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South Australia
Local Government (Accountability and Governance)
Amendment Bill 2015
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Local
Government Act 1999
; to make a related amendment to the
City
of Adelaide Act 1998
; and to repeal the
Local
Government Act 1934
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Local Government
Act 1999
4Amendment of section
4—Interpretation
5Amendment of section 12—Composition and
wards
6Amendment of section
44—Delegations
7Amendment of section 48—Prudential
requirements for certain activities
8Amendment of section 50—Public
consultation policies
9Amendment of section 54—Casual
vacancies
10Amendment of section 62—General
duties
12Amendment of section 68—Register of
Interests
13Amendment of section 70—Inspection of
Register
14Substitution of Chapter 5 Part 4 Division
3
Division 3—Conflicts of
interest
Subdivision 1—Material conflicts of
interest
73Material
conflicts of interest
74Dealing with
material conflicts of interest
Subdivision 2—Actual and perceived
conflicts of interest
75Actual and
perceived conflicts of interest
75ADealing with actual and
perceived conflicts of interest
75BApplication of
Division to members and meetings of committees and subsidiaries
15Amendment of section
76—Allowances
16Amendment of section
85—Quorum
17Amendment of section 90—Meetings to be
held in public except in special circumstances
18Amendment of section 91—Minutes and
release of documents
19Amendment of section 92—Access to
meetings and documents—code of practice
20Amendment of section 97—Vacancy in
office
110ADuty to protect
confidential information
22Amendment of section 122—Strategic
management plans
23Amendment of section 123—Annual business
plans and budgets
24Amendment of section 126—Audit
committee
25Amendment of section 132—Access to
documents
26Amendment of section 155—Service rates
and service charges
27Amendment of section
169—Objections to valuations made by council
28Amendment of section 174—Inspection of
assessment record
29Amendment of section 202—Alienation of
community land by lease or licence
30Amendment of section 219—Power to assign
a name, or change the name, of a road or public place
234AProhibition of
traffic or closure of streets or roads
32Amendment of section 237—Removal of
vehicles
33Amendment of section 246—Power to make
by-laws
34Amendment of section 264—Complaint
lodged in District Court
35Amendment of section 265—Hearing by
District Court
36Amendment of section 270—Procedures for
review of decisions and requests for services
37Amendment of section 271—Mediation,
conciliation and neutral evaluation
38Amendment of section 294—Power to enter
and occupy land in connection with an activity
40Amendment of Schedule 2—Provisions
applicable to subsidiaries
Schedule 1—Related amendment, repeal
and transitional provisions
Part 1—Related amendment to City of
Adelaide Act 1998
1Amendment of section
24—Allowances
Part 2—Repeal of
Local Government Act 1934
Part 3—Transitional
provisions
Division 1—Transitional provisions
related to repeal of Local Government Act 1934
3Prohibition of traffic or closure of streets or
roads
Division 2—Transitional provision
related to objections to valuations
5Transitional provision—objections to
valuations
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Accountability and
Governance) Amendment Act 2015.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Local Government
Act 1999
4—Amendment
of section 4—Interpretation
(1) Section 4(1)—after the definition of day therapy
centre insert:
district council means a council constituted as a district
council;
(2) Section 4(1)—after the definition of moveable sign
insert:
municipal council means a council constituted as a municipal
council;
(3) Section 4(1), definition of public notice—delete
the definition and substitute:
public notice—see subsection (1aa);
(4) Section 4(1), definition of relative—after
paragraph (d) insert:
or
(e) a stepfather, stepmother, stepson or stepdaughter; or
(f) any member of the person's family who resides in the member's
household;
(5) Section 4—after subsection (1) insert:
(1aa) For the purposes of this Act, public notice is given
if—
(a) notice is published—
(i) in the Gazette; and
(ii) —
(A) in the case of a notice to be published by a council—on a
website determined by the chief executive officer; or
(B) in the case of a notice to be published by another person or
body—on a website determined by the person or body; and
(b) notification of the fact of publication of the notice and the website
address at which the notice is available for inspection is published in a
newspaper circulating within the area of the relevant council.
