Local Government Amendment (Nude Bathing) Act 1996 (NSW)

New South Wales

Local Government Amendment (Nude

Bathing) Act 1996 No 133

Contents

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1	Name of Act	2
2	Commencement	2

3 Amendment of Local Government Act 1993 No 30 2

Schedule 1	Amendments	3
New South Wales

Local Government Amendment (Nude

Bathing) Act 1996 No 133

Act No 133, 1996

An Act to amend the Local Government Act 1993 to allow nude bathing on certain beaches. [Assented to 12 December 1996]

Section 1 Local Government Amendment (Nude Bathing) Act 1996 No 133

The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:

1 Name of Act

This Act is the Local Government Amendment (Nude Bathing)

Act 1996.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on a day to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Amendment of Local Government Act 1993 No 30

The Local Government Act 1993 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

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Schedule 1	Amendments

(Section 3)

[1]        Section 633 Bathing (including nude bathing) and other water-based recreational activities

Insert “(other than a designated beach)” after “any place” in section
633 (2).

[2]        Section 633 (4A) and (4B)

Insert after section 633 (4):

(4A) However, a notice referred to in this section cannot

prohibit:

(a)	the use of a designated beach for the purposes of nude bathing, or
(b)	a person from otherwise being in the nude at a designated beach.

(4B) Accordingly, any such notice (whether erected before or after the commencement of the Local Government Amendment (Nude Bathing) Act 1996) that purports to prohibit the use of a designated beach for the purposes of nude bathing, or that purports to prohibit a person from otherwise being in the nude at a designated beach, has no effect on or after that commencement.

[3]        Section 633 (6)

Insert after section 633 (5):

(6) In this section:

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Schedule 1 Amendments

designated beach means any of the following beaches,

or any part of the following beaches (including the sea

adjacent to any such beach):

Lady Bay (Lady Jane) Beach
Cobblers Beach
Obelisk Beach
Werrong Beach

Samurai Beach

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

Legislative Assembly on 13 November 1996
Legislative Council on 3 December 1996]