need not be available if the land has been sold or the sale has been called off;

    (k)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(l), the material need not be available after 3 years from the last day of the financial year during which the council published the notice on the website;

    (l)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(m) and an order has been made, the material need not be available after 3 years from the last day of the financial year during which the order was made;

    (m)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(n), the material need not be available after the by-law is made or the proposed by-law is defeated;

    (n)     if the material is material mentioned in section 200(p), the material need not be available after 3 years from the last day of the relevant financial year.

    (2)     However, if material is not available on the council's website the council must:

    (a)     permit members of the public to inspect copies of the material, without fee, at the council's office in accordance with the regulations; and

    (b)     provide a copy of the material, in accordance with the regulations, to a member of the public who pays the appropriate fee fixed by the council.