Local Government Act 1993

to provide the legal framework for the system of local government for New South Wales,

to set out the responsibilities and powers of councils, councillors and other persons and bodies that constitute the system of local government,

to provide for governing bodies of councils that are democratically elected, or for certain rural and remote councils, part elected and part appointed,

to facilitate engagement with the local community by councils, councillors and other persons and bodies that constitute the system of local government,

to provide for a system of local government that is accountable to the community and that is sustainable, flexible and effective.