Local policy not to be more onerous than this Act or the regulations
164 Local policy not to be more onerous than this Act or the regulations
If a criterion is prescribed by this Act or the regulations in relation to—
a specified aspect of an activity that may be carried out only with the prior approval of the council, or
a specified aspect of anything for which an order may be given under Part 2,
a local policy adopted under this Part by a council, to the extent to which its provisions impose a more onerous criterion in relation to the specified aspect, is void.
However, for the purposes of this section, the imposition of a criterion in a local policy in relation to a specified aspect, does not, in the absence of the prescription by this Act or the regulations of a criterion in relation to that aspect, constitute a more onerous criterion.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Local Government (Armidale and Inverell—Alteration of Boundaries) Proclamation 2019 · Regulation
- Local Government (Bayside) Proclamation 2016 · Regulation
- Local Government (City of Parramatta and Cumberland) Proclamation 2016 · Regulation
5 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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