5—Amendment
of section 12—Composition and wards
Section 12(11c)(b)(iii)—delete "the Internet" and
substitute:
a website determined by the chief executive officer
6—Amendment
of section 44—Delegations
(1) Section 44(3)(f)—delete paragraph (f)
(2) Section 44(3)—after paragraph (j) insert:
(ja) the power to revoke the classification of land as community land
under section 194;
7—Amendment
of section 48—Prudential requirements for certain
activities
(1) Section 48(1)(b)(i)—delete "expenditure" and
substitute:
operating expenses calculated on an accrual basis
(2) Section 48(2)—after paragraph (i) insert:
(j) if the project involves the sale or disposition of land, the valuation
of the land by a qualified valuer under the
Land
Valuers Act 1994
.
8—Amendment
of section 50—Public consultation policies
(1) Section 50(4)(a)—delete paragraph (a) and substitute:
(a) the publication of a notice—
(i) in a newspaper circulating within the area of the council;
and
(ii) on a website determined by the chief executive officer,
describing the matter under consideration and inviting interested persons
to make submissions in relation to the matter within a period (which must be at
least 21 days) stated in the notice; and
(2) Section 50(6)(d)—delete "in a newspaper circulating generally
throughout the State and"
9—Amendment
of section 54—Casual vacancies
Section 54(1)(d)—delete "meetings (the first of which having been
held three months or more before the last)" and substitute:
ordinary meetings of the council
10—Amendment
of section 62—General duties
Section 62—after subsection (4) insert:
(4a) A member or former
member of a council must not disclose information or a document in relation to
which there is an order of a council or council committee in effect under
section 90 requiring the information or document to be treated
confidentially.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or 2 years imprisonment.
(4b) Nothing in
subsection (4a)
prohibits the disclosure of information or a document that is required or
authorised by law.
Section 67—delete the section and substitute:
67—Form and content of returns
(1) A member of a
council who has submitted a return under this Division must notify the chief
executive officer of a change or variation in the information appearing on the
Register in respect of the member or a person related to the member (within the
meaning of Schedule 3) within 1 month of the change or
variation.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against
subsection (1)
to prove that the member did not know, and could not reasonably be
expected to have known, of the relevant change or variation.
12—Amendment
of section 68—Register of Interests
Section 68—after subsection (3) insert:
(4) Despite this Division and Schedule 3, if the chief executive
officer is satisfied that—
(a) the inclusion in the Register of the address of a person would place
at risk the personal safety of that person, a member of that person's family or
any other person, the chief executive officer may suppress the address from the
Register; or
(b) a person's address is suppressed from the roll under the
Electoral
Act 1985
, the chief executive officer must suppress the person's residential
address from the Register.
13—Amendment
of section 70—Inspection of Register
(1) Section 70—before subsection (1) insert:
(a1) A council must publish, in accordance with the regulations, the
following details in relation to each member of the council contained in the
Register on a website determined by the chief executive officer (and cause the
details on the website to be updated at regular intervals):
(a) the member's income sources (within the meaning of Schedule 3) or
employer;
(b) the name of any political party, any body or association formed for
political purposes or any trade or professional organisation (within the meaning
of Schedule 3) of which the member is a member;
(c) any gifts received by the member that are required to be included in
the information entered in the Register in relation to the member.
(2) Section 70(3) and (4)—delete subsections (3) and (4)
14—Substitution
of Chapter 5 Part 4 Division 3
Chapter 5 Part 4 Division 3—delete the Division and
substitute:
Division 3—Conflicts of
interest
Subdivision 1—Material conflicts of
interest
73—Material conflicts of
interest
(1) Subject to this
section, for the purposes of this Subdivision, a member of a council has a
material conflict of interest in a matter to be discussed at a
meeting of the council if any of the following persons would gain a benefit, or
suffer a loss, (whether directly or indirectly and whether of a personal or
pecuniary nature) depending on the outcome of the consideration of the matter at
the meeting:
(a) the member;
(c) a body corporate of which the member is a director or a member of the
governing body;
(d) a proprietary company in which the member is a shareholder;
(e) a beneficiary under a trust or an object of a discretionary trust of
which the member is a trustee;
(f) a partner of the member;
(g) the employer or an employee of the member;
(h) a person from whom the member has received or might reasonably be
expected to receive a fee, commission or other reward for providing professional
or other services;
(i) a person of a prescribed class.
