Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Within a period of
8 years from the day when a local law commenced or a report of a review of the
local law was accepted under this section, as the case requires, a local
government is to carry out a review of the local law to determine whether or
not it considers that it should be repealed or amended.
(2) The local
government is to give local public notice stating that —
(a) the
local government proposes to review the local law; and
(b) a
copy of the local law may be inspected or obtained at any place specified in
the notice; and
(c)
submissions about the local law may be made to the local government before a
day to be specified in the notice, being a day that is not less than 6 weeks
after the notice is given.
[(2a) deleted]
(3) After the last day
for submissions, the local government is to consider any submissions made and
cause a report of the review to be prepared and submitted to its council.
(4) When its council
has considered the report, the local government may determine* whether or not
it considers that the local law should be repealed or amended.
* Absolute majority required.
[Section 3.16 amended: No. 64 of 1998 s. 7; No. 49
of 2004 s. 24; No. 16 of 2019 s. 9.]