Local Government Act 2020

A Council must adopt and maintain a public transparency policy.

A public transparency policy must—

give effect to the public transparency principles; and

describe the ways in which Council information is to be made publicly available; and

subject to section 58(b), specify which Council information must be publicly available, including all policies, plans and reports required under this Act or any other Act; and

include any other matters prescribed by the regulations.

A Council must adopt the first public transparency policy under this section on or before 1 September 2020.

For the purposes of the public transparency policy and the public transparency principles, information includes documents.