(2) A member of a council will not be taken to have a material conflict of
interest in a matter to be discussed at a meeting of the
council—
(a) if the relevant benefit or loss would be enjoyed or suffered in common
with all or a substantial proportion of the ratepayers, electors or residents of
the area or a ward; or
(b) on account of an interest under
subsection (1)
of a relative of the member, other than the member's spouse or domestic
partner, if the member does not know, and could not reasonably be expected to
know, of the interest.
(3) A member of a council who is a member, officer or employee of an
agency or instrumentality of the Crown, will be regarded as having a material
conflict of interest in a matter before the council if the matter directly
concerns that agency or instrumentality but otherwise will not be regarded as
having an interest in a matter by virtue of being a member, officer or employee
of the agency or instrumentality.
(4) In this section—
agency or instrumentality of the Crown
includes—
(a) an administrative unit of the Public Service;
(b) a body corporate comprised of, or including or having a governing body
comprised of or including, a Minister or Ministers of the Crown or a person or
persons appointed by the Governor or a Minister or other agency or
instrumentality of the Crown.
74—Dealing with material conflicts of
interest
(1) If a member of a
council has a material conflict of interest in a matter to be discussed at a
meeting of the council, the member must—
(a) inform the meeting of the member’s material conflict of interest
in the matter; and
(b) leave the meeting room (including any area set aside for the public)
such that the member cannot view or hear any discussion or voting at the
meeting, and stay out of the meeting room while the matter is being discussed
and voted on.
Maximum penalty:
(a) if the member votes on the matter with an intention to gain a benefit,
or avoid a loss, for the member or another person—$15 000 or 4 years
imprisonment; or
(b) in any other case—$5 000.
(2) However, a member of the council does not contravene
subsection (1)
by taking part in the meeting, or being in the chamber where the meeting
is being conducted, if the member—
(a) has been granted an approval under
subsection (3)
; and
(b) is complying with the conditions of the approval.
(3) The Minister may
grant an approval in writing to a member of the council to take part in the
meeting, or to be in the chamber where the meeting is being conducted,
if—
(a) because of the number of members subject to the obligation under this
section, conduct of the meeting would be obstructed if the approval were not
given; or
(b) it appears to the Minister to be in the interests of the council's
community and area.
(4) The Minister may grant an approval under
subsection (3)
subject to any conditions determined by the Minister.
(5) If a member of a council discloses a material conflict of interest in
a matter to be discussed at a meeting of the council, the following details must
be recorded in the minutes of the meeting and on a website determined by the
chief executive officer:
(a) the member's name;
(b) the nature of the interest, as described by the member;
(c) if the member took part in the meeting, or was in the chamber during
the meeting, under an approval under
subsection (3)
, the fact that the member took part in the meeting, or was in the chamber
during the meeting (as the case requires).
(6) This section does
not apply to a matter of ordinary business of the council of a kind prescribed
by regulation for the purposes of this section.
Subdivision 2—Actual and perceived conflicts of
interest
75—Actual and perceived conflicts of
interest
(1) In this Subdivision—
actual conflict of interest—see
section 75A(1)(a)
;
conflict of interest—see
subsections (2)
and
(3)
;
perceived conflict of interest—see
section 75A(1)(b)
.
(2) For the purposes of
this Subdivision but subject to this section, a conflict of
interest is a conflict between—
(a) a member of a council’s interests (whether direct or indirect
personal or pecuniary); and
(b) the public interest,
that might lead to a decision that is contrary to the public
interest.
(3) A member of a
council will not be regarded as having a conflict of interest in a matter to be
discussed at a meeting of the council—
(a) by reason only of—
(i) an engagement with a community group, sporting club or similar
organisation undertaken by the member in his or her capacity as a member;
or
(ii) membership of a political party; or
(iii) membership of a community group, sporting club or similar
organisation (if the member is not an office holder for the group, club or
organisation); or
(iv) the member having been a student of a particular school or his or her
involvement with a school as parent of a student at the school; or
(v) a nomination or appointment as a member of a board of a corporation or
other association, if the member was nominated for appointment by a council;
or
(b) in prescribed circumstances.
(4) A member of a council will not be taken, for the purposes of this
Subdivision, to have a conflict of interest in a matter to be discussed at a
meeting of the council if the relevant member's interest in the matter is held
in common with all or a substantial proportion of the ratepayers, electors or
residents of the area or a ward.
