South Australian Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 259

259—Councils to develop policies

        (1)         A council must take reasonable steps to prepare and adopt policies concerning the operation of this Part.

        (2)         A council must—

            (a)         prepare a draft of a policy; and

            (b)         by notice in a newspaper circulating in the area of the council, give notice of the place or places at which copies of the draft are available for inspection (without charge) and purchase (on payment of a fee fixed by the council) and invite interested persons to make written representations on the draft within a period specified by the council (being a period of at least 4 weeks).

        (3)         A council must consider any submission made to the council on a proposed policy in response to an invitation under subsection (2).

        (4)         A council may amend a policy at any time.

        (5)         However, a council must, before adopting an amendment to a policy, take the steps specified by subsections (2) and (3) (as if the amendment were a new policy), unless the council determines that the amendment is of only minor significance.

        (6)         A person is entitled to inspect (without charge) a policy at the principal office of the council during ordinary office hours.

        (7)         A person is entitled, on payment of a fee fixed by the council, to a copy of the policy.

        (8)         A council must, in considering whether to make an order under this Part, deal with the particular case on its merits but must also take into account any relevant policy under this Division.