Local Government (General) Amendment (Discipline) Regulation 2004 (NSW)

2004 No 883

New South Wales

Local Government (General)

Amendment (Discipline)

Regulation 2004

under the

Local Government Act 1993

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Local Government Act 1993.

ANTHONY BERNARD KELLY, M.P.,

Minister for Local Government

Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to prescribe a model code of conduct applicable to local councillors, members of staff of local councils and delegates of local councils, and
(b)	to prescribe the acts that are acts of disorder for the purposes of Chapter 14 (Honesty and disclosure of interests) of, and Schedule 6A (Code of conduct) to, the Local Government Act 1993.

This Regulation is made under the Local Government Act 1993, including sections 440 (Codes of conduct), 490A (Acts of disorder) and 748 (the general regulation-making power). Section 440 is re-enacted by the Local Government Amendment (Discipline) Act 2004. Section 490A and Schedule 6A are inserted by that Act, which is to commence on the same day as this Regulation.

Published in Gazette No 201 of 17 December 2004, page 9622	Page 1
2004 No 883
Clause 1	Local Government (General) Amendment (Discipline) Regulation 2004

Local Government (General) Amendment (Discipline)

Regulation 2004

under the

Local Government Act 1993

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Local Government (General) Amendment
(Discipline) Regulation 2004.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 January 2005.

3 Amendment of Local Government (General) Regulation 1999

The Local Government (General) Regulation 1999 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

2004 No 883	Local Government (General) Amendment (Discipline) Regulation 2004
Schedule 1	Amendment
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 3)

Clauses 43E and 43F

Insert after clause 43D:

43E Code of Conduct

For the purposes of section 440 (Codes of conduct) of the Act, the Code called The Model Code of Conduct for Local Councils in NSW published by the Department in December 2004 is prescribed as the model code of conduct.

43F Acts of disorder

The acts of disorder specified in clause 29 (1) of the Local Government (Meetings) Regulation 1999 are prescribed as acts of disorder for the purposes of Chapter 14 (Honesty and disclosure of interests) of, and Schedule 6A (Code of conduct) to, the Act.

BY AUTHORITY