75A—Dealing with actual and perceived conflicts of
interest
(1) If, in relation to
a matter to be discussed at a meeting of a council, a member of the
council—
(a) has a conflict of
interest in the matter (an actual conflict of interest);
or
(b) could reasonably be
taken, from the perspective of an impartial, fair-minded person, to have a
conflict of interest in the matter (a perceived conflict of
interest),
the member must deal with the actual or perceived conflict of interest in a
transparent and accountable way.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1)
, the member must inform the meeting of—
(a) the member’s interest in the matter; and
(b) if the member proposes to participate in the meeting in relation to
the matter, how the member intends to deal with the actual or perceived conflict
of interest.
(3) If a quorum at a meeting cannot be formed because a member of a
council proposes to exclude himself or herself from the meeting in order to
comply with
subsection (1)
, the member will not be taken to have contravened
subsection (1)
by participating (including by voting, for example) in the meeting in
relation to the matter if the attendance of the member, together with any other
required number of members, forms a quorum for the meeting.
(4) If a member of a council discloses an actual or perceived conflict of
interest in a matter to be discussed at a meeting of the council, the following
details must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting and on a website
determined by the chief executive officer:
(a) the member's name;
(b) the nature of the interest, as described by the member;
(c) the manner in which the member dealt with the actual or perceived
conflict of interest;
(d) if the member voted on the matter, the manner in which he or she
voted;
(e) the manner in which the majority of persons who were entitled to vote
at the meeting voted on the matter.
(5) To avoid doubt, it is declared that non-participation in a meeting of
a council is not the only way in which a member of the council may appropriately
deal in a transparent and accountable way with an actual or perceived conflict
of interest of the member in a matter to be discussed at the meeting.
(6) This section does not apply to a matter of ordinary business of the
council of a kind prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this
section.
Subdivision 3—Other matters
75B—Application of Division to members and meetings
of committees and subsidiaries
(1) The provisions of this Division extend to committees and to members of
committees established by councils as if—
(a) a committee were a council; and
(b) a member of a committee were a member of a council.
(2) The provisions of this Division extend to subsidiaries and to board
members of subsidiaries as if—
(a) a subsidiary were a council; and
(b) a board member of a subsidiary were a member of a council.
15—Amendment
of section 76—Allowances
(1) Section 76(8)—delete "take effect from the first ordinary
meeting of the council held after the conclusion of the relevant periodic
election." and substitute:
be payable for the period—
(a) commencing on the conclusion of the relevant periodic election;
and
(b) concluding at the time at which the last result of the next periodic
election is certified by the returning officer under the
Local
Government (Elections) Act 1999
(including in respect of a member of the council for whom the conclusion
of the next periodic election is, for other purposes, the last business day
before the second Saturday of November of the year of the periodic election as a
result of the operation of section 4(2)(a)).
(2) Section 76(11)—delete "A" and substitute:
Subject to subsection (8), a
16—Amendment
of section 85—Quorum
Section 85(2) and (3)—delete subsections (2) and (3)
17—Amendment
of section 90—Meetings to be held in public except in special
circumstances
(1) Section 90(4)—after paragraph (b) insert:
or
(c) involve discussion of a matter that is controversial within the
council area or the State; or
(d) make the council susceptible to adverse criticism.
(2) Section 90(7)—delete "and of the grounds on which it was made"
and substitute:
and specifying—
(a) the grounds on which the order was made; and
(b) the basis on which the information or matter to which the order
relates falls within the ambit of each ground on which the order was made;
and
(c) if relevant, the reasons that receipt, consideration or discussion of
the information or matter in a meeting open to the public would be contrary to
the public interest.
(3) Section 90—after subsection (8) insert:
(8a) In addition,
an informal gathering or discussion under subsection (8) may only be held
if—
(a) the council has adopted a policy on the holding of informal gatherings
or discussions; and
(b) the informal gathering or discussion complies with the
policy.
(8b) A policy adopted under
subsection (8a)
must comply with any requirements prescribed by the regulations, and the
regulations may (for example) include requirements that the policy provide
for—
(a) the imposition of limitations on the holding of informal gatherings or
discussions; and
(b) procedures for approval of informal gatherings or discussions;
and
(c) the capacity of the council to impose conditions on an
approval.
(8c) A council may from time to time alter its policy, or substitute a new
policy.
(8d) The council must ensure that a copy of the policy under
subsection (8a)
is available for inspection (without charge) at the principal office of
the council during ordinary office hours and on a website determined by the
chief executive officer.
