Power includes power to conduct joint government activities
10 Power includes power to conduct joint government activities
A local government may exercise its powers by cooperating with 1 or more other local, State or Commonwealth governments to conduct a joint government activity.
A joint government activity includes providing a service, or operating a facility, that involves the other governments.
The cooperation with another government may take any form, including for example—
entering into an agreement; or
creating a joint local government entity, or joint government entity, to oversee the joint government activity.
A joint government activity may be set up for more than 1 purpose.
Example—
Three local governments may create a joint local government entity to manage an aerodrome that services each of their local government areas, and may also enter into an agreement to sell water in bulk to 1 of the local governments.
A local government may exercise a power in another government’s area for the purposes of a joint government activity, in the way agreed by the governments.
However, if the power is to be exercised under a local law, the local law must expressly state that it applies to the other government’s area.
Note—
See section 29 for more information about making local laws.
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