Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) In this
Part —
broadcast technology , in relation to a local
government, means the technology by means of which meetings of its council
are, or are to be, publicly broadcast under regulation 14H(2);
closed proceedings , in relation to a council,
means —
(a) if a
meeting of the council is closed to the public — the meeting; or
(b) if a
part of a meeting of the council is closed to the public — that
part of the meeting;
electronic meeting means a meeting held by
electronic means under regulation 14D;
improvised recording — see
regulation 14I(4);
meeting day , in relation to a council’s
meeting, means the day on which the meeting is held;
publicly available — see
subregulations (2) and (3);
recording means a video recording (with audio) or
an audio only recording;
recording technology , in relation to a local
government, means the technology by means of which recordings of meetings of
its council are, or are to be, made under regulation 14I(1)(a);
usual meeting place , in relation to a council,
means the place at which its meetings (other than electronic meetings) are, or
are to be, usually held.
(2) For the purposes
of this Part, a local government makes a video recording publicly available by
making a copy of the recording publicly available for viewing (with
audio) —
(a) on
its official website; or
(b) on
another website a link to which is publicly provided on its official website.
(3) For the purposes
of this Part, a local government makes an audio only recording publicly
available by making a copy of the recording publicly available for listening
to —
(a) on
its official website; or
(b) on
another website a link to which is publicly provided on its official website.
(4) For the purposes
of subregulations (2) and (3), the quality of the copy of the
recording —
(a) must
be substantially the same as the quality of the recording; and
(b)
without limiting paragraph (a), must meet the requirement of
regulation 14I(2)(b) or (c) (as applicable), subject to
regulation 14I(5)(b) if the recording is an improvised recording.
Note for this regulation:
In this Part, class 1
local government and class 2 local government have the meanings given in
the Local Government (Constitution) Regulations 1998 regulations 2A
and 2B.
[Regulation 14G inserted: SL 2023/158
r. 5.]