(8e) A person is entitled, on payment of a fee fixed by the council, to a
copy of a policy under
subsection (8a)
.
18—Amendment
of section 91—Minutes and release of documents
Section 91(9)—after paragraph (a) insert:
(ab) in the case of an order of specified duration—
(i) the duration of the order cannot be extended after the order has
ceased to apply (as a result of the expiry of the period for which the order was
specified to apply); and
(ii) an order extending the duration of such an order cannot be delegated
by the relevant council or council committee; and
19—Amendment
of section 92—Access to meetings and documents—code of
practice
Section 92(5)(a)—after "office" insert:
and available for inspection on a website determined by the chief executive
officer
20—Amendment
of section 97—Vacancy in office
Section 97—after subsection (3) insert:
(4) Subject to
subsection (5)
, a chief executive officer who resigns under subsection (2)(a) may,
before the date that the resignation takes effect, withdraw the resignation by
notice in writing to the council.
(5) A withdrawal under
subsection (4)
is void and of no effect unless the council, by resolution, accepts the
withdrawal.
After section 110 insert:
110A—Duty to protect confidential
information
(1) An employee or
former employee of a council must not disclose information or a document in
relation to which there is an order of a council or council committee in effect
under section 90 requiring the information or document to be treated
confidentially.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or 2 years imprisonment.
(2) Nothing in
subsection (1)
prohibits the disclosure of information or a document where the disclosure
is required or authorised by law.
22—Amendment
of section 122—Strategic management plans
(1) Section 122—after subsection (1a) insert:
(1b) The financial projections in a long-term financial plan adopted by a
council must be consistent with those in the infrastructure and asset management
plan adopted by the council.
(2) Section 122(6)—after "plans" insert:
(but nothing in this subsection is to be taken to limit subsection
(5))
23—Amendment
of section 123—Annual business plans and budgets
(1) Section 123(4)(a)—after "area of the council" insert:
and on a website determined by the chief executive officer
(2) Section 123(5)—after "principal office of the council"
insert:
and on the website
(3) Section 123(9)—after paragraph (b) insert:
and
(c) ensure that electronic copies of the annual business plan and the
budget (as adopted) are published on a website determined by the chief executive
officer.
24—Amendment
of section 126—Audit committee
Section 126(4)(ad)—delete paragraph (ad)
25—Amendment
of section 132—Access to documents
(1) Section 132(3)—delete "the Internet" and substitute:
a website determined by the chief executive officer
(2) Section 132—after subsection (3) insert:
(3a) To avoid doubt, if an order under section 91(7) expires or ceases to
apply in relation to a document or part of a document, the council must make the
document or part of the document (as the case requires) available for inspection
on the website referred to in subsection (3) within a reasonable time after it
is available for inspection under section 91(5) at the principal office of the
council.
26—Amendment
of section 155—Service rates and service charges
Section 155(5a)—delete "that fixes a price" and substitute:
regulating prices, conditions relating to prices, and price-fixing
factors
27—Amendment
of section 169—Objections to valuations made by
council
(1) Section
169(1)(b)—delete paragraph (b)
(2) Section 169(15)—delete subsection (15) and substitute:
(15) A person who is dissatisfied with—
(a) the decision of a valuer on reconsideration of a valuation on an
objection under subsection (1)(a); or
(b) the decision of a valuer after a further review on a request under
subsection (8),
may apply to SACAT for a review of the decision.
(15aa) However, the right of review conferred by subsection (15)(a) may
not be exercised by the council.
(3) Section 169(15a)—delete "subsections (1)(b) and" and
substitute:
subsection
(4) Section 169(15a)(a)—delete paragraph (a) and
substitute:
(a) an application for a review by SACAT must be made within 21 days
after the applicant receives notice of the relevant decision (unless SACAT, in
its discretion, allows an extension of time for making the application);
and
28—Amendment
of section 174—Inspection of assessment record
Section 174—after subsection (2) insert:
(3) A person who inspects the assessment record or obtains a copy of an
entry made in the assessment record under this section must not use the
information so obtained for advertising or marketing activities for commercial
purposes.
