Local Government Act 2009

The grants commission is a body that is created under this Act to perform the responsibilities of a Local Government Grants Commission under the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act.

The grants commission and the Minister must comply with the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act.

The public hearings that the grants commission is required to hold under the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act must be held in the way set out in part 1.

If—

the grants commission requires a local governing body to provide information to help the grants commission make a decision about funding under the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act; and

the local governing body does not make a submission by the date reasonably specified by the grants commission;

A local governing body is a local governing body within the meaning of the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act.

The Minister must not distribute to a local government an amount equal to notional GST if the local government has not paid the notional GST.

Notional GST is an amount that a local government may pay under the GST and Related Matters Act 2000, section 5.

The Minister must table the following in the Legislative Assembly—

the grants commission’s recommendations about the allocation of funding;

a breakdown of how the funding was allocated between local governments.