Local Government (General) Amendment (Transitional) Regulation 2016 (NSW)

New South Wales

Local Government (General) Amendment

(Transitional) Regulation 2016

under the

Local Government Act 1993

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

PAUL TOOLE, MP

Minister for Local Government

Explanatory note

consequent on the commencement of changes to arrangements for auditing councils.	The object of this Regulation is to amend the Local Government Act 1993 to make transitional provisions regulation-making power) and clause 121 (5) of Schedule 8.
Local Government (General) Amendment (Transitional) Regulation 2016 [NSW]
Local Government (General) Amendment (Transitional) Regulation 2016
under the
Local Government Act 1993

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Local Government (General) Amendment (Transitional)
Regulation 2016.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 October 2016 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Local Government (General) Regulation 2005

Insert after clause 418:

419      Modification of auditor transitional provisions

For the purposes of clause 121 (5) of Schedule 8 to the Act, clause 121 is taken to be modified as follows:

(a)	Insert “(or any predecessor of a new council)” after “new council” where firstly occurring in clause 121 (3) (a).
(b)	Insert after clause 121 (3A):

(3A) If there is more than one existing auditor for a new council, the Auditor-General is to determine that one or more of the existing auditors, or none of them, are taken to be appointed by the Auditor-General for the purposes of subclause (3) (b). If no auditor is taken to be appointed, section 422 (as inserted by the amending Act) applies to the new council.