Maximum penalty: $10 000
29—Amendment
of section 202—Alienation of community land by lease or
licence
Section 202—delete "21" wherever occurring and substitute in each
case:
42
30—Amendment
of section 219—Power to assign a name, or change the name, of a road or
public place
Section 219(7)—delete subsection (7) and substitute:
(7) Notice of the adopting or altering of a policy under this section must
be published—
(a) in the Gazette; and
(b) in a newspaper circulating within the area of the council;
and
(c) on a website determined by the chief executive officer.
After section 234 insert:
234A—Prohibition of traffic or closure of streets
or roads
(1) Subject to this
section, a council may, by resolution supported by an absolute majority of the
members of the council, exclude vehicles (either generally or of a particular
class) from the whole or any part of a road or public place.
(2) The council may, by further resolution, vary or revoke a resolution
under
subsection (1)
.
(3) A resolution or resolutions passed under this section may only operate
so as to exclude vehicles from the whole or part of a particular road for a
maximum period of 30 days in a year.
(4) To avoid doubt, a resolution passed under this section cannot be
extended, renewed or remade so as to operate to exclude vehicles from the whole
or part of a particular road for more than the maximum period of 30 days in
a year.
(5) Subject to the
Road
Traffic Act 1961
, the council may erect such barricades or other traffic control devices as
are necessary to give effect to a resolution passed under this
section.
(6) A resolution passed under this section cannot take effect before it
has been published—
(a) in the Gazette; and
(b) in a newspaper circulating within the area of the council;
and
(c) on a website determined by the chief executive officer.
(7) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a resolution under
this section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
Expiation fee: $210.
32—Amendment
of section 237—Removal of vehicles
(1) Section 237(3)—delete subsection (3) and substitute:
(3) The regulations may provide that subsections (1) and (2) do
not apply, or apply with prescribed variations, in circumstances or a class of
circumstances prescribed in the regulations.
(3a) To avoid doubt, a vehicle parked or left standing on a public road in
a manner that does not contravene a law regulating the parking or standing of
vehicles on public roads will be taken not to have been left on a public
road for the purposes of subsection (1), unless the vehicle has, in the
opinion of the authorised person, been abandoned.
(2) Section 237(4)—delete "and of the place to which the vehicle was
removed"
33—Amendment
of section 246—Power to make by-laws
Section 246(2)—delete subsection (2) and substitute:
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a council has a general power to
make by-laws for the good rule and government of the area, and for the
convenience, comfort and safety of its community.
34—Amendment
of section 264—Complaint lodged in District Court
(1) Section 264(1) and (2)—delete subsections (1) and (2) and
substitute:
(1) A complaint setting
out the matters that are alleged to constitute the grounds for complaint against
a member of a council under this Part may be lodged with the District Court
by—
(a) a person authorised
in writing by the Minister or the council for the purposes of this section;
or
(b) the chief executive
officer of the council.
(2) However, a person referred to in
subsection (1)(a)
or
(b)
may not lodge a complaint unless the matter has been investigated by the
Ombudsman or the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption.
(2) Section 264(3)—delete "approval under subsection (2)" and
substitute:
authorisation under subsection (1)(a)
(3) Section 264(3)—delete "approval" second occurring and
substitute:
authorisation
35—Amendment
of section 265—Hearing by District Court
Section 265(2)(a)—after "Ombudsman" insert:
, the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption
36—Amendment
of section 270—Procedures for review of decisions and requests for
services
Section 270(a1)(a)—delete "provided by the council; or" and
substitute:
provided by the council; and
37—Amendment
of section 271—Mediation, conciliation and neutral
evaluation
(1) Section 271(5)—after "mediator" insert:
, conciliator
(2) Section 271(6)—after "mediation" insert:
, conciliation
(3) Section 271(7)—after "mediator" insert:
, conciliator
(4) Section 271(8)—after "mediator" insert:
, conciliator
38—Amendment
of section 294—Power to enter and occupy land in connection with an
activity
Section 294(6)(a)—delete "450 metres of the curtilage of a house" and
substitute:
500 metres of a house or dwelling
Section 299—delete the section
40—Amendment
of Schedule 2—Provisions applicable to subsidiaries
(1) Schedule 2, Part 1, clause 3(5)(b)—delete "in the Gazette" and
substitute:
on a website determined by the chief executive officer
(2) Schedule 2, Part 1, clause 3(5)—after paragraph (b)
insert:
and
(c) ensure that notice of the fact of the amendment and a website address
at which the charter is available for inspection is published in the
Gazette.
(3) Schedule 2, Part 1, clause 9(3)—after "its" insert:
adopted
(4) Schedule 2, Part 1, clause 19(5)(b)—delete "in the Gazette" and
substitute:
on a website (or websites) determined by the chief executive officers of
the constituent councils
(5) Schedule 2, Part 2, clause 19(5)—after paragraph (b)
insert:
and
(c) ensure that a notice of the fact of the amendment and a website
address at which the charter is available for inspection is published in the
Gazette.
(6) Schedule 2, Part 2, clause 25(3)—after "its" insert:
adopted
Schedule 1—Related
amendment, repeal and transitional provisions
Part 1—Related amendment to City of
Adelaide Act 1998
1—Amendment
of section 24—Allowances
(1) Section 24(8)—delete "take effect from the first ordinary
meeting of the Council held after the conclusion of the relevant periodic
election." and substitute:
be payable for the period—
(a) commencing on the conclusion of the relevant periodic election;
and
(b) concluding at the time at which the last result of the next periodic
election for the City of Adelaide held under the
Local
Government (Elections) Act 1999
is certified by the returning officer under that Act (including in respect
of a member of the Council for whom the conclusion of the next periodic election
is, for other purposes, the last business day before the second Saturday of
November of the year of the periodic election as a result of the operation of
section 4(2)(a) of the
Local
Government Act 1999
).
(2) Section 24(9)—delete "the determination" and
substitute:
the relevant periodic election
(3) Section 24(11)—delete "A" and substitute:
Subject to subsection (8), a
Part 2—Repeal of Local Government
Act 1934
is repealed.
Part 3—Transitional
provisions
Division 1—Transitional provisions related to
repeal of Local Government Act 1934
In this Division—
Minister means the Minister responsible for the
administration of the
Local
Government Act 1999
;
principal Act means the
Local
Government Act 1934
;
relevant day means the day on which
Part 2
of this Schedule comes into operation.
3—Prohibition
of traffic or closure of streets or roads
A resolution passed under section 359 of the principal Act and in
force on the relevant day will continue to have force and effect unless or until
the resolution expires or is revoked by the council (and that section will
continue to apply in relation to any such resolution as if the principal Act had
not been repealed).
(1) A by-law made under
section 667 of the principal Act and in force on the relevant day (other
than a by-law made under section 667(1) 4 or 9 XVI) will continue to have
force and effect unless or until the by-law expires or is revoked by the council
(and that section will continue to apply in relation to any such by-law as if
the principal Act had not been repealed).
(2) A by-law made under
section 667(1) 4 of the principal Act and in force on the relevant day will
continue to have force and effect until—
(a) a day designated by the Minister by notice in the Gazette;
or
(b) if the by-law expires or is revoked by the council before a day is
designated by the Minister—the day on which the expiry or revocation takes
effect,
(and section 667(1) 4 of the principal Act will continue to apply in
relation to any such by-law as if the principal Act had not been
repealed).
(3) The
Local
Government Act 1999
applies to and in relation to by-laws continued in operation under
subclause (1)
and
(2)
as if they were by-laws made under that Act.
(4) A by-law made under section 667(1) 9 XVI of the principal Act and in
force on the relevant day will be taken to be a by-law made under
section 246(2) of the
Local
Government Act 1999
(as to be inserted by this Act).
(5) Any process or proceeding commenced by a council in relation to the
making of a by-law under section 667(1) 9 XVI of the principal Act before
the relevant day may be completed as if the principal Act had not been repealed
and the by-law will, if or when it is made, have effect as if it was made under
section 246(2) of the
Local
Government Act 1999
(as to be inserted by this Act).
Division 2—Transitional provision related to
objections to valuations
5—Transitional
provision—objections to valuations
(1) The repeal of section 169(1)(b) of the principal Act by
section 27(1)
does not affect—
(a) any proceedings before the Tribunal commenced before the relevant day
under section 169(1)(b) of the principal Act in existence before that day;
or
(b) a right to apply for a review by the Tribunal under
section 169(1)(b) of the principal Act in existence before the relevant day
(but not exercised before that day).
(2) In this section—
principal Act means the
Local
Government Act 1999
;
relevant day means the day on which
section 27(1)
comes into operation;
Tribunal means the South Australian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal.