{"id":"local-government-administration-regulations-1996","name":"Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996","slug":"local-government-administration-regulations-1996","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":178795,"registerId":"wa-local-government-administration-regulations-1996-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used 1\n\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1A","sectionType":"part","heading":"Public notices","content":"Part 1A — Public notices\n\n3A. Requirements for local public notice (Act s. 1.7) 3\n\n3B. Requirements for Statewide public notice (Act s. 1.8) 4\n\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Council and committee meetings","content":"Part 2 — Council and committee meetings\n\n4. Committee members, resignation of 5\n\n4A. Information that may be treated on confidential basis at meeting (Act s. 5.23(4)(g)) 5\n\n5. Question time for public, meetings that require prescribed (Act s. 5.24) 5\n\n6. Question time for public, minimum time for (Act s. 5.24(2)) 6\n\n7. Question time for public, procedure for (Act s. 5.24(2)) 6\n\n8. No quorum, procedure if (Act s. 5.25(1)(c)) 7\n\n9. Voting to be open (Act s. 5.25(1)(d)) 8\n\n10. Revoking or changing decisions (Act s. 5.25(1)(e)) 8\n\n11. Minutes, content of (Act s. 5.25(1)(f)) 9\n\n12. Publication of meeting details (Act s. 5.25(1)(g)) 10\n\n13. Publication of unconfirmed minutes of meetings (Act s. 5.25(1)(i)) 10\n\n14. Notice papers, agenda etc., public inspection of (Act s. 5.25(1)(j)) 11\n\n14C. Attendance at meetings by electronic means may be authorised (Act s. 5.25(1)(ba)) 12\n\n14CA. Provisions relating to attendance at meetings by electronic means (Act s. 5.25(1)(ba)) 13\n\n14D. Meetings held by electronic means (Act s. 5.25(1)(ba)) 14\n\n14E. Modification of Act if meeting held by electronic means (Act s. 5.25(2)) 17\n\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2A","sectionType":"part","heading":"Electronic broadcasting and video or audio recording of council meetings (Act s. 5.23A)","content":"Part 2A — Electronic broadcasting and video or audio recording of council meetings (Act s. 5.23A)\n\n14F. Application of Part 20\n\n14G. Terms used 20\n\n14H. Class 1 local governments and class 2 local governments to broadcast council meetings publicly 22\n\n14I. Local governments to make recordings of council meetings 23\n\n14J. Informing members of public of broadcasting or recording 27\n\n14K. Defamation 27\n\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Electors’ meetings","content":"Part 3 — Electors’ meetings\n\n15. Matters to be discussed at general meeting (Act s. 5.27(3)) 28\n\n16. Request for special meeting, form of (Act s. 5.28(2)) 28\n\n17. Voting at meeting (Act s. 5.31) 28\n\n18. Procedure at meeting (Act s. 5.31) 28\n\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Local government employees","content":"Part 4 — Local government employees\n\n18A. Vacancy in position of CEO or senior employee to be advertised (Act s. 5.36(4) and 5.37(3)) 29\n\n18B. Contracts of CEOs and senior employees, content of (Act s. 5.39(3)(c)) 30\n\n18E. False information in application for CEO position, offence 30\n\n18F. Remuneration and benefits of CEO to be as advertised 31\n\n18FA. Model standards for CEO recruitment, performance and termination (Act s. 5.39A(1)) 31\n\n18FB. Certification of compliance with adopted standards for CEO recruitment (Act s. 5.39B(7)) 31\n\n18FC. Certification of compliance with adopted standards for CEO termination (Act s. 5.39B(7)) 32\n\n18G. Delegations to CEOs, limits on (Act s. 5.43) 33\n\n19. Delegates to keep certain records (Act s. 5.46(3)) 33\n\n19A. Payments in addition to contract or award, limits of (Act s. 5.50(3)) 33\n\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4A","sectionType":"part","heading":"Codes of conduct for local government employees (Act s. 5.51A(4))","content":"Part 4A — Codes of conduct for local government employees (Act s. 5.51A(4))\n\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"Div 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Terms used","content":"Division 1 — Terms used\n\n19AA. Terms used 35\n\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Div 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Content of codes of conduct","content":"Division 2 — Content of codes of conduct\n\n19AB. Prohibited gifts 37\n\n19AC. Recording, storing, disclosure and use of information relating to gifts 37\n\n19AD. Conflicts of interest 37\n\n19ADA. Outside employment 39\n\n19AE. Other matters codes of conduct must deal with 39\n\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Div 3","sectionType":"division","heading":"Other matter in relation to codes of conduct","content":"Division 3 — Other matter in relation to codes of conduct\n\n19AF. Determination of threshold amount 40\n\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Annual reports and planning","content":"Part 5 — Annual reports and planning\n\nDivision 1 — Preliminary\n\n19BA. Terms used 41\n\nDivision 2 — Annual reports\n\n19B. Information to be included in annual report (Act s. 5.53(2)(g) and (i)) 41\n\n19BB. Information about trading undertakings to be included in annual report (Act s. 5.53(2)(i)) 43\n\n19BC. Information about land transactions to be included in annual report (Act s. 5.53(2)(i)) 44\n\n19BD. Information about fees, expenses and allowances to be included in annual report (Act s. 5.53(2)(i)) 45\n\n19BE. Information about capital grants, subsidies and contributions to be included in annual report (Act s. 5.53(2)(i)) 46\n\nDivision 3 — Planning for the future\n\n19C. Strategic community plans, requirements for (Act s. 5.56) 46\n\n19DA. Corporate business plans, requirements for (Act s. 5.56) 48\n\n19DB. Transitional provisions for plans for the future until 30 June 2013 49\n\n19D. Public notice of adoption of strategic community plan 50\n\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"Disclosure of financial interests and gifts","content":"Part 6 — Disclosure of financial interests and gifts\n\n20. Closely associated persons, matters prescribed for (Act s. 5.62) 51\n\n20A. Amounts relating to gifts prescribed (Act s. 5.62(1A), 5.68(1C), 5.71B(2) and (4), 5.87A(3) and 5.87B(3)) 51\n\n20B. Excluded gifts prescribed (Act s. 5.62(1B)(b)) 52\n\n21. Interests that need not be disclosed (Act s. 5.63(1)(h)) 52\n\n21A. Information to be recorded in minutes of meeting (Act s. 5.68(2)(b)) 54\n\n22. Primary returns, form of (Act s. 5.75(1) and (2)) 54\n\n23. Annual returns, form of (Act s. 5.76(1) and (2)) 54\n\n24. Amount of income prescribed (Act s. 5.80(3)) 54\n\n27. Amount of debt prescribed (Act s. 5.85(2)(a)) 54\n\n28. Register of financial interests, form of (Act s. 5.88(2)) 55\n\n28A. Register of gifts (Act s. 5.89A(3)) 55\n\n28B. Transitional provision for register of gifts 55\n\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"Part 7","sectionType":"part","heading":"Access to information","content":"Part 7 — Access to information\n\n29. Information to be available for public inspection (Act s. 5.94) 57\n\n29A. Limits on right to inspect local government information (Act s. 5.95) 58\n\n29B. Copies of certain information not to be provided (Act s. 5.96) 59\n\n29C. Information to be published on official website (Act s. 5.96A(1)(i)) 59\n\n29D. Period for which information to be kept on official website (Act s. 5.96A(5)) 60\n\n29E. Record of information about conduct (Act s. 5.96C) 61\n\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"Part 8","sectionType":"part","heading":"Local government payments and gifts to members","content":"Part 8 — Local government payments and gifts to members\n\n30. Meeting attendance fees (Act s. 5.98(1) and (2A)) 63\n\n31. Expenses to be reimbursed (Act s. 5.98(2)(a)) 64\n\n32. Expenses that may be approved for reimbursement (Act s. 5.98(2)(b)) 65\n\n32A. Class 1 local governments and class 2 local governments required to pay superannuation contribution payments (Act s. 5.99B(4)) 65\n\n32B. Recovery of amount for superannuation contribution payment referable to annual allowance or annual fee paid in advance (Act s. 5.99E(2)) 66\n\n34AC. Gifts to council members, when permitted etc. (Act s. 5.100A) 67\n\n34ACA. Fees paid and expenses reimbursed to committee members (Act s. 5.100) 67\n\n34AD. Method of payment of expenses for which person can be reimbursed (Act s. 5.101A) 69\n\n34AE. Repayment and recovery of advance payments of fees and allowances (Act s. 5.102AB) 69\n\n34AF. Repayment and recovery of advance payments of fees and allowances where sanction ordered under Act s. 8A.25(1)(b)(v) (Act s. 8A.25(4)(b) and (5)) 70\n\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"Part 10","sectionType":"part","heading":"Training","content":"Part 10 — Training\n\n35. Training for council members (Act s. 5.126(1)) 72\n\n36. Exemption from Act s. 5.126(1) requirement 73\n\n36A. Declaration relating to training (Act s. 5.126) 73\n\n36B. Offences relating to training (Act s. 5.126) 76\n\n37. Fees and expenses (Act s. 5.129(4)) 76\n\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"Part 10A","sectionType":"part","heading":"Restricting communication about complaints","content":"Part 10A — Restricting communication about complaints\n\n37A. CEO restrictions on communication about complaints (Act s. 5.130) 78\n\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"Part 11","sectionType":"part","heading":"Transitional provisions","content":"Part 11 — Transitional provisions\n\n38. Transitional provisions relating to Local Government Inspector 80\n\n39. Further transitional provisions relating to *Local Government Amendment Act 2024* 81\n\n40. Transitional provisions relating to *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Local Government Amendment Act 2024) Regulations 2025* Pt. 2 82\n\nSchedule 1 — Forms\n\nSchedule 2 — Model standards for CEO recruitment, performance and termination\n\nDivision 1 — Preliminary provisions\n\n1. Citation 95\n\n2. Terms used 95\n\nDivision 2 — Standards for recruitment of CEOs\n\n3. Overview of Division 96\n\n4. Application of Division 96\n\n5. Determination of selection criteria and approval of job description form 96\n\n6. Advertising requirements 97\n\n7. Job description form to be made available by local government 97\n\n8. Establishment of selection panel for employment of CEO 98\n\n9. Recommendation by selection panel 98\n\n10. Application of cl. 5 where new process carried out 99\n\n11. Offer of employment in position of CEO 100\n\n12. Variations to proposed terms of contract of employment 100\n\n13. Recruitment to be undertaken on expiry of certain CEO contracts 100\n\n14. Confidentiality of information 101\n\nDivision 3 — Standards for review of performance of CEOs\n\n15. Overview of Division 102\n\n16. Performance review process to be agreed between local government and CEO 102\n\n17. Carrying out a performance review 102\n\n18. Endorsement of performance review by local government 103\n\n19. CEO to be notified of results of performance review 103\n\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"Div 4","sectionType":"division","heading":"Standards for termination of employment of CEOs","content":"Division 4 — Standards for termination of employment of CEOs\n\n20. Overview of Division 103\n\n21. General principles applying to any termination 103\n\n22. Additional principles applying to termination for performance‑related reasons 104\n\n23. Decision to terminate 104\n\n24. Notice of termination of employment 105\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 106\n\nOther notes 109\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nLocal Government Act 1995\n\n## Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\nThese regulations may be cited as the *Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation on 1 July 1996.\n\n##### 3. Terms used\n\n(1) In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\ncode of conduct means a code of conduct prepared or adopted under section 5.103(1);\n\n  committee means a committee of a council;\n\npublic health emergency means a public health state of emergency declared under the *Public Health Act 2016* section 167;\n\nrelevant person has the meaning that it has in section 5.59;\n\n  Schedule means Schedule to the Act;\n\n  section means section of the Act;\n\nstate of emergency means a state of emergency declared under the *Emergency Management Act 2005* section 56.\n\n(2) A reference in these regulations to a form followed by a designation is a reference to the form so designated set out in Schedule 1 to these regulations.\n\n[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 23 Apr 1999 p. 1717; 28 Jun 2002 p. 3079; SL 2020/20 r. 4.]\n\n[**3AA.** Deleted: SL 2022/177 r. 5.]\n\n## Part 1A — Public notices\n\n[Heading inserted: SL 2020/213 r. 15.]\n\n##### 3A. Requirements for local public notice (Act s. 1.7)\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 1.7(a), notice of a matter must be published on the local government’s official website for —\n\n(a) the period specified in or under the Act in relation to the notice; or\n\n(b) if no period is specified in relation to the notice — a period of not less than 7 days.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 1.7(b), each of the following ways of giving notice of a matter is prescribed —\n\n(a) publication in a newspaper circulating generally in the State;\n\n(b) publication in a newspaper circulating generally in the district;\n\n(c) publication in 1 or more newsletters circulating generally in the district;\n\n(d) publication on the official website of the Department or another State agency, as appropriate having regard to the nature of the matter and the persons likely to be affected by it, for —\n\n(ii) if no period is specified in relation to the notice — a period of not less than 7 days;\n\n(e) circulation by the local government by email, text message or similar electronic means, as appropriate having regard to the nature of the matter and the persons likely to be affected by it;\n\n(f) exhibition on a notice board at the local government offices and each local government library in the district for —\n\n(ii) if no period is specified in relation to the notice — a period of not less than 7 days;\n\n(g) posting on a social media account administered by the local government for —\n\n(ii) if no period is specified in relation to the notice — a period of not less than 7 days.\n\n[Regulation 3A inserted: SL 2020/213 r. 15.]\n\n##### 3B. Requirements for Statewide public notice (Act s. 1.8)\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 1.8, one of the ways in which Statewide public notice of a matter must be given is the way prescribed in regulation 3A(2)(a) or (d).\n\n(2) If Statewide public notice of a matter is required to be given by the Electoral Commissioner —\n\n(a) regulation 3A(2)(e) applies in relation to the Electoral Commissioner as if the reference to circulation by the local government by email, text message or similar electronic means were a reference to circulation by the Electoral Commissioner by email, text message or similar electronic means; and\n\n(b) regulation 3A(2)(g) applies in relation to the Electoral Commissioner as if the reference to posting on a social media account administered by the local government were a reference to posting on a social media account administered by the Electoral Commissioner.\n\n[Regulation 3B inserted: SL 2020/213 r. 15.]\n\n## Part 2 — Council and committee meetings\n\n##### 4. Committee members, resignation of\n\nA committee member may resign from membership of the committee by giving the CEO or the committee’s presiding member written notice of the resignation.\n\n##### 4A. Information that may be treated on confidential basis at meeting (Act s. 5.23(4)(g))\n\nFor the purposes of section 5.23(4)(g), the following information is prescribed —\n\n(a) the price, or potential price, for the sale or purchase of property by the local government and any information relating to the price or potential price;\n\n(b) a complaint that alleges a behavioural breach under the local government’s adopted code of conduct (as defined in section 8A.2(1)) and any information relating to the complaint;\n\n(c) information relating to a property that is used, or is potentially to be used, for any of the following —\n\n(i) a shelter for homeless persons;\n\n(ii) a shelter for persons who have experienced family or domestic violence;\n\n(iii) a residence for employees or officers of a local government, the State or the Commonwealth.\n\n[Regulation 4A inserted: SL 2025/208 r. 4.]\n\n##### 5. Question time for public, meetings that require prescribed (Act s. 5.24)\n\nFor the purposes of section 5.24(1)(b), the meetings at which time is to be allocated for questions to be raised by members of the public and responded to are —\n\n(a) every special meeting of a council;\n\n(b) every meeting of a committee to which the local government has delegated a power or duty.\n\n##### 6. Question time for public, minimum time for (Act s. 5.24(2))\n\n(1) The minimum time to be allocated for the asking of and responding to questions raised by members of the public at ordinary meetings of councils and meetings referred to in regulation 5 is 15 minutes.\n\n(2) Once all the questions raised by members of the public have been asked and responded to at a meeting referred to in subregulation (1), nothing in these regulations prevents the unused part of the minimum question time period from being used for other matters.\n\nFor the requirements for an electronic meeting held under regulation 14D, see regulation 14E(4).\n\n[Regulation 6 amended: SL 2020/20 r. 5.]\n\n##### 7. Question time for public, procedure for (Act s. 5.24(2))\n\n(1) Procedures for the asking of and responding to questions raised by members of the public at a meeting referred to in regulation 6(1) are to be determined —\n\n(a) by the person presiding at the meeting; or\n\n(b) in the case where the majority of members of the council or committee present at the meeting disagree with the person presiding, by the majority of those members,\n\nhaving regard to the requirements of subregulations (2), (3) and (5).\n\n(2) The time allocated to the asking of and responding to questions raised by members of the public at a meeting referred to in regulation 6(1) is to precede the discussion of any matter that requires a decision to be made by the council or the committee, as the case may be.\n\n(3) Each member of the public who wishes to ask a question at a meeting referred to in regulation 6(1) is to be given an equal and fair opportunity to ask the question and receive a response.\n\n(4) Nothing in subregulation (3) requires —\n\n(a) a council to answer a question that does not relate to a matter affecting the local government; or\n\n(b) a council at a special meeting to answer a question that does not relate to the purpose of the meeting; or\n\n(c) a committee to answer a question that does not relate to a function of the committee.\n\n(5) If, during the time allocated for questions to be raised by members of the public and responded to, a question relating to a matter in which a relevant person has an interest, as referred to in section 5.60, is directed to the relevant person, the relevant person is to —\n\n(a) declare that he or she has an interest in the matter; and\n\n(b) allow another person to respond to the question.\n\nFor the requirements for an electronic meeting held under regulation 14D, see regulation 14E(4).\n\n[Regulation 7 amended: Gazette 28 Jun 2002 p. 3079; SL 2020/20 r. 6.]\n\n##### 8. No quorum, procedure if (Act s. 5.25(1)(c))\n\nIf a quorum has not been established within the 30 minutes after a council or committee meeting is due to begin then the meeting can be adjourned —\n\n(a) in the case of a council, by the mayor or president or if the mayor or president is not present at the meeting, by the deputy mayor or deputy president; or\n\n(b) in the case of a committee, by the presiding member of the committee or if the presiding member is not present at the meeting, by the deputy presiding member; or\n\n(c) if no person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case requires, is present at the meeting, by a majority of members present; or\n\n(d) if only one member is present, by that member; or\n\n(e) if no member is present or if no member other than the CEO is present, by the CEO or a person authorised by the CEO.\n\n##### 9. Voting to be open (Act s. 5.25(1)(d))\n\nVoting at a council or committee meeting is to be conducted so that no voter’s vote is secret.\n\n##### 10. Revoking or changing decisions (Act s. 5.25(1)(e))\n\n(1) If a decision has been made at a council or a committee meeting then any motion to revoke or change the decision must be supported —\n\n(a) in the case where an attempt to revoke or change the decision had been made within the previous 3 months but had failed, by an absolute majority; or\n\n(b) in any other case, by at least 1/3 of the number of offices (whether vacant or not) of members of the council or committee,\n\ninclusive of the mover.\n\n(1a) Notice of a motion to revoke or change a decision referred to in subregulation (1) is to be signed by members of the council or committee numbering at least 1/3 of the number of offices (whether vacant or not) of members of the council or committee, inclusive of the mover.\n\n(2) If a decision is made at a council or committee meeting, any decision to revoke or change the decision must be made by an absolute majority.\n\n(3) This regulation does not apply to the change of a decision unless the effect of the change would be that the decision would be revoked or would become substantially different.\n\n[Regulation 10 amended: Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1030; SL 2020/213 r. 16.]\n\n##### 11. Minutes, content of (Act s. 5.25(1)(f))\n\nThe content of minutes of a meeting of a council or a committee is to include —\n\n(a) the names of the members present at the meeting; and\n\n(b) where a member enters or leaves the meeting during the course of the meeting, the time of entry or departure, as the case requires, in the chronological sequence of the business of the meeting; and\n\n(c) details of each motion moved at the meeting, the mover and the outcome of the motion; and\n\n(d) details of each decision made at the meeting; and\n\n(da) written reasons for each decision made at the meeting that is significantly different from the relevant written recommendation of a committee or an employee as defined in section 5.70 (but not a decision to only note the matter or to return the recommendation for further consideration); and\n\n(e) a summary of each question raised by members of the public at the meeting and a summary of the response to the question; and\n\n(f) in relation to each disclosure made under section 5.65 or 5.70 in relation to the meeting, where the extent of the interest has also been disclosed, the extent of the interest; and\n\n(g) each document attached to an agenda relating to a council or committee meeting unless that part of the meeting to which the document refers is closed to members of the public under section 5.23(2), (3) or (4).\n\n[Regulation 11 amended: Gazette 23 Apr 1999 p. 1717; SL 2020/213 r. 17; SL 2025/208 r. 5.]\n\n##### 12. Publication of meeting details (Act s. 5.25(1)(g))\n\nmeeting details, for a meeting, means the date and time when, and the place where, the meeting is to be held.\n\n(2) The CEO must publish on the local government’s official website the meeting details for the following meetings before the beginning of the year in which the meetings are to be held —\n\n(a) ordinary council meetings;\n\n(b) committee meetings.\n\n(3) Any change to the meeting details for a meeting referred to in subregulation (2) must be published on the local government’s official website as soon as practicable after the change is made.\n\n(4) If a special meeting of the council is to be held, the CEO must publish the meeting details for the meeting, and the purpose of the meeting, on the local government’s official website as soon as practicable.\n\n[Regulation 12 inserted: SL 2020/213 r. 18; amended: SL 2025/208 r. 6.]\n\n##### 13. Publication of unconfirmed minutes of meetings (Act s. 5.25(1)(i))\n\n(1) The CEO must publish on the local government’s official website the unconfirmed minutes of each council and committee meeting.\n\n(1A) However, if any part of the council or committee meeting is closed to members of the public under section 5.23(2), (3) or (4), the CEO must, in respect of that part of the meeting, only publish the following parts of the unconfirmed minutes —\n\n(a) the part that is a record of the decisions made during the closed part of the meeting;\n\n(b) the part that contains the information required under section 5.23(8) in relation to the decision to close the meeting.\n\n(2) The unconfirmed minutes of a council meeting must be published within 14 days after the meeting is held.\n\n(3) The unconfirmed minutes of a committee meeting must be published within 7 days after the meeting is held.\n\n[Regulation 13 inserted: SL 2020/213 r. 18; amended: SL 2025/208 r. 7.]\n\n##### 14. Notice papers, agenda etc., public inspection of (Act s. 5.25(1)(j))\n\n(1) A local government is to ensure that notice papers and agenda relating to any council or committee meeting and reports and other documents which —\n\n(a) are to be tabled at the meeting; or\n\n(b) have been produced by the local government or a committee for presentation at the meeting,\n\nand which have been made available to members of the council or committee for the meeting are available for inspection by members of the public and published on the local government’s official website from the time the notice papers, agenda or documents were made available to the members of the council or committee.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if, in the CEO’s opinion, that part of the meeting to which the information refers is likely to be closed to members of the public under section 5.23(2), (3) or (4).\n\n[Regulation 14 amended: Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1030; SL 2020/213 r. 19; SL 2025/208 r. 8.]\n\n[**14A**, **14B.** Deleted: SL 2022/185 r. 4.]\n\n##### 14C. Attendance at meetings by electronic means may be authorised (Act s. 5.25(1)(ba))\n\nmeeting means —\n\n(a) an ordinary meeting of the council; or\n\n(b) a special meeting of the council; or\n\n(c) a meeting of a committee of the council;\n\n[(d) deleted]\n\nnatural disaster includes fire, flood, lightning, movement of land and storm;\n\nrelevant period, in relation to the proposed meeting referred to in subregulation (3), means the period of 12 months ending on the day on which the proposed meeting is to be held.\n\n(2) A member of a council or committee may attend a meeting by electronic means —\n\n(a) if —\n\n(i) a public health emergency or state of emergency exists or a natural disaster has occurred; and\n\n(ii) because of the public health emergency, state of emergency or natural disaster, the member is unable, or considers it inappropriate, to be present in person at the meeting; and\n\n(iii) the member is authorised to attend the meeting by electronic means by the mayor, president or council;\n\nor\n\n(b) if the member is otherwise authorised to attend the meeting by electronic means by the mayor, president or council.\n\n(3) The mayor, president or council cannot authorise a member to attend a meeting (the proposed meeting) under subregulation (2)(b) if the member’s attendance at the proposed meeting under that authorisation would result in the member attending more than half of the meetings (including the proposed meeting) of the council or committee, in the relevant period, under an authorisation under subregulation (2)(b).\n\n(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply to a member who is a person with a disability as defined in the *Disability Services Act 1993* section 3.\n\n(5) In deciding whether to authorise a member to attend a meeting by electronic means under subregulation (2), the mayor, president or council must have regard to whether the location from which the member intends to attend the meeting, and the equipment that the member intends to use to attend the meeting, are suitable for the member to be able to effectively engage in deliberations and communications during the meeting.\n\n[Regulation 14C inserted: SL 2020/20 r. 7; amended: SL 2022/185 r. 5; SL 2025/211 r. 4.]\n\n##### 14CA. Provisions relating to attendance at meetings by electronic means (Act s. 5.25(1)(ba))\n\nmeeting has the meaning given in regulation 14C(1).\n\n(2) The electronic means by which a member may attend a meeting under an authorisation under regulation 14C(2) include telephone, video conference or other means of instantaneous communication, as determined by the mayor, president or council.\n\n(3) A member who attends a meeting under an authorisation under regulation 14C(2) by electronic means determined under subregulation (2) is, whether or not the member is physically in the State, taken to attend and be present at the meeting for the purposes of the Act and these regulations while the member is in contact by those electronic means with each other member present at the meeting.\n\n(4) Subregulations (5) to (7) apply if —\n\n(a) a member has been authorised to attend a meeting by electronic means under regulation 14C(2); and\n\n(b) part of the meeting is to be closed to members of the public under section 5.23(2), (3) or (4).\n\n(5) The member must not attend the closed part of the meeting unless, before the part of the meeting is closed, the member declares that the member can maintain confidentiality during the closed part of the meeting.\n\n(6) If the member makes the declaration under subregulation (5) and subsequently cannot maintain confidentiality, the member must leave the closed part of the meeting.\n\n(7) A member’s declaration under subregulation (5) must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.\n\n[Regulation 14CA inserted: SL 2022/185 r. 6; amended: SL 2025/208 r. 9.]\n\n##### 14D. Meetings held by electronic means (Act s. 5.25(1)(ba))\n\nmeeting means —\n\n(a) an ordinary meeting of the council; or\n\n(b) a special meeting of the council; or\n\n(c) a meeting of a committee of the council;\n\n[(d) deleted]\n\nrelevant period, in relation to the proposed meeting referred to in subregulation (2A), means the period of 12 months ending on the day on which the proposed meeting is to be held.\n\n(2) A meeting may be held by electronic means —\n\n(a) if —\n\n(i) a public health emergency or a state of emergency exists in the whole or a part of the area of the district of a local government; and\n\n(ii) the mayor, president or council considers it appropriate for the meeting to be held by electronic means because of the public health emergency or state of emergency and having regard to the matters in subregulation (2B);\n\nor\n\n(b) if —\n\n(i) a direction is issued under the *Public Health Act 2016* or the *Emergency Management Act 2005* that prevents the meeting from being held in person; and\n\n(ii) the mayor, president or council authorises the meeting to be held by electronic means;\n\nor\n\n(c) if the council otherwise authorises the meeting to be held by electronic means.\n\n(2A) The council cannot authorise a meeting (the proposed meeting) to be held under subregulation (2)(c) if holding the proposed meeting under that authorisation would result in more than half of the meetings (including the proposed meeting) of the council or committee, in the relevant period, being held under an authorisation under subregulation (2)(c).\n\n(2B) In considering whether it is appropriate for a meeting to be held by electronic means under subregulation (2)(a) or deciding whether to authorise a meeting to be held by electronic means under subregulation (2)(b) or (c), the mayor, president or council must have regard to whether the location from which each member of the council or committee intends to attend the meeting, and the equipment that each member intends to use to attend the meeting, are suitable for the member to be able to effectively engage in deliberations and communications during the meeting.\n\n(3) The electronic means by which the meeting is to be held include by telephone, video conference or other instantaneous communication, as determined by —\n\n(a) the mayor; or\n\n(b) the president; or\n\n(c) the council.\n\n(4) The CEO must be consulted before a determination is made under subregulation (3).\n\n(5) Subregulations (6) to (8) apply if —\n\n(a) a meeting is to be held by electronic means under this regulation; and\n\n(b) part of the meeting is to be closed to members of the public under section 5.23(2), (3) or (4).\n\n(6) A member of the council or committee must not attend the closed part of the meeting unless, before the part of the meeting is closed, the member declares that the member can maintain confidentiality during the closed part of the meeting.\n\n(7) If a member makes the declaration under subregulation (6) and subsequently cannot maintain confidentiality, the member must leave the closed part of the meeting.\n\n(8) A member’s declaration under subregulation (6) must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.\n\n[Regulation 14D inserted: SL 2020/20 r. 7; amended: SL 2022/185 r. 7; SL 2025/208 r. 10; SL 2025/211 r. 5.]\n\n##### 14E. Modification of Act if meeting held by electronic means (Act s. 5.25(2))\n\nclass 3 or 4 council or committee means the council of, or a committee established by, a class 3 local government or a class 4 local government;\n\nNote for this definition:\n\n\t\t***Class 3 local government*** and ***class 4 local government*** have the meanings given in the *Local Government (Constitution) Regulations 1998* regulations 2A and 2B.\n\nelectronic meeting means a meeting held by electronic means under regulation 14D.\n\n(2) If a council or a committee is to hold an electronic meeting, the council or committee is taken to have complied with the requirement to give notice of the place of the meeting under section 5.5 and regulation 12 if the local government gives notice that the meeting will be conducted by electronic means.\n\n(3) If a council or a committee holds an electronic meeting, a member of the council or committee who attends the meeting by electronic means determined under regulation 14D(3) is, whether or not the member is physically in the State, taken to attend and be present at the meeting for the purposes of the Act and these regulations while the member is in contact by those electronic means with each other member present at the meeting.\n\n(3A) If a council or a committee holds an electronic meeting, the meeting is open to members of the public under section 5.23(1) if —\n\n(a) in the case of a class 3 or 4 council or committee — the requirement to publish the unconfirmed minutes of the meeting under regulation 13(1)(a) is complied with within the applicable time period set out in regulation 13(2) or (3); or\n\n(b) in any case — the council or committee publicly broadcasts the meeting on a website or the meeting or a broadcast of the meeting is otherwise accessible to the public.\n\n(3B) For the purposes of subregulation (3A)(b), a broadcast must be either —\n\n(a) both visual and audio; or\n\n(b) audio only.\n\n(4) If a council or a committee holds an electronic meeting, section 5.24 is modified so that the council or committee allocates time for raising questions by members of the public, and the asking of and responding to those questions, if —\n\n(a) the council or committee provides a means to submit a question prior to the meeting; and\n\n(b) the council or committee determines at the meeting —\n\n(i) in the case of a meeting held by electronic means under regulation 14D(2)(a) or (b) — that, given the public health emergency, state of emergency or direction issued under the *Public Health Act 2016* or the *Emergency Management Act 2005*, it is not appropriate to respond to the question at the meeting; or\n\n(ii) in any case — to respond to the question at the meeting in accordance with the procedure determined by the council or committee.\n\n(5) If a council or a committee holds an electronic meeting, for the purposes of regulation 14, a notice paper, agenda, report or other document may be —\n\n(a) tabled at the meeting, or produced by the local government or a committee for presentation at the meeting, in any manner determined by the council or committee, including by electronic means; and\n\n(b) made available to members of the council or committee, or for inspection by members of the public, in any manner determined by the council or committee, including by electronic means.\n\n[Regulation 14E inserted: SL 2020/20 r. 7; amended: SL 2022/185 r. 8; SL 2023/102 r. 4; SL 2023/158 r. 4.]\n\n## Part 2A — Electronic broadcasting and video or audio recording of council meetings (Act s. 5.23A)\n\n[Heading inserted: SL 2023/158 r. 5.]\n\n##### 14F. Application of Part\n\n(1) This Part applies for the purposes of section 5.23A(2).\n\n(2) This Part applies to meetings of councils held on or after 1 January 2025.\n\nNote for this subregulation:\n\nThis Part does not apply to meetings of committees of councils.\n\n[Regulation 14F inserted: SL 2023/158 r. 5.]\n\n##### 14G. Terms used\n\n(1) In this Part —\n\nbroadcast technology, in relation to a local government, means the technology by means of which meetings of its council are, or are to be, publicly broadcast under regulation 14H(2);\n\nclosed proceedings, in relation to a council, means any part of a meeting of the council that is closed to members of the public under section 5.23(2), (3) or (4);\n\nelectronic meeting means a meeting held by electronic means under regulation 14D;\n\nimprovised recording — see regulation 14I(4);\n\nmeeting day, in relation to a council’s meeting, means the day on which the meeting is held;\n\npublicly available — see subregulations (2) and (3);\n\nrecording means a video recording (with audio) or an audio only recording;\n\nrecording technology, in relation to a local government, means the technology by means of which recordings of meetings of its council are, or are to be, made under regulation 14I(1)(a);\n\nusual meeting place, in relation to a council, means the place at which its meetings (other than electronic meetings) are, or are to be, usually held.\n\n(2) For the purposes of this Part, a local government makes a video recording publicly available by making a copy of the recording publicly available for viewing (with audio) —\n\n(a) on its official website; or\n\n(b) on another website a link to which is publicly provided on its official website.\n\n(3) For the purposes of this Part, a local government makes an audio only recording publicly available by making a copy of the recording publicly available for listening to —\n\n(a) on its official website; or\n\n(b) on another website a link to which is publicly provided on its official website.\n\n(4) For the purposes of subregulations (2) and (3), the quality of the copy of the recording —\n\n(a) must be substantially the same as the quality of the recording; and\n\n(b) without limiting paragraph (a), must meet the requirement of regulation 14I(2)(b) or (c) (as applicable), subject to regulation 14I(5)(b) if the recording is an improvised recording.\n\nIn this Part, ***class 1 local government*** and ***class 2 local government*** have the meanings given in the *Local Government (Constitution) Regulations 1998* regulations 2A and 2B.\n\n[Regulation 14G inserted: SL 2023/158 r. 5; amended: SL 2025/208 r. 11.]\n\n##### 14H. Class 1 local governments and class 2 local governments to broadcast council meetings publicly\n\n(1) This regulation applies to a local government only if the local government is a class 1 local government or a class 2 local government.\n\n(2) A local government must, in accordance with subregulation (3), publicly broadcast every meeting of its council that —\n\n(a) is held at the council’s usual meeting place; or\n\n(b) is an electronic meeting.\n\n(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2) —\n\n(a) the broadcast must be live (with only so much of a delay as is inherent in live broadcasting by means of the local government’s broadcast technology); and\n\n(b) the broadcast must be on —\n\n(i) the local government’s official website; or\n\n(ii) another website a link to which is publicly provided on the local government’s official website;\n\nand\n\n(c) the broadcast must be both visual and audio; and\n\n(d) the quality of the broadcast must be sufficient to allow persons effectively to watch and listen to the deliberations and communications that are part of the meeting’s proceedings.\n\n(4) Despite subregulation (2), a council’s meeting, or a part of a council’s meeting, may be held without being publicly broadcast if, because of a technological failure beyond the control of the local government, it is not possible  for the meeting or part (as the case requires) to be publicly broadcast by means of the local government’s broadcast technology.\n\n(5) Despite subregulation (2), a local government must not publicly broadcast any closed proceedings of its council.\n\n[Regulation 14H inserted: SL 2023/158 r. 5.]\n\n##### 14I. Local governments to make recordings of council meetings\n\n(1) A local government must —\n\n(a) make a recording of every meeting of its council in accordance with subregulation (2); and\n\n(b) make the recording publicly available —\n\n(i) within 14 days after the meeting day; and\n\n(ii) until, at least, the end of the period of 5 years after the meeting day;\n\nand\n\n(c) retain the recording until, at least, the end of the period of 5 years after the meeting day; and\n\n(d) provide a copy of the recording to the Inspector if the Inspector requests a copy under subregulation (11)(a) during —\n\n(i) the period of 5 years after the meeting day; or\n\n(ii) any longer period during which the local government retains the recording or any copy of it.\n\n(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(a) —\n\n(a) if the meeting is a meeting of the council of a class 1 local government or class 2 local government — the recording must be a video recording (with audio), except that the recording may be an audio only recording —\n\n(i) if the meeting is not held at the council’s usual meeting place and is not an electronic meeting; or\n\n(ii) to the extent that the recording is of closed proceedings of the council;\n\nand\n\n(b) if, or to the extent that, the recording is a video recording (with audio) — the quality of the recording must be sufficient to allow persons effectively to watch and listen to the deliberations and communications that are part of the meeting’s proceedings; and\n\n(c) if, or to the extent that, the recording is an audio only recording — the quality of the recording must be sufficient to allow persons effectively to listen to the deliberations and communications that are part of the meeting’s proceedings.\n\n(3) Subregulation (4) applies to a council’s meeting, or a part of a council’s meeting, if, because of a technological failure beyond the control of the local government, it is not possible  for a recording of the meeting or part (as the case requires) to be made by means of the local government’s recording technology.\n\n(4) Despite subregulation (1)(a), the meeting or part may be held so long as the local government does everything that is reasonably practicable to make a recording (an improvised recording) of the meeting or part by means other than the local government’s recording technology.\n\n(5) An improvised recording must —\n\n(a) cover as much of the meeting or part as it is reasonably practicable to cover; and\n\n(b) meet the requirement of subregulation (2)(b) or (c) (as applicable) to the extent reasonably practicable.\n\n(6) If a meeting or part is held under subregulation (4) and an improvised recording is made —\n\n(a) subregulation (1)(b) to (d) apply to the improvised recording; and\n\n(b) the local government must publish on its official website, for the period during which it makes the improvised recording publicly available under subregulation (1)(b), a notice that does the following in effect —\n\n(i) states that it was not possible for a recording of the meeting or part to be made by means of the local government’s recording technology and explains why that was the case;\n\n(ii) states that the improvised recording was made by means other than the local government’s recording technology;\n\n(iii) states the means by which the improvised recording was made;\n\n(iv) states any deficiencies in the improvised recording and explains the reasons for them.\n\nExamples for this subparagraph:\n\n1. The improvised recording is deficient if it does not cover the whole of the meeting or part.\n\n2. The improvised recording is deficient if it does not meet the requirement of subregulation (2)(b) or (c) (as applicable).\n\n(7) Subregulation (8) applies if —\n\n(a) a meeting or part is held under subregulation (4); but\n\n(b) no improvised recording is made because it is not reasonably practicable for the local government to make any improvised recording.\n\n(8) The local government must publish on its official website, in accordance with the timings in subregulation (1)(b)(i) and (ii), a notice that does the following in effect —\n\n(a) states that it was not possible for a recording of the meeting or part to be made by means of the local government’s recording technology and explains why that was the case;\n\n(b) states that no improvised recording was made;\n\n(c) states that it was not reasonably practicable for the local government to make any improvised recording and explains why that was the case.\n\n(9) If a part of a meeting is held under subregulation (4) —\n\n(a) the local government must make a recording of the rest of the meeting under subregulation (1)(a) by means of the local government’s recording technology; and\n\n(b) subregulation (1)(b) to (d) apply to that recording accordingly.\n\n(10) Despite subregulation (1)(b), a local government must not make a recording publicly available to the extent that the recording is of closed proceedings of its council.\n\nNote for this subregulation:\n\nThis subregulation does not affect a local government’s duty to make a recording under subregulation (1)(a) of any closed proceedings of its council, to retain the recording under subregulation (1)(c) and to provide a copy of the recording to the Inspector under subregulation (1)(d) if requested under subregulation (11)(a).\n\n(11) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(d) —\n\n(a) the Inspector may request a copy of the recording for the purpose of obtaining information about a matter concerning the local government or its operations or affairs; and\n\n(b) the quality of the copy provided to the Inspector —\n\n(i) must be substantially the same as the quality of the recording; and\n\n(ii) without limiting subparagraph (i), must meet the requirement of subregulation (2)(b) or (c) (as applicable), subject to subregulation (5)(b) if the recording is an improvised recording.\n\n[Regulation 14I inserted: SL 2023/158 r. 5; amended: SL 2025/208 r. 12.]\n\n##### 14J. Informing members of public of broadcasting or recording\n\nA local government must take reasonable steps to ensure that members of the public attending a meeting of its council are informed beforehand of the following, as applicable —\n\n(a) that the meeting will be publicly broadcast;\n\n(b) that a recording of the meeting will be made.\n\nExample for this regulation:\n\nMembers of the public could be informed by means of a notice displayed in a prominent place near or inside the meeting room.\n\n[Regulation 14J inserted: SL 2023/158 r. 5.]\n\n##### 14K. Defamation\n\n(1) A local government is not liable to an action for defamation in relation to any of the following done by the local government as required or authorised under this Part —\n\n(a) publicly broadcasting a meeting;\n\n(b) making a recording of a meeting;\n\n(c) making a recording of a meeting publicly available;\n\n(d) retaining a recording of a meeting or a copy of a recording;\n\n(e) providing a copy of a recording of a meeting to the Inspector.\n\n(2) In subregulation (1), references to a meeting include a part of a meeting.\n\n[Regulation 14K inserted: SL 2023/158 r. 5; amended: SL 2025/208 r. 13.]\n\n## Part 3 — Electors’ meetings\n\n##### 15. Matters to be discussed at general meeting (Act s. 5.27(3))\n\nFor the purposes of section 5.27(3), the matters to be discussed at a general electors’ meeting are, firstly, the contents of the annual report for the previous financial year and then any other general business.\n\n##### 16. Request for special meeting, form of (Act s. 5.28(2))\n\nA request for a special meeting of the electors of a district is to be in the form of Form 1.\n\n##### 17. Voting at meeting (Act s. 5.31)\n\n(1) Each elector who is present at a general or special meeting of electors is entitled to one vote on each matter to be decided at the meeting but does not have to vote.\n\n(2) All decisions at a general or special meeting of electors are to be made by a simple majority of votes.\n\n(3) Voting at a general or special meeting of electors is to be conducted so that no voter’s vote is secret.\n\n##### 18. Procedure at meeting (Act s. 5.31)\n\nSubject to regulations 15 and 17, the procedure to be followed at a general or special meeting of electors is to be determined by the person presiding at the meeting.\n\n## Part 4 — Local government employees\n\n##### 18A. Vacancy in position of CEO or senior employee to be advertised (Act s. 5.36(4) and 5.37(3))\n\n(1) If a position of CEO, or of a senior employee, of a local government becomes vacant, the local government must give Statewide public notice of the position unless it is proposed that the position be filled by —\n\n(a) a person who is, and will continue to be, employed by another local government and who will fill the position on a contract or contracts for a total period not exceeding 5 years; or\n\n(b) a person who will be acting in the position for a term not exceeding one year.\n\n(2) The Statewide public notice must contain —\n\n(a) the details of the remuneration and benefits offered; and\n\n(b) details of the place where applications for the position are to be submitted; and\n\n(c) the date and time for the closing of applications for the position; and\n\n(d) the duration of the proposed contract; and\n\n(da) a website address where the job description form for the position can be accessed; and\n\n(e) contact details for a person who can provide further information about the position; and\n\n(f) any other information that the local government considers is relevant.\n\n[Regulation 18A inserted: Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1037-8; amended: Gazette 19 Aug 2005 p. 3872; 3 May 2011 p. 1594; SL 2021/14 r. 4.]\n\n##### 18B. Contracts of CEOs and senior employees, content of (Act s. 5.39(3)(c))\n\nFor the purposes of section 5.39(3)(c), a contract governing the employment of a person who is a CEO, or a senior employee, of a local government is to provide for a maximum amount of money (or a method of calculating such an amount) to which the person is to be entitled if the contract is terminated before the expiry date, which amount is not to exceed whichever is the lesser of —\n\n(a) the value of one year’s remuneration under the contract; or\n\n(b) the value of the remuneration that the person would have been entitled to had the contract not been terminated.\n\n[Regulation 18B inserted: Gazette 13 May 2005 p. 2086.]\n\n[**18C, 18D.** Deleted: SL 2021/14 r. 5.]\n\n##### 18E. False information in application for CEO position, offence\n\nA person must not, in connection with an application for the position of CEO of a local government —\n\n(a) make a statement, or give any information, as to academic, or other tertiary level, qualifications held by the applicant that the person knows is false in a material particular; or\n\n(b) make a statement, or give any information, as to academic, or other tertiary level, qualifications held by the applicant which is false or misleading in a material particular, with reckless disregard as to whether or not the statement or information is false or misleading in a material particular.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $5 000.\n\n[Regulation 18E inserted: Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1038-9; amended: Gazette 19 Aug 2005 p. 3872; 4 Mar 2016 p. 650.]\n\n##### 18F. Remuneration and benefits of CEO to be as advertised\n\nThe remuneration and other benefits paid to a CEO on the appointment of the CEO are not to differ from the remuneration and benefits advertised for the position under section 5.36(4).\n\n[Regulation 18F inserted: Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1039.]\n\n##### 18FA. Model standards for CEO recruitment, performance and termination (Act s. 5.39A(1))\n\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"sets out model standards for local governments in relation to the following —","content":"Schedule 2 sets out model standards for local governments in relation to the following —\n\n(a) the recruitment of CEOs;\n\n(b) the review of the performance of CEOs;\n\n(c) the termination of the employment of CEOs.\n\n[Regulation 18FA inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 6.]\n\n##### 18FB. Certification of compliance with adopted standards for CEO recruitment (Act s. 5.39B(7))\n\nadopted standards means —\n\n(a) the standards adopted by a local government under section 5.39B; or\n\n(b) if the local government has not adopted standards under that section, the standards taken under section 5.39B(5) to be the local government’s adopted standards.\n\n(2) This regulation applies if —\n\n(a) a local government employs a person in the position of CEO of the local government; and\n\n(b) the local government’s adopted standards in relation to the recruitment of CEOs apply to the employment.\n\n(3) As soon as practicable after the person is employed in the position of CEO, the local government must, by resolution*, certify that the person was employed in accordance with the local government’s adopted standards in relation to the recruitment of CEOs.\n\n* Absolute majority required.\n\n(4) The local government must give a copy of the resolution to the Inspector within 14 days after the resolution is passed by the local government.\n\n[Regulation 18FB inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 6; amended: SL 2025/208 r. 14.]\n\n##### 18FC. Certification of compliance with adopted standards for CEO termination (Act s. 5.39B(7))\n\nadopted standards has the meaning given in regulation 18FB(1).\n\n(2) This regulation applies if a local government terminates the employment of the CEO of the local government.\n\n(3) As soon as practicable after the CEO’s employment is terminated, the local government must, by resolution*, certify that the CEO’s employment was terminated in accordance with the local government’s adopted standards in relation to the termination of the employment of CEOs.\n\n* Absolute majority required.\n\n(4) The local government must give a copy of the resolution to the Inspector within 14 days after the resolution is passed by the local government.\n\n[Regulation 18FC inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 6; amended: SL 2025/208 r. 15.]\n\n##### 18G. Delegations to CEOs, limits on (Act s. 5.43)\n\nPowers and duties of a local government exercised under the following provisions are prescribed under section 5.43(i) as powers and duties that a local government cannot delegate to a CEO —\n\n(a) section 7.12A(2), (3)(a) or (4); and\n\n(b) regulations 18C and 18D.\n\n[Regulation 18G inserted: Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1039.]\n\n##### 19. Delegates to keep certain records (Act s. 5.46(3))\n\nWhere a power or duty has been delegated under the Act to the CEO or to any other local government employee, the person to whom the power or duty has been delegated is to keep a written record of —\n\n(a) how the person exercised the power or discharged the duty; and\n\n(b) when the person exercised the power or discharged the duty; and\n\n(c) the persons or classes of persons, other than council or committee members or employees of the local government, directly affected by the exercise of the power or the discharge of the duty.\n\n##### 19A. Payments in addition to contract or award, limits of (Act s. 5.50(3))\n\n(1) The value of a payment or payments made under section 5.50(1) and (2) to an employee whose employment with a local government finishes after 1 January 2010 is not to exceed in total —\n\n(a) the value of the person’s final annual remuneration, if the person —\n\n(i) accepts voluntary severance by resigning as an employee; and\n\n(ii) is not a CEO or a senior employee whose employment is governed by a written contract in accordance with section 5.39;\n\nor\n\n(b) in all other cases, $5 000.\n\n(2) In this regulation —\n\n  final annual remuneration in respect of a person, means the value of the annual remuneration paid, or payable, to the person by the local government which employed that person immediately before the person’s employment with the local government finished.\n\n[Regulation 19A inserted: Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1032; amended: Gazette 13 Jul 2012 p. 3218.]\n\n## Part 4A — Codes of conduct for local government employees (Act s. 5.51A(4))\n\n### Division 1 — Terms used\n\n##### 19AA. Terms used\n\nIn this Part —\n\nactivity involving a local government discretion means an activity —\n\n(a) that cannot be undertaken without an authorisation from the local government; or\n\n(b) by way of a commercial dealing with the local government;\n\nassociated person means a person who —\n\n(a) is undertaking or seeking to undertake an activity involving a local government discretion; or\n\n(b) it is reasonable to believe, is intending to undertake an activity involving a local government discretion;\n\ncode of conduct means a code of conduct under section 5.51A;\n\ngift —\n\n(a) has the meaning given in section 5.57; but\n\n(b) does not include —\n\n(i) a gift from a relative as defined in section 5.74(1); or\n\n(ii) a gift that must be disclosed under the *Local Government (Elections) Regulations 1997* regulation 30B; or\n\n(iii) a gift from a statutory authority, government instrumentality or non‑profit association for professional training; or\n\n(iv) a gift from WALGA, the Australian Local Government Association Limited (ABN 31 008 613 876), the Local Government Professionals Australia WA (ABN 91 208 607 072) or the LG Professionals Australia (ABN 85 004 221 818);\n\ninterest —\n\n(a) means an interest that could, or could reasonably be perceived to, adversely affect the impartiality of the person having the interest; and\n\n(b) includes an interest arising from kinship, friendship or membership of an association;\n\nlocal government employee means a person —\n\n(a) employed by a local government under section 5.36(1); or\n\n(b) engaged by a local government under a contract for services;\n\nprohibited gift, in relation to a local government employee, means —\n\n(a) a gift worth the threshold amount or more; or\n\n(b) a gift that is 1 of 2 or more gifts given to the local government employee by the same person within a period of 1 year that are in total worth the threshold amount or more;\n\nthreshold amount, for a prohibited gift, means $300 or a lesser amount determined under regulation 19AF.\n\n[Regulation 19AA inserted: SL 2021/16 r. 4.]\n\n### Division 2 — Content of codes of conduct\n\n##### 19AB. Prohibited gifts\n\nlocal government employee does not include the CEO.\n\n(2) A code of conduct must contain a requirement that a local government employee not accept a prohibited gift from an associated person.\n\n[Regulation 19AB inserted: SL 2021/16 r. 4.]\n\n##### 19AC. Recording, storing, disclosure and use of information relating to gifts\n\nlocal government employee does not include the CEO.\n\n(2) A code of conduct must contain requirements relating to the recording, storing, disclosure and use of information relating to gifts that, under a code of conduct, may be accepted by local government employees from associated persons.\n\n[Regulation 19AC inserted: SL 2021/16 r. 4.]\n\n##### 19AD. Conflicts of interest\n\n(1) A code of conduct must contain a requirement that a local government employee who has an interest in any matter to be discussed at a council or committee meeting attended by the local government employee disclose the nature of the interest —\n\n(a) in a written notice given to the CEO before the meeting; or\n\n(b) at the meeting immediately before the matter is discussed.\n\n(2) A code of conduct must contain a requirement that a local government employee who has given, or will give, advice in respect of any matter to be discussed at a council or committee meeting not attended by the local government employee disclose the nature of any interest the local government employee has in the matter —\n\n(a) in a written notice given to the CEO before the meeting; or\n\n(b) at the time the advice is given.\n\n(3) A code of conduct must exclude from a requirement under subregulation (1) or (2) an interest referred to in section 5.60.\n\n(4) A code of conduct must excuse a local government employee from a requirement under subregulation (1) or (2) if the local government employee fails to disclose the nature of an interest because they did not know and could not reasonably be expected to know —\n\n(a) that they had an interest in the matter; or\n\n(b) that the matter in which they had an interest would be discussed at the meeting and they disclosed the nature of the interest as soon as possible after the discussion began.\n\n(5) A code of conduct must require that if, to comply with a requirement under subregulation (1) or (2), a local government employee discloses an interest in a written notice given to the CEO before a meeting, then —\n\n(a) before the meeting the CEO must cause the notice to be given to the person who is to preside at the meeting; and\n\n(b) at the meeting the person presiding must bring the notice and its contents to the attention of the persons present immediately before any matter to which the disclosure relates is discussed.\n\n(6) Subregulation (7) applies if —\n\n(a) to comply with a requirement under subregulation (1), the nature of an interest in a matter is disclosed at a meeting; or\n\n(b) a disclosure is made as described in subregulation (4)(b) at a meeting; or\n\n(c) to comply with a requirement under subregulation (5)(b), notice of the interest is brought to the attention of the persons present at a meeting.\n\n(7) The nature of the interest must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.\n\n[Regulation 19AD inserted: SL 2021/16 r. 4.]\n\n##### 19ADA. Outside employment\n\nA code of conduct must contain requirements relating to a person employed by the local government under section 5.36(1) having employment outside the local government, including the disclosure by such a person of any employment that they have outside the local government.\n\n[Regulation 19ADA inserted: SL 2025/208 r. 16.]\n\n##### 19AE. Other matters codes of conduct must deal with\n\nresources of the local government includes —\n\n(a) local government property; and\n\n(b) services provided, or paid for, by the local government.\n\n(2) A code of conduct must contain requirements relating to —\n\n(a) the behaviour expected of a local government employee in relation to each of the following —\n\n(i) the performance of the local government employee’s duties;\n\n(ii) dealings with other local government employees and the broader community;\n\n(iii) the use and disclosure of information acquired by the local government employee in the performance of their duties;\n\n(iv) the use of the resources of the local government;\n\n(v) the use of the local government’s finances;\n\nand\n\n(b) how the records of the local government are to be kept; and\n\n(c) the reporting by local government employees of suspected breaches of codes of conduct and suspected unethical, fraudulent, dishonest, illegal or corrupt behaviour; and\n\n(d) the way in which suspected breaches of the code of conduct and suspected unethical, fraudulent, dishonest, illegal or corrupt behaviour of a local government employee are to be managed.\n\n[Regulation 19AE inserted: SL 2021/16 r. 4.]\n\n### Division 3 — Other matter in relation to codes of conduct\n\n##### 19AF. Determination of threshold amount\n\n(1) The CEO may determine an amount (which may be nil) for the purposes of the definition of ***threshold amount*** in regulation 19AA.\n\n(2) A determination under subregulation (1) must be published on the local government’s official website.\n\n[Regulation 19AF inserted: SL 2021/16 r. 4.]\n\n## Part 5 — Annual reports and planning\n\n### Division 1 — Preliminary\n\n##### 19BA. Terms used\n\nIn this Part —\n\ncorporate business plan means a plan made under regulation 19DA that, together with a strategic community plan, forms a plan for the future of a district made in accordance with section 5.56;\n\nstrategic community plan means a plan made under regulation 19C that, together with a corporate business plan, forms a plan for the future of a district made in accordance with section 5.56.\n\n[Regulation 19BA inserted: Gazette 26 Aug 2011 p. 3482-3.]\n\n### Division 2 — Annual reports\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 26 Aug 2011 p. 3483.]\n\n##### 19B. Information to be included in annual report (Act s. 5.53(2)(g) and (i))\n\nremuneration has the meaning given in the *Salaries and Allowances Act 1975* section 4(1).\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 5.53(2)(g) and (i), the annual report for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2020 must contain the following —\n\n(a) the number of employees of the local government entitled to an annual salary of $130 000 or more;\n\n(b) the number of employees of the local government entitled to an annual salary that falls within each band of $10 000 over $130 000;\n\n(c) any remuneration and allowances paid by the local government under Schedule 5.1 clause 9 during the financial year;\n\n(d) any amount ordered under section 5.110(6)(b)(iv) to be paid by a person against whom a complaint was made under section 5.107(1), 5.109(1) or 5.114(1) to the local government during the financial year;\n\n(e) the remuneration paid or provided to the CEO during the financial year;\n\n(f) the number of council and committee meetings attended by each council member during the financial year;\n\n(g) if available, the gender, linguistic background and country of birth of council members;\n\n(h) if available, the number of council members who are aged —\n\n(i) between 18 years and 24 years; and\n\n(ii) between 25 years and 34 years; and\n\n(iii) between 35 years and 44 years; and\n\n(iv) between 45 years and 54 years; and\n\n(v) between 55 years and 64 years; and\n\n(vi) over the age of 64 years;\n\n(i) if available, the number of council members who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander;\n\n(j) details of any modification made to a local government’s strategic community plan during the financial year;\n\n(k) details of any significant modification made to a local government’s corporate business plan during the financial year.\n\n[Regulation 19B inserted: SL 2020/213 r. 20.]\n\n##### 19BB. Information about trading undertakings to be included in annual report (Act s. 5.53(2)(i))\n\nincome statement has the meaning given in the *Local Government (Financial Management) Regulations 1996* regulation 3(1);\n\nmajor trading undertaking has the meaning given in section 3.59(1);\n\nstatement of financial position has the meaning given in the *Local Government (Financial Management) Regulations 1996* regulation 3(1);\n\ntrading undertaking has the meaning given in section 3.59(1).\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 5.53(2)(i), the annual report for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2022 must include the following —\n\n(a) separately, in relation to each trading undertaking carried on during the financial year —\n\n(i) an income statement; and\n\n(ii) a statement of financial position; and\n\n(iii) any other information that is necessary to provide full and complete information on the undertaking;\n\n(b) in relation to each major trading undertaking, in addition to the information required under paragraph (a), a statement setting out all other revenue and expenditure that is not included in the income statement referred to in paragraph (a)(i) but that has been used in the pricing structure for goods or services to be provided by the undertaking.\n\n[Regulation 19BB inserted: SL 2023/106 r. 33.]\n\n##### 19BC. Information about land transactions to be included in annual report (Act s. 5.53(2)(i))\n\nmajor land transaction has the meaning given in section 3.59(1);\n\nnature classification has the meaning given in the *Local Government (Financial Management) Regulations 1996* regulation 3(1).\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 5.53(2)(i), the annual report for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2022 must include the following, separately in relation to each major land transaction (according to nature classification) —\n\n(a) all income and expenditure for the transaction received or expended during the financial year;\n\n(b) details of assets and liabilities at 30 June;\n\n(c) any other information that is necessary to provide full and complete information on the transaction;\n\n(d) if the transaction is to span more than 1 financial year, a brief statement showing the cash flows expected during the lesser of the following periods —\n\n(i) the term of the transaction;\n\n(ii) the period covered by the corporate business plan.\n\n(3) For the purposes of section 5.53(2)(i), if a major land transaction has spanned more than 1 financial year and it is completed during a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2022, the annual report for that financial year must —\n\n(a) disclose —\n\n(i) details of the total income and expenditure for the transaction from the date of commencement to the date of completion; and\n\n(ii) details of the amount or value of any surplus of money or assets distributed to the local government or a person other than the local government; and\n\n(iii) the amount or value of any loss and the resources used to cover the loss;\n\nand\n\n(b) include —\n\n(i) a comparison of the outcomes over the life of the transaction with expected outcomes in the business plan prepared for the transaction; and\n\n(ii) an explanation of the benefits of the transaction to the local government and the community.\n\n[Regulation 19BC inserted: SL 2023/106 r. 33.]\n\n##### 19BD. Information about fees, expenses and allowances to be included in annual report (Act s. 5.53(2)(i))\n\nFor the purposes of section 5.53(2)(i), the annual report for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2022 must include, in relation to fees, expenses or allowances paid during the financial year to council members, the mayor or the president, for each person —\n\n(a) the nature of the fee, expense or allowance; and\n\n(b) the total amount or value of each class of fee, expense or allowance.\n\n[Regulation 19BD inserted: SL 2023/106 r. 33.]\n\n##### 19BE. Information about capital grants, subsidies and contributions to be included in annual report (Act s. 5.53(2)(i))\n\nrenew, in relation to an asset, means to return the asset to its original state by rebuilding, repairing or restoring the asset;\n\nreplace, in relation to an asset, does not include to upgrade the asset or to replace the asset with a different version of the asset.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 5.53(2)(i), the annual report for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2022 must include the amount of all capital grants, subsidies and contributions, for replacing and renewing assets, that were received by the local government during —\n\n(a) the financial year; and\n\n(b) the 2 financial years before the financial year.\n\n[Regulation 19BE inserted: SL 2023/106 r. 33.]\n\n[**19CA.** Deleted: SL 2020/213 r. 20.]\n\n### Division 3 — Planning for the future\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 26 Aug 2011 p. 3483.]\n\n##### 19C. Strategic community plans, requirements for (Act s. 5.56)\n\n(1) A local government is to ensure that a strategic community plan is made for its district in accordance with this regulation in respect of each financial year after the financial year ending 30 June 2013.\n\n(2) A strategic community plan for a district is to cover the period specified in the plan, which is to be at least 10 financial years.\n\n(3) A strategic community plan for a district is to set out the vision, aspirations and objectives of the community in the district.\n\n(4) A local government is to review the current strategic community plan for its district at least once every 4 years.\n\n(5) In making or reviewing a strategic community plan, a local government is to have regard to —\n\n(a) the capacity of its current resources and the anticipated capacity of its future resources; and\n\n(b) strategic performance indicators and the ways of measuring its strategic performance by the application of those indicators; and\n\n(c) demographic trends.\n\n(6) Subject to subregulation (9), a local government may modify its strategic community plan, including extending the period the plan is made in respect of.\n\n(7) A council is to consider a strategic community plan, or modifications of such a plan, submitted to it and is to determine* whether or not to adopt the plan or the modifications.\n\n*Absolute majority required.\n\n(8) If a strategic community plan is, or modifications of a strategic community plan are, adopted by the council, the plan or modified plan applies to the district for the period specified in the plan.\n\n(9) A local government is to ensure that the electors and ratepayers of its district are consulted during the development of a strategic community plan and when preparing modifications of a strategic community plan.\n\n(10) A strategic community plan for a district is to contain a description of the involvement of the electors and ratepayers of the district in the development of the plan or the preparation of modifications of the plan.\n\n[Regulation 19C inserted: Gazette 26 Aug 2011 p. 3483-4.]\n\n##### 19DA. Corporate business plans, requirements for (Act s. 5.56)\n\n(1) A local government is to ensure that a corporate business plan is made for its district in accordance with this regulation in respect of each financial year after the financial year ending 30 June 2013.\n\n(2) A corporate business plan for a district is to cover the period specified in the plan, which is to be at least 4 financial years.\n\n(3) A corporate business plan for a district is to —\n\n(a) set out, consistently with any relevant priorities set out in the strategic community plan for the district, a local government’s priorities for dealing with the objectives and aspirations of the community in the district; and\n\n(b) govern a local government’s internal business planning by expressing a local government’s priorities by reference to operations that are within the capacity of the local government’s resources; and\n\n(c) develop and integrate matters relating to resources, including asset management, workforce planning and long‑term financial planning.\n\n(4) A local government is to review the current corporate business plan for its district every year.\n\n(5) A local government may modify a corporate business plan, including extending the period the plan is made in respect of and modifying the plan if required because of modification of the local government’s strategic community plan.\n\n(6) A council is to consider a corporate business plan, or modifications of such a plan, submitted to it and is to determine* whether or not to adopt the plan or the modifications.\n\n*Absolute majority required.\n\n(7) If a corporate business plan is, or modifications of a corporate business plan are, adopted by the council, the plan or modified plan applies to the district for the period specified in the plan.\n\n[Regulation 19DA inserted: Gazette 26 Aug 2011 p. 3484-5.]\n\n##### 19DB. Transitional provisions for plans for the future until 30 June 2013\n\nformer regulation 19C means regulation 19C as in force immediately before 26 August 2011 and continued under subregulation (2);\n\nformer regulation 19D means regulation 19D as in force immediately before 26 August 2011;\n\nplan for the future means a plan for the future of its district made by a local government in accordance with former regulation 19C.\n\n(2) Except as stated in this regulation, former regulation 19C continues to have effect on and after 26 August 2011 until this regulation expires under subregulation (7).\n\n(3) A local government is to ensure that a plan for the future applies in respect of each financial year before the financial year ending 30 June 2014.\n\n(4) A local government is not required to review a plan for the future under former regulation 19C(4) on or after 26 August 2011.\n\n(5) If, for the purposes of complying with subregulation (3), a local government makes a new plan for the future, local public notice of the adoption of the plan is to be given in accordance with former regulation 19D.\n\n(6) If a local government modifies a plan for the future under former regulation 19C(4), whether for the purposes of complying with subregulation (3) or otherwise —\n\n(a) the local government is not required to comply with former regulation 19C(7) or (8) in relation to the modifications of the plan; and\n\n(b) local public notice of the adoption of the modifications of the plan is to be given in accordance with former regulation 19D.\n\n(7) This regulation expires at the end of 30 June 2013.\n\n[Regulation 19DB inserted: Gazette 26 Aug 2011 p. 3485-6.]\n\n##### 19D. Public notice of adoption of strategic community plan\n\n(1) If a strategic community plan is adopted, the CEO must —\n\n(a) give local public notice that the plan has been adopted; and\n\n(b) publish the plan on the local government’s official website.\n\n(2) If modifications to a strategic community plan are adopted, the CEO must —\n\n(a) give local public notice that modifications to the plan have been adopted; and\n\n(b) publish the modified plan on the local government’s official website.\n\n[Regulation 19D inserted: SL 2020/213 r. 21.]\n\n## Part 6 — Disclosure of financial interests and gifts\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 26 Aug 2011 p. 3487; amended: Gazette 18 Oct 2019 p. 3679.]\n\n##### 20. Closely associated persons, matters prescribed for (Act s. 5.62)\n\n(1) In subregulation (2) —\n\n  client or adviser means a person who supplies, or receives, legal or financial professional services.\n\n(2) A person who, within the previous 12 months, was a client or adviser of a relevant person is a person of a class of persons prescribed for the purposes of section 5.62(1)(ca).\n\n(3) The amount prescribed for the purposes of section 5.62(1)(d)(ii)(I) is $10 000.\n\n(4) The percentage prescribed for the purposes of section 5.62(1)(d)(ii)(II) is 1%.\n\n(5) The prescribed manner of calculating the value of shares for the purposes of the definition of ***value*** in section 5.62(2) is —\n\n(a) the closing share price of the shares on the Australian Stock Exchange Limited on the last trading day of the financial year; or\n\n(b) the nominal value of the share, if the share was not listed on the Australian Stock Exchange Limited on the last trading day of the financial year.\n\n[Regulation 20 inserted: Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1039-40; amended: Gazette 19 Aug 2005 p. 3873; 4 Mar 2016 p. 650.]\n\n##### 20A. Amounts relating to gifts prescribed (Act s. 5.62(1A), 5.68(1C), 5.71B(2) and (4), 5.87A(3) and 5.87B(3))\n\n(1) The amount prescribed for the purposes of sections 5.62(1A)(a)(i) and (ii), 5.87A(3)(a) and 5.87B(3)(a) is $300.\n\n(2) The amount prescribed for the purposes of sections 5.68(1C)(a) and (b) and 5.71B(2)(a) and (4) is $1 000.\n\n[Regulation 20A inserted: Gazette 18 Oct 2019 p. 3680; amended: SL 2023/102 r. 5.]\n\n##### 20B. Excluded gifts prescribed (Act s. 5.62(1B)(b))\n\nFor the purposes of section 5.62(1B)(b) a gift is an excluded gift if the gift is made by any of the following entities —\n\n(a) WALGA;\n\n(b) Australian Local Government Association Limited (ABN 31 008 613 876);\n\n(c) Local Government Professionals Australia WA (ABN 91 208 607 072);\n\n(ca) LG Professionals Australia (ABN 85 004 221 818);\n\n(d) a department of the Public Service;\n\n(e) a government department of another State, a Territory or the Commonwealth;\n\n(f) a local government or regional local government.\n\n[Regulation 20B inserted: Gazette 18 Oct 2019 p. 3680; amended: SL 2021/16 r. 5.]\n\n##### 21. Interests that need not be disclosed (Act s. 5.63(1)(h))\n\nThe interests prescribed for the purposes of section 5.63(1)(h) are as follows —\n\n(a) an interest relating to an allowance to which section 5.98A or 5.99A refers;\n\n(b) an interest (not being an interest referred to in section 5.63(1)) relating to the payment by the local government of money that the local government is legally obliged to pay;\n\n(c) an interest that a relevant person has in a matter that is the subject of a question directed to him or her during the time allocated for questions to be raised by members of the public and responded to at a meeting to which section 5.24(1)(a) or (b) applies;\n\n(d) an interest relating to the provision by a local government of refreshments, meals or accommodation to persons —\n\n(i) attending a meeting or function of the local government; or\n\n(ii) attending a conference relevant to local government business; or\n\n(iii) on other local government business;\n\n(e) an interest relating to —\n\n(i) the provision by the local government of office equipment to a relevant person for both local government purposes and occasional personal use; or\n\n(ii) a relevant person becoming the owner of office equipment —\n\n(I) that is provided under subparagraph (i) to the relevant person; and\n\n(II) that has only minor residual value after use by the relevant person;\n\nor\n\n(iii) setting an amount of a minor residual value for the purposes of subparagraph (ii);\n\n(f) an interest relating to the application of the *Taxation Administration Act 1953* (Commonwealth) Schedule 1 section 12‑45(1)(e) in relation to the local government.\n\n[Regulation 21 inserted: Gazette 28 Jun 2002 p. 3080‑1; amended: Gazette 21 Aug 2007 p. 4189; 18 Oct 2019 p. 3680; SL 2025/7 r. 4.]\n\n##### 21A. Information to be recorded in minutes of meeting (Act s. 5.68(2)(b))\n\nFor the purposes of section 5.68(2)(b) the following information is prescribed —\n\n(a) a description of the gift;\n\n(b) the disclosing member’s estimated value of the gift at the time it was made;\n\n(c) the name of the person who made the gift;\n\n(d) the town or suburb of the address of the person who made the gift;\n\n(e) the reasons for the decision.\n\n[Regulation 21A inserted: Gazette 18 Oct 2019 p. 3681.]\n\n##### 22. Primary returns, form of (Act s. 5.75(1) and (2))\n\nFor the purposes of section 5.75(1) and (2), the form of a primary return is set out in Form 2.\n\n##### 23. Annual returns, form of (Act s. 5.76(1) and (2))\n\nFor the purposes of section 5.76(1) and (2), the form of an annual return is set out in Form 3.\n\n##### 24. Amount of income prescribed (Act s. 5.80(3))\n\nThe amount of income prescribed for the purposes of section 5.80(3) is $500.\n\n[**25, 26.** Deleted: Gazette 18 Oct 2019 p. 3681.]\n\n##### 27. Amount of debt prescribed (Act s. 5.85(2)(a))\n\nThe amount of debt to be paid prescribed for the purposes of section 5.85(2)(a) is $500.\n\n##### 28. Register of financial interests, form of (Act s. 5.88(2))\n\nThe register of financial interests is to be in a form that sets out —\n\n(a) in relation to each disclosure made under section 5.65, 5.70, 5.71 or 5.71A —\n\n(i) the date of the disclosure; and\n\n(ii) the nature of the interest disclosed;\n\nand\n\n(b) in relation to each disclosure made under section 5.65 or 5.70 where the extent of the interest has also been disclosed, the extent of the interest; and\n\n(c) in relation to each disclosure made under section 5.65 or 5.70 —\n\n(i) the date of the meeting at which the matter will be or was discussed; and\n\n(ii) the number and details of the matter’s agenda item at the meeting.\n\n[Regulation 28 amended: Gazette 18 Oct 2019 p. 3681.]\n\n##### 28A. Register of gifts (Act s. 5.89A(3))\n\nThe register of gifts is to be in the form of Form 4.\n\nIn the version of the register of gifts published under section 5.89A(5) information about individuals’ addresses must be modified as required by section 5.89A(5A).\n\n[Regulation 28A inserted: Gazette 18 Oct 2019 p. 3681.]\n\n##### 28B. Transitional provision for register of gifts\n\ncommencement day has the meaning given in Schedule 9.3 clause 56(1);\n\nformer Form 4 means Form 4 as it was immediately before commencement day;\n\nformer record of disclosures means the record of disclosures that is required to be contained in the register of gifts under Schedule 9.3 clause 56(2).\n\n(2) Despite regulation 28A, to the extent that the register of gifts contains the former record of disclosures, it is to be in the form of former Form 4.\n\n[Regulation 28B inserted: Gazette 18 Oct 2019 p. 3681-2.]\n\n## Part 7 — Access to information\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 26 Aug 2011 p. 3487.]\n\n##### 29. Information to be available for public inspection (Act s. 5.94)\n\n(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the information prescribed for the purposes of section 5.94(u)(ii) is —\n\n(a) the information contained in a register to which section 5.18 applies;\n\n(b) the information contained in a register to which section 5.46(1) applies;\n\n(ba) the information contained in an electoral gift register established and maintained under regulation 30G(1) of the *Local Government (Elections) Regulations 1997*;\n\n[(baa), (bb) deleted]\n\n(bc) details of a regional price preference policy adopted in accordance with Part 4A of the *Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996*;\n\n[(c) deleted]\n\n(d) all superseded versions of each policy of the local government;\n\n(e) the information contained in a tenders register kept under the *Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996*.\n\n[(2), (3) deleted]\n\n[Regulation 29 amended: Gazette 23 Apr 1999 p. 1718; 25 Feb 2000 p. 969; 21 Aug 2007 p. 4189‑90; SL 2020/213 r. 22; SL 2022/185 r. 9.]\n\n##### 29A. Limits on right to inspect local government information (Act s. 5.95)\n\n[(1) deleted]\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 5.95(6), the following information is prescribed as information that is confidential but that, under section 5.95(7), may be available for inspection if a local government so resolves —\n\n(a) information referred to in section 5.94 that would reveal the determination by the local government of a price for the sale or purchase of property by the local government; and\n\n(b) information referred to in section 5.94 about the discussion of such a matter; and\n\n(c) information referred to in section 5.94 which deals with anything in respect of which a meeting has been closed to members of the public under section 5.23(2), (3) or (4).\n\n(3) The information referred to in subregulation (2)(a) and (b) is confidential until the sale or purchase takes place, or a decision is made that the sale or purchase will not take place.\n\n(4) Subregulation (2)(c) does not apply to information that —\n\n(a) is covered by section 5.95(4); or\n\n(b) is required to be recorded in the minutes of a meeting under section 5.23(8); or\n\n(c) is the subject of a direction under section 5.23AA(4)(a).\n\n[Regulation 29A inserted: Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1040-1; amended: SL 2020/213 r. 23; SL 2025/208 r. 17.]\n\n##### 29B. Copies of certain information not to be provided (Act s. 5.96)\n\nA local government must not make available to a person copies of information referred to in section 5.94(m) or (s) unless —\n\n(a) the request for the information is made in the manner and form approved by the CEO of the local government; and\n\n(b) the CEO of the local government is satisfied, by statutory declaration or otherwise, that the information will not be used for commercial purposes.\n\n[Regulation 29B inserted: Gazette 28 Feb 2014 p. 519.]\n\n##### 29C. Information to be published on official website (Act s. 5.96A(1)(i))\n\nannual return means a return required by section 5.76;\n\nprimary return means a return required by section 5.75.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 5.96A(1)(i), the following information is prescribed —\n\n[(a), (b) deleted]\n\n(c) an up‑to‑date version of each policy of the local government;\n\n(d) the name of each council member who lodged a primary return or annual return for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2020;\n\n(e) the position of each employee who lodged a primary return or annual return for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2020;\n\n(f) the type, and the amount or value, of any fees, expenses or allowances paid to each council member during a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2020;\n\n(g) a copy of any local public notice given under the *Local Government (Elections) Regulations 1997* regulation 80(8), 86(a), 86A or 87A(4) in respect of the local government.\n\n[(3), (4) deleted]\n\n(5) The information referred to in subregulation (2)(d) and (e) must be published on the local government’s official website —\n\n(a) if the return is lodged with the local government on or before 31 August immediately following the financial year to which the return relates — on or before 14 September immediately following the end of that financial year; or\n\n(b) if the return is lodged with the local government after 31 August immediately following the financial year to which the return relates — within 14 days after the return is lodged with the local government.\n\n(6) The information referred to in subregulation (2)(f) must be published on the local government’s official website on or before 14 July immediately following the end of the financial year to which the information relates.\n\n[Regulation 29C inserted: SL 2020/213 r. 24; amended: SL 2023/102 r. 6; SL 2023/158 r. 8; SL 2025/208 r. 18.]\n\n##### 29D. Period for which information to be kept on official website (Act s. 5.96A(5))\n\nFor the purposes of section 5.96A(5), a period of not less than 5 years, beginning on the day on which the information is first published on the local government’s official website, is prescribed for the following information —\n\n(a) the annual report;\n\n(b) the annual budget;\n\n(c) confirmed minutes of council and committee meetings;\n\n(d) minutes of electors’ meetings;\n\n(e) information referred to in section 5.96A(1)(h);\n\n(f) information referred to in regulation 29C(2).\n\n[Regulation 29D inserted: SL 2020/213 r. 24.]\n\n##### 29E. Record of information about conduct (Act s. 5.96C)\n\noversight entity means any of the following —\n\n(a) the Inspector;\n\n(b) an Independent Inquiry;\n\n(c) the State Administrative Tribunal;\n\n(d) the Public Sector Commissioner;\n\n(e) the Corruption and Crime Commission;\n\n(f) a Royal Commission.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 5.96C(1)(f), the following information is prescribed to the extent that it is about the conduct of a person who is, or of a person when they were, a council member, the CEO or another employee —\n\n(a) any adverse recommendation made by the Inspector in a report under section 8.4 that is provided to the local government;\n\n(b) any adverse finding, recommendation or proposition made by an oversight entity that is made available to the public.\n\n(3) For the purposes of section 5.96C(4)(c), information included in a record of information must be kept in the record of information for the period of 12 years beginning on the day on which the information is first included in the record of information.\n\n(4) For the purposes of section 5.96C(4)(d), the period for which information included in a record of information must be kept on the local government’s official website is the same as the period for which it must be kept in the record of information under subregulation (3).\n\n[Regulation 29E inserted: SL 2025/208 r. 19.]\n\n## Part 8 — Local government payments and gifts to members\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 26 Aug 2011 p. 3487.]\n\n##### 30. Meeting attendance fees (Act s. 5.98(1) and (2A))\n\n[(1), (2) deleted]\n\n(3A) Each of the following meetings is a meeting of a prescribed type for the purposes of section 5.98(2A) —\n\n(a) meeting of a WALGA Zone, where the council member is representing a local government as a delegate elected or appointed by the local government;\n\n(b) meeting of a Regional Road Group established by Main Roads Western Australia, where the council member is representing a local government as a delegate elected or appointed by the local government;\n\n(c) council meeting of a regional local government where the council member is the deputy of a member of the regional local government and is attending in the place of the member of the regional local government;\n\n(d) meeting other than a council or committee meeting where the council member is attending at the request of a Minister of the Crown who is attending the meeting;\n\n(e) meeting other than a council meeting or committee meeting where the council member is representing a local government as a delegate elected or appointed by the local government.\n\n[(3B) deleted]\n\n(3C) A council member is not entitled to be paid a fee for attending a meeting of a type referred to in subregulation (3A) if —\n\n(a) the person who organises the meeting pays the council member a fee for attending the meeting; or\n\n(b) the council member is paid an annual fee in accordance with section 5.99; or\n\n(c) if the meeting is a meeting referred to in subregulation (3A)(c), the member of the regional local government is paid an annual fee in accordance with section 5.99.\n\n[(3)‑(5) deleted]\n\n[Regulation 30 amended: Gazette 23 Apr 1999 p. 1719; 31 Mar 2005 p. 1034; 3 May 2011 p. 1595-6; 13 Jul 2012 p. 3219.]\n\n##### 31. Expenses to be reimbursed (Act s. 5.98(2)(a))\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 5.98(2)(a), the kinds of expenses that are to be reimbursed by all local governments are —\n\n(a) rental charges incurred by a council member in relation to one telephone and one facsimile machine; and\n\n(b) child care and travel costs incurred by a council member because of the member’s attendance at a council meeting or a meeting of a committee of which he or she is also a member; and\n\n(c) child care and travel costs incurred by a council member in completing the training required by section 5.126(1).\n\n[(2)‑(5) deleted]\n\n[Regulation 31 amended: Gazette 31 Mar 2005 p. 1034; 13 Jul 2012 p. 3219; SL 2022/185 r. 10.]\n\n##### 32. Expenses that may be approved for reimbursement (Act s. 5.98(2)(b))\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 5.98(2)(b), the kinds of expenses that may be approved by any local government for reimbursement by the local government are —\n\n(a) an expense incurred by a council member in performing a function under the express authority of the local government; and\n\n(b) an expense incurred by a council member to whom paragraph (a) applies by reason of the council member being accompanied by not more than one other person while performing the function if, having regard to the nature of the function, the local government considers that it is appropriate for the council member to be accompanied by that other person; and\n\n(c) an expense incurred by a council member in performing a function in his or her capacity as a council member.\n\n[(2) deleted]\n\n[Regulation 32 amended: Gazette 13 Jul 2012 p. 3219.]\n\n##### 32A. Class 1 local governments and class 2 local governments required to pay superannuation contribution payments (Act s. 5.99B(4))\n\n(1) This regulation applies for the purposes of section 5.99B(4) on and after 19 October 2025.\n\n(2) A local government, for which no decision under section 5.99B(2) is in effect, must pay superannuation contribution payments for its council members under section 5.99B if the local government is a class 1 local government or class 2 local government.\n\nNotes for this regulation:\n\n1. In subregulation (2), ***class 1 local government*** and ***class 2 local government*** have the meanings given in the *Local Government (Constitution) Regulations 1998* regulations 2A and 2B.\n\n2. This regulation is subject to sections 5.99C and 5.99D — see sections 5.99B(9), 5.99C(1)(b) and 5.99D(1)(b).\n\n[Regulation 32A inserted: SL 2025/7 r. 5.]\n\n##### 32B. Recovery of amount for superannuation contribution payment referable to annual allowance or annual fee paid in advance (Act s. 5.99E(2))\n\n(1) This regulation applies for the purposes of section 5.99E(2) in respect of a case to which section 5.99E(1) applies.\n\n(2) The relevant person must pay the local government an amount determined as follows —\n\nR is the amount that the relevant person must repay under regulation 34AE(2), 34AF(3) or 36A(7) (as the case requires) in respect of the advance payment;\n\nA is the amount of the advance payment;\n\nS is the amount of the superannuation contribution payment (subject to subregulation (3)).\n\n(3) If the superannuation contribution payment was paid only partly by reference to, or otherwise in connection with, the advance payment, the reference in subregulation (2) in the definition of the variable “S” to the superannuation contribution payment is a reference to the part of that payment, as determined by the local government, that was paid by reference to, or otherwise in connection with, the advance payment.\n\n(4) The local government must take action to recover the amount that must be paid under subregulation (2) as a debt due from the relevant person to the local government.\n\n[Regulation 32B inserted: SL 2025/7 r. 5; amended: SL 2025/208 r. 20.]\n\n[**33-34AB.** Deleted: Gazette 13 Jul 2012 p. 3219]\n\n##### 34AC. Gifts to council members, when permitted etc. (Act s. 5.100A)\n\n(1) The retirement of a council member who has served at least one full 4 year term of office is prescribed under section 5.100A(a) as circumstances in which a gift can be given to the council member.\n\n(2) The amount of $100 for each year served as a council member to a maximum of $1 000 is prescribed under section 5.100A(b) in respect of a gift given to a council member in the circumstances set out in subregulation (1).\n\n[Regulation 34AC inserted: Gazette 3 May 2011 p. 1596.]\n\n##### 34ACA. Fees paid and expenses reimbursed to committee members (Act s. 5.100)\n\n(1) A meeting of a committee of the council of which the committee member is not a member is a meeting of a prescribed type for the purposes of section 5.100(3).\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 5.100(4)(a), the kinds of expenses that are to be reimbursed by all local governments are child care and travel costs incurred by a committee member because of their attendance at a meeting of the committee of which they are a member.\n\n(3) For the purposes of section 5.100(4)(b), the kinds of expenses that may be approved by any local government for reimbursement by the local government are —\n\n(a) an expense incurred by a committee member in performing a function under the express authority of the local government; and\n\n(b) an expense incurred by a committee member in performing a function in their capacity as a committee member.\n\n(4) For the purposes of Schedule 9.3 clause 62(2) —\n\n(a) section 5.98(7), as in force immediately before the transitional period, continues to apply in relation to meetings of committees held before or during that period as if the *Local Government Amendment Act 2023* section 79(2) had not come into operation; and\n\n(b) section 5.100(1), as in force immediately before the transitional period, continues to apply in relation to committee meetings held before or during that period as if the *Local Government Amendment Act 2023* section 80 had not come into operation; and\n\n(c) section 5.100(2), as in force immediately before the transitional period, continues to apply in relation to expenses incurred before or during that period as if the *Local Government Amendment Act 2023* section 80 had not come into operation.\n\n(5) In subregulation (4) —\n\ntransitional period means the period that —\n\n(a) begins when the *Local Government Amendment Act 2023* section 80 comes into operation; and\n\n(b) ends immediately before the first determination of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal under the *Salaries and Allowances Act 1975* section 7BAA comes into operation or is deemed to have come into operation.\n\n[Regulation 34ACA inserted: SL 2023/102 r. 7.]\n\n##### 34AD. Method of payment of expenses for which person can be reimbursed (Act s. 5.101A)\n\n(1) The provision of a vehicle owned by a local government —\n\n(a) to a council member who is a mayor or president of the local government; or\n\n(b) to a council member who is not a mayor or president of the local government if —\n\n(i) no reasonable alternative method of travel is available to the council member; and\n\n(ii) the CEO, mayor or president of the local government has given prior written approval for the provision of the vehicle,\n\nis prescribed under section 5.101A as a method of payment of expenses for which a council member can be reimbursed.\n\n(2) Before a vehicle owned by a local government is provided to a council member the local government and the council member must sign an agreement setting out the responsibilities of the council member in relation to the use of the vehicle.\n\n[Regulation 34AD inserted: Gazette 3 May 2011 p. 1596-7.]\n\n##### 34AE. Repayment and recovery of advance payments of fees and allowances (Act s. 5.102AB)\n\n(1) This regulation applies if —\n\n(a) a local government pays an annual allowance or annual fee under Part 5 Division 8 of the Act to a person in advance (either wholly or in part); and\n\n(b) before the end of the period (the relevant period) to which the advance payment relates —\n\n(i) the person ceases to hold the office to which the advance payment relates (otherwise than because of the death of the person); or\n\n(ii) the person is suspended from the office to which the advance payment relates.\n\n(2) The person must repay to the local government an amount calculated as follows —\n\nR is the amount the person must repay;\n\nA is the total amount of the advance payment;\n\nD is the total number of days in the relevant period;\n\nN is the number of whole days in the relevant period that the person holds, and is not suspended from, the office to which the advance payment relates.\n\n(3) The local government must take action to recover the amount that must be repaid under subregulation (2) as a debt due from the person to the local government.\n\n[Regulation 34AE inserted: Gazette 14 Dec 2018 p. 4805‑6.]\n\n##### 34AF. Repayment and recovery of advance payments of fees and allowances where sanction ordered under Act s. 8A.25(1)(b)(v) (Act s. 8A.25(4)(b) and (5))\n\n(1) Subregulations (2) and (3) apply, for the purposes of section 8A.25(4)(b), if the advance payment paid to the person (the sanctioned person) relates to a period that —\n\n(a) is the same as the period specified in the order under section 8A.25(1)(b)(v); or\n\n(b) includes the whole or a part of that specified period.\n\n(2) The CEO must determine the proportion of the advance payment (which could be nil or 100% or another proportion) that represents fees and allowances that the sanctioned person is not entitled to be paid under the sanction (taking into account any provision included in the order under section 8A.25(4)(a)).\n\n(3) The sanctioned person must repay to the local government an amount equal to the proportion of the advance payment determined by the CEO under subregulation (2).\n\n(4) For the purposes of section 8A.25(5), the local government must take action to recover the amount that must be repaid under subregulation (3) as a debt due from the sanctioned person to the local government.\n\n[Regulation 34AF inserted: SL 2025/208 r. 21.]\n\n[Part 9: Div. 1 heading, Div. 2 (r. 34E‑34G) deleted: Gazette 18 Oct 2019 p. 3682;  \nbalance (r. 34B, 34C) deleted: SL 2021/16 r. 6.]\n\n[Part 9A (r. 34D) deleted: SL 2025/208 r. 22.]\n\n## Part 10 — Training\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 9 Aug 2019 p. 3022.]\n\n##### 35. Training for council members (Act s. 5.126(1))\n\n(1) A council member completes training for the purposes of section 5.126(1) if the council member passes the course of training specified in subregulation (2) within the period specified in subregulation (3).\n\n(2) The course of training is the course titled *Council Member Essentials* that —\n\n(a) consists of the following modules —\n\n(i) Understanding Local Government;\n\n(ii) Serving on Council;\n\n(iii) Meeting Procedures;\n\n(iv) Conflicts of Interest;\n\n(v) Understanding Financial Reports and Budgets;\n\nand\n\n(b) is provided by any of the following bodies —\n\n(i) North Metropolitan TAFE;\n\n(ii) South Metropolitan TAFE;\n\n(iii) WALGA.\n\n(3) The period within which the course of training must be passed is the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which the council member is elected.\n\n[Regulation 35 inserted: Gazette 9 Aug 2019 p. 3022‑3.]\n\n##### 36. Exemption from Act s. 5.126(1) requirement\n\n(1) A council member is exempt from the requirement in section 5.126(1) if —\n\n(a) the council member passed any of the following courses within the period of 5 years ending immediately before the day on which the council member is elected —\n\n(i) the course of training specified in regulation 35(2);\n\n(ii) the course titled *52756WA — Diploma of Local Government (Elected Member)*;\n\n(iii) the course titled *LGA50220 Diploma of Local Government ‑ Elected Member*;\n\n(iv) the course titled *LGASS00007 Elected Member*;\n\nor\n\n(b) the council member passed the course titled *LGASS00002 Elected Member Skill Set* before 1 July 2019 and within the period of 5 years ending immediately before the day on which the council member is elected.\n\n(2) A person who is a council member on the day on which the *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Induction and Training) Regulations 2019* regulation 8 comes into operation is exempt from the requirement in section 5.126(1) until the end of their term of office.\n\n[Regulation 36 inserted: Gazette 9 Aug 2019 p. 3023; amended: SL 2022/185 r. 11.]\n\n##### 36A. Declaration relating to training (Act s. 5.126)\n\n(1) A council member must, within the declaration period under subregulation (2) and in accordance with subregulation (3), declare either of the following —\n\n(a) that the council member passed the course of training specified in regulation 35(2) on the date specified in the declaration;\n\n(b) that the council member is not required to pass the course of training specified in regulation 35(2) within the period specified in regulation 35(3) because the council member is exempt under regulation 36.\n\n(2) The declaration period is the following periods taken together —\n\n(a) the period specified in regulation 35(3);\n\n(b) the period of 1 month beginning on the day after the period specified in regulation 35(3).\n\n(3) The declaration —\n\n(a) must be in writing and signed by the council member; and\n\n(b) if made under subregulation (1)(a) — must have attached to it a certificate or other written document issued by the provider of the course of training that verifies the matters referred to in subregulation (1)(a); and\n\n(c) if made under subregulation (1)(b) in the case of an exemption under regulation 36(1)(a) — must have attached to it a certificate or other written document issued by the provider of the relevant course referred to in regulation 36(1)(a) that verifies the matters referred to in regulation 36(1)(a); and\n\n(d) be provided to the CEO.\n\n(4) The CEO must notify the Inspector if —\n\n(a) a council member contravenes subregulation (1); or\n\n(b) the CEO has reason to believe that a declaration provided to the CEO is false or misleading or is likely to deceive.\n\n(5) Despite Part 5 Division 8 of the Act, if a council member (the non‑compliant member) contravenes subregulation (1), the non‑compliant member loses their entitlement to all fees, reimbursement of expenses and allowances under that Division in relation to the period (the non‑compliance period) that —\n\n(a) begins on the day after the declaration period under subregulation (2); and\n\n(b) ends on the day on which the non‑compliant member provides the CEO with the required declaration.\n\n(6) Subregulation (7) applies if the local government has paid the non‑compliant member, in advance, an annual allowance or annual fee under Part 5 Division 8 of the Act relating to a period (the advance payment period) that —\n\n(a) is the same as the non‑compliance period; or\n\n(b) includes the whole or a part of the non‑compliance period.\n\n(7) The non‑compliant member must repay to the local government an amount calculated as follows —\n\nR is the amount that the non‑compliant member must repay;\n\nA is the amount of the advance payment;\n\nD is the number of days in the advance payment period;\n\nN is the number of days in the non‑compliance period that are also in the advance payment period.\n\n(8) The local government must take action to recover the amount that must be repaid under subregulation (7) as a debt due from the non‑compliant member to the local government.\n\n[Regulation 36A inserted: SL 2025/208 r. 23.]\n\n##### 36B. Offences relating to training (Act s. 5.126)\n\n(1) A council member commits an offence if they contravene section 5.126(1).\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n(2) A council member commits an offence if they contravene regulation 36A(1).\n\nPenalty for this subregulation:\n\n(a) a fine of $5 000;\n\n(b) a daily penalty of a fine of $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues.\n\n(3) A council member commits an offence if —\n\n(a) the council member provides the CEO with a declaration required under regulation 36A(1), including in a case where the declaration is provided after the declaration period under regulation 36A(2); and\n\n(b) the declaration contains information that the council member knows —\n\n(i) is false or misleading in a material particular; or\n\n(ii) is likely to deceive in a material way.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.\n\n[Regulation 36B inserted: SL 2025/208 r. 23.]\n\n##### 37. Fees and expenses (Act s. 5.129(4))\n\n(1) This regulation applies to a policy of a local government under section 5.129 to the extent that the policy makes provision under section 5.129(1)(c) or (d).\n\n(2) The policy must not allow for the payment or reimbursement of an amount in relation to the participation of a council member in continuing professional development unless the continuing professional development is relevant to either or both of the following —\n\n(a) the council’s role under the Act or another written law, including as described in section 2.7;\n\n(b) the council member’s role under the Act or another written law, including as described in any of sections 2.8 to 2.10.\n\n(3) The policy must not allow for the payment or reimbursement of an amount in relation to the participation of a council member in continuing professional development if the participation occurs during any of the following periods —\n\n(a) the period of 3 months ending on the day on which the term for which the council member was elected as an elector mayor or president, or as a councillor, ends;\n\n(b) if the council member delivers a notice of resignation to the CEO under section 2.31 specifying a later day from which the resignation takes effect under section 2.31(4) — the period that —\n\n(i) begins on the date of delivery of the notice; and\n\n(ii) ends when the resignation takes effect;\n\n(c) a period of suspension of the council or council member under Part 8 or 8A of the Act.\n\n[Regulation 37 inserted: SL 2023/158 r. 6; amended: SL 2025/208 r. 24.]\n\n## Part 10A — Restricting communication about complaints\n\n[Heading inserted: SL 2025/208 r. 25.]\n\n##### 37A. CEO restrictions on communication about complaints (Act s. 5.130)\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 5.130(5)(a), the notice under section 5.130(4) must include the following —\n\n(a) if section 5.130(2)(a) applies — details of the local government’s previous response to the complainant regarding the subject matter of the complaint;\n\n(b) if section 5.130(2)(b) applies — the reasons why the CEO is satisfied that the complaint is vexatious, misconceived, frivolous or without substance;\n\n(c) the reasons why the CEO is satisfied that to respond to the complaint would divert an unreasonable portion of the local government’s resources away from its other operations;\n\n(d) details of how the complainant can make a general complaint to the Inspector under section 8A.28(2) in relation to the CEO’s decision under section 5.130(3).\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 5.130(5)(b), the period must end no later than 12 months after the day on which the notice is given under section 5.130(4).\n\n(3) For the purposes of section 5.130(6)(d), the following actions are prescribed —\n\n(a) making an application (however described but not including a complaint under the Act) to the local government that is specifically required or authorised under a written law for a particular purpose;\n\n(b) attending a meeting of a committee of the council or raising a question at a meeting of a committee of the council in accordance with the Act;\n\n(c) attending a meeting of the electors of the district or participating in a meeting of the electors of the district in accordance with the Act;\n\n(d) requesting a special meeting under section 5.28(1);\n\n(e) making a submission under Schedule 2.2 clause 3 or 7 of the Act.\n\n[Regulation 37A inserted: SL 2025/208 r. 25.]\n\n## Part 11 — Transitional provisions\n\n[Heading inserted: SL 2025/135 r. 4.]\n\n##### 38. Transitional provisions relating to Local Government Inspector\n\nInspector means the person (if any) who, during the pre‑commencement period, is appointed by the Governor, acting under the *Interpretation Act 1984* section 25(2), to the office of Local Government Inspector under section 8B.2(1) as to be inserted by the *Local Government Amendment Act 2024* section 125;\n\npre‑commencement period means the period that —\n\n(a) begins on the day on which the *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2025* regulation 4 comes into operation; and\n\n(b) ends on —\n\n(i) 30 June 2026; or\n\n(ii) if earlier — the day before the day on which the *Local Government Amendment Act 2024* section 125 comes into operation;\n\nremuneration has the meaning given in the *Salaries and Allowances Act 1975* section 4(1).\n\n(2) This regulation is made for the purposes of Schedule 9.3 clause 81(2).\n\n(3) In respect of the Inspector’s acting in the office of Local Government Inspector during the pre‑commencement period under the *Interpretation Act 1984* section 25(4) —\n\n(a) the Inspector is entitled to be paid the remuneration determined by the Minister on the recommendation of the Public Sector Commissioner; and\n\n(b) the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Public Sector Commissioner, determine —\n\n(i) any leave of absence to which the Inspector is entitled; and\n\n(ii) other terms and conditions of service that apply to the Inspector.\n\n[Regulation 38 inserted: SL 2025/135 r. 4.]\n\n##### 39. Further transitional provisions relating to *Local Government Amendment Act 2024*\n\n(1) This regulation is made for the purposes of Schedule 9.3 clause 81(2).\n\n(2) Section 5.87AA(1)(a) and (2)(a) as inserted by the *Local Government Amendment Act 2024* section 57 —\n\n(a) do not apply in relation to a primary return if the period within which the primary return was required to be lodged ended before 1 January 2026; and\n\n(b) do not apply in relation to an annual return if the date by which the annual return was required to be lodged was before 1 January 2026.\n\n(3) Section 5.87AA(1)(b) and (2)(b), as inserted by the *Local Government Amendment Act 2024* section 57, do not apply in relation to a primary return or annual return lodged before 1 January 2026.\n\n(4) The CEO cannot make a decision under section 5.130(3), as inserted by the *Local Government Amendment Act 2024* section 74, if the current complaint was made before 1 January 2026.\n\n[Regulation 39 inserted: SL 2025/208 r. 26.]\n\n##### 40. Transitional provisions relating to *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Local Government Amendment Act 2024) Regulations 2025* Pt. 2\n\n(1) The amendments made by the *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Local Government Amendment Act 2024) Regulations 2025* regulations 5, 7, 11 and 17 do not apply in relation to meetings held before 1 January 2026 and, on and after 1 January 2026, these regulations apply in relation to such meetings as if those amendments had not been made.\n\n(2) The CEO must, as soon as practicable after the beginning of 2026, publish on the local government’s official website under regulation 12(2) any further meeting details for meetings to be held in 2026 that are required to be published as a result of the amendment made by the *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Local Government Amendment Act 2024) Regulations 2025* regulation 6(1).\n\n(3) On and after 1 January 2026, in relation to a copy of a recording of a meeting provided to the Departmental CEO before 1 January 2026, the reference in regulation 14K(1)(e) to the Inspector is to be read as a reference to the Departmental CEO.\n\n(4) Subregulation (5) applies to information (the pre‑amendment information) referred to in regulation 29C(2)(a) or (b), as in force immediately before 1 January 2026, if the pre‑amendment information was published on the local government’s official website under section 5.96A(1) before 1 January 2026.\n\n(5) On and after 1 January 2026 —\n\n(a) the information prescribed under regulation 29E(2) does not include the pre‑amendment information; and\n\n(b) if the 5‑year period specified under regulation 29D did not expire in relation to the pre‑amendment information before 1 January 2026 — the pre‑amendment information must be kept on the local government’s official website under section 5.96A(1) for the rest of that 5‑year period.\n\n(6) In paragraph (b) of the definition of ***oversight entity*** in regulation 29E(1), the reference to an Independent Inquiry includes an Inquiry Panel established before 1 January 2026 under section 8.16 as in force before 1 January 2026.\n\n(7) Regulation 29E(2)(a) covers any adverse recommendation made before 1 January 2026 that was covered by regulation 29C(2)(a) as in force before 1 January 2026, subject to subregulation (5)(a).\n\n(8) Regulations 36A and 36B apply only to council members elected on or after 1 July 2025.\n\n(9) In relation to a council member elected in the period beginning on 1 July 2025 and ending on 31 December 2025, regulations 35 to 36B apply as if the period specified in regulation 35(3) were the period beginning on the day on which the council member is elected and ending on 31 December 2026.\n\n[Regulation 40 inserted: SL 2025/208 r. 26.]\n\n","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Forms","content":"Schedule 1 — Forms\n\n**Form 1**\n\n[reg. 16]\n\n**REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF ELECTORS**\n\nTO: The (1) Mayor/President of (2) ..........................................................................\n\n1. Under section 5.28 of the *Local Government Act 1995*, the electors of (3) ........................................... whose names, addresses and signatures are set out in the attached list and who comprise (1) 300 electors/5% of the number of electors request that a special meeting of the electors of the district be held.\n\n2. The details of the matter to be discussed at the special meeting are —\n\n3. This request is served on behalf of the listed signatories by —\n\nName .................................................................................................\n\nSignature ...........................................................................................\n\nContact details ...................................................................................\n\nDate ...................................................................................................\n\n(1) delete the one that does not apply\n\n(2) insert name of local government\n\n(3) insert name of district\n\n**Form 1** continued: form of each page of listed signatories\n\nWe, the undersigned, request that a special meeting of the electors of the district be held.\n\n| Full name of<br>elector* | Address which entitles you to vote in the elections of the local government affected by this request | Signature of<br>elector | Date |\n\n* An elector may be one of the following —\n\n• a resident owner or occupier enrolled to vote at State elections;\n\n• an owner of rateable property (e.g. an absentee land owner or an owner of business premises, vacant land or other non‑residential property);\n\n• an occupier of rateable property (e.g. a tenant of business premises or other non‑residential property).\n\n[Form 1 amended: SL 2023/102 r. 8.]\n\n**Form 2**\n\n[reg. 22]\n\n**PRIMARY RETURN**\n\nSurname ............................................... Other names ............................................\n\nOffice held ...........................................\n\nStart day ...............................................\n\n**1. Real property**\n\nSection 5.79 of the Act\n\n| Addresses | Nature of Interest |\n\n**2. Income sources**\n\nSection 5.80 of the Act\n\n(a) income from an occupation\n\n| Description of the occupation | Name and address of employer | Description of office held | Name of the partnership |\n\n(b) income from a trust\n\n(c) sources of other income\n\n| Identity of persons |\n| --- |\n|  |\n| Describe circumstances |\n|  |\n\n**3. Trusts**\n\nSection 5.81 of the Act\n\nTrusts in which the relevant person holds a beneficial interest\n\nDiscretionary trusts of which the relevant person is a trustee or an object\n\n**4. Interests and positions in corporations**\n\nSection 5.84 of the Act\n\n| Name & address of corporation | Nature of interest/   position held | Principal business   (if required) |\n\n**5. Debts**\n\nSection 5.85 of the Act\n\n| Name of lender/creditor | Address of lender/creditor |\n\n**6. Discretionary disclosures**\n\nSection 5.87 of the Act\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\nSignature ............................................................. Date .........................................\n\n**Form 3**\n\n[reg. 23]\n\n**ANNUAL RETURN**\n\nSurname ............................................... Other names ............................................\n\nOffice held ...........................................\n\nDisclosure of interests for the return period from ........................ to 30 June .......\n\n**1. Real property**\n\nSection 5.79 of the Act\n\n| Address | Nature of interest |\n\n**2. Income sources**\n\nSection 5.80 of the Act\n\n(a) income from an occupation\n\n| Description of the occupation | Name and address of employer | Description of office held | Name of the partnership |\n\n(b) income from a trust\n\n(c) sources of other income\n\n| Identity of persons |\n| --- |\n|  |\n| Describe circumstances |\n|  |\n\n**3. Trusts**\n\nSection 5.81 of the Act\n\nTrusts in which the relevant person holds a beneficial interest\n\nDiscretionary trusts of which the relevant person is a trustee or an object\n\n[**4, 5.** Deleted: Gazette 4 Mar 2016 p. 656.]\n\n**6. Interests and positions in corporations**\n\nSection 5.84 of the Act\n\n| Name and address of corporation | Nature of interest/   position held | Principal business    (if required) |\n\n**7. Debts**\n\nSection 5.85 of the Act\n\n| Name of lender/creditor | Address of lender/creditor |\n\n**8. Disposition of property**\n\nSection 5.86 of the Act\n\n(a) section 5.86(1)\n\n| Address of property | Manner of disposition | Date of disposition | Nature of interest retained |\n\n(b) section 5.86(2)\n\n| Address of property | Person by whom property disposed | Person to whom property disposed | Manner of disposition | Date of disposition | Nature of interest obtained |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n**9. Discretionary disclosures**\n\nSection 5.87 of the Act\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\n................................................................................................................................\n\nSignature ............................................................. Date .........................................\n\n[Form 3 amended: Gazette 20 Nov 2009 p. 4661; 4 Mar 2016 p 656‑7.]\n\n**Form 4**\n\n[r. 28A]\n\n**REGISTER OF GIFTS**\n\n| Name of person making disclosure | Description of gift | Name and address of person who made gift | Date gift was received | Estimated value of gift at time it was made | Nature of relationship between person who made gift and person who received gift | For a gift that is a travel contribution — description and date of travel | For an excluded gift under s. 5.62(1B)(a) —    the date of the approval referred to in s. 5.62(1B)(a)(ii) and the reasons for the approval |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n[Form 4 inserted: Gazette 18 Oct 2019 p. 3683.]\n\nSchedule 2 — Model standards for CEO recruitment, performance and termination\n\n[r. 18FA]\n\nDivision 1 — Preliminary provisions\n\n1. Citation\n\nThese are the [*insert name of local government*] *Standards for CEO Recruitment, Performance and Termination*.\n\n[Clause 1 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n2. Terms used\n\n(1) In these standards —\n\nAct means the *Local Government Act 1995*;\n\nadditional performance criteria means performance criteria agreed by the local government and the CEO under clause 16(1)(b);\n\napplicant means a person who submits an application to the local government for the position of CEO;\n\ncontract of employment means the written contract, as referred to in section 5.39 of the Act, that governs the employment of the CEO;\n\ncontractual performance criteria means the performance criteria specified in the CEO’s contract of employment as referred to in section 5.39(3)(b) of the Act;\n\njob description form means the job description form for the position of CEO approved by the local government under clause 5(2);\n\nlocal government means the [*insert name of local government*];\n\nselection criteria means the selection criteria for the position of CEO determined by the local government under clause 5(1) and set out in the job description form;\n\nselection panel means the selection panel established by the local government under clause 8 for the employment of a person in the position of CEO.\n\n(2) Other terms used in these standards that are also used in the Act have the same meaning as they have in the Act, unless the contrary intention appears.\n\n[Clause 2 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\nDivision 2 — Standards for recruitment of CEOs\n\n3. Overview of Division\n\nThis Division sets out standards to be observed by the local government in relation to the recruitment of CEOs.\n\n[Clause 3 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n4. Application of Division\n\n(1) Except as provided in subclause (2), this Division applies to any recruitment and selection process carried out by the local government for the employment of a person in the position of CEO.\n\n(2) This Division does not apply —\n\n(a) if it is proposed that the position of CEO be filled by a person in a class prescribed for the purposes of section 5.36(5A) of the Act; or\n\n(b) in relation to a renewal of the CEO’s contract of employment, except in the circumstances referred to in clause 13(2).\n\n[Clause 4 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n5. Determination of selection criteria and approval of job description form\n\n(1) The local government must determine the selection criteria for the position of CEO, based on the local government’s consideration of the knowledge, experience, qualifications and skills necessary to effectively perform the duties and responsibilities of the position of CEO of the local government.\n\n(2) The local government must, by resolution of an absolute majority of the council, approve a job description form for the position of CEO which sets out —\n\n(a) the duties and responsibilities of the position; and\n\n(b) the selection criteria for the position determined in accordance with subclause (1).\n\n[Clause 5 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n6. Advertising requirements\n\n(1) If the position of CEO is vacant, the local government must ensure it complies with section 5.36(4) of the Act and the *Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996* regulation 18A.\n\n(2) If clause 13 applies, the local government must advertise the position of CEO in the manner referred to in the *Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996* regulation 18A as if the position was vacant.\n\n[Clause 6 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n7. Job description form to be made available by local government\n\nIf a person requests the local government to provide to the person a copy of the job description form, the local government must —\n\n(a) inform the person of the website address referred to in the *Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996* regulation 18A(2)(da); or\n\n(b) if the person advises the local government that the person is unable to access that website address —\n\n(i) email a copy of the job description form to an email address provided by the person; or\n\n(ii) mail a copy of the job description form to a postal address provided by the person.\n\n[Clause 7 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n8. Establishment of selection panel for employment of CEO\n\n(1) In this clause —\n\nindependent person means a person other than any of the following —\n\n(a) a council member;\n\n(b) an employee of the local government;\n\n(c) a human resources consultant engaged by the local government.\n\n(2) The local government must establish a selection panel to conduct the recruitment and selection process for the employment of a person in the position of CEO.\n\n(3) The selection panel must comprise —\n\n(a) council members (the number of which must be determined by the local government); and\n\n(b) at least 1 independent person.\n\n[Clause 8 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n9. Recommendation by selection panel\n\n(1) Each applicant’s knowledge, experience, qualifications and skills must be assessed against the selection criteria by or on behalf of the selection panel.\n\n(2) Following the assessment referred to in subclause (1), the selection panel must provide to the local government —\n\n(a) a summary of the selection panel’s assessment of each applicant; and\n\n(b) unless subclause (3) applies, the selection panel’s recommendation as to which applicant or applicants are suitable to be employed in the position of CEO.\n\n(3) If the selection panel considers that none of the applicants are suitable to be employed in the position of CEO, the selection panel must recommend to the local government —\n\n(a) that a new recruitment and selection process for the position be carried out in accordance with these standards; and\n\n(b) the changes (if any) that the selection panel considers should be made to the duties and responsibilities of the position or the selection criteria.\n\n(4) The selection panel must act under subclauses (1), (2) and (3) —\n\n(a) in an impartial and transparent manner; and\n\n(b) in accordance with the principles set out in section 5.40 of the Act.\n\n(5) The selection panel must not recommend an applicant to the local government under subclause (2)(b) unless the selection panel has —\n\n(a) assessed the applicant as having demonstrated that the applicant’s knowledge, experience, qualifications and skills meet the selection criteria; and\n\n(b) verified any academic, or other tertiary level, qualifications the applicant claims to hold; and\n\n(c) whether by contacting referees provided by the applicant or making any other inquiries the selection panel considers appropriate, verified the applicant’s character, work history, skills, performance and any other claims made by the applicant.\n\n(6) The local government must have regard to, but is not bound to accept, a recommendation made by the selection panel under this clause.\n\n[Clause 9 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n10. Application of cl. 5 where new process carried out\n\n(1) This clause applies if the local government accepts a recommendation by the selection panel under clause 9(3)(a) that a new recruitment and selection process for the position of CEO be carried out in accordance with these standards.\n\n(2) Unless the local government considers that changes should be made to the duties and responsibilities of the position or the selection criteria —\n\n(a) clause 5 does not apply to the new recruitment and selection process; and\n\n(b) the job description form previously approved by the local government under clause 5(2) is the job description form for the purposes of the new recruitment and selection process.\n\n[Clause 10 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n11. Offer of employment in position of CEO\n\nBefore making an applicant an offer of employment in the position of CEO, the local government must, by resolution of an absolute majority of the council, approve —\n\n(a) the making of the offer of employment to the applicant; and\n\n(b) the proposed terms of the contract of employment to be entered into by the local government and the applicant.\n\n[Clause 11 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n12. Variations to proposed terms of contract of employment\n\n(1) This clause applies if an applicant who is made an offer of employment in the position of CEO under clause 11 negotiates with the local government a contract of employment (the negotiated contract) containing terms different to the proposed terms approved by the local government under clause 11(b).\n\n(2) Before entering into the negotiated contract with the applicant, the local government must, by resolution of an absolute majority of the council, approve the terms of the negotiated contract.\n\n[Clause 12 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n13. Recruitment to be undertaken on expiry of certain CEO contracts\n\n(1) In this clause —\n\ncommencement day means the day on which the *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2021* regulation 6 comes into operation.\n\n(2) This clause applies if —\n\n(a) upon the expiry of the contract of employment of the person (the incumbent CEO) who holds the position of CEO —\n\n(i) the incumbent CEO will have held the position for a period of 10 or more consecutive years, whether that period commenced before, on or after commencement day; and\n\n(ii) a period of 10 or more consecutive years has elapsed since a recruitment and selection process for the position was carried out, whether that process was carried out before, on or after commencement day;\n\nand\n\n(b) the incumbent CEO has notified the local government that they wish to have their contract of employment renewed upon its expiry.\n\n(3) Before the expiry of the incumbent CEO’s contract of employment, the local government must carry out a recruitment and selection process in accordance with these standards to select a person to be employed in the position of CEO after the expiry of the incumbent CEO’s contract of employment.\n\n(4) This clause does not prevent the incumbent CEO’s contract of employment from being renewed upon its expiry if the incumbent CEO is selected in the recruitment and selection process referred to in subclause (3) to be employed in the position of CEO.\n\n[Clause 13 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n14. Confidentiality of information\n\nThe local government must ensure that information provided to, or obtained by, the local government in the course of a recruitment and selection process for the position of CEO is not disclosed, or made use of, except for the purpose of, or in connection with, that recruitment and selection process.\n\n[Clause 14 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\nDivision 3 — Standards for review of performance of CEOs\n\n15. Overview of Division\n\nThis Division sets out standards to be observed by the local government in relation to the review of the performance of CEOs.\n\n[Clause 15 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n16. Performance review process to be agreed between local government and CEO\n\n(1) The local government and the CEO must agree on —\n\n(a) the process by which the CEO’s performance will be reviewed; and\n\n(b) any performance criteria to be met by the CEO that are in addition to the contractual performance criteria.\n\n(2) Without limiting subclause (1), the process agreed under subclause (1)(a) must be consistent with clauses 17, 18 and 19.\n\n(3) The matters referred to in subclause (1) must be set out in a written document.\n\n[Clause 16 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n17. Carrying out a performance review\n\n(1) A review of the performance of the CEO by the local government must be carried out in an impartial and transparent manner.\n\n(2) The local government must —\n\n(a) collect evidence regarding the CEO’s performance in respect of the contractual performance criteria and any additional performance criteria in a thorough and comprehensive manner; and\n\n(b) review the CEO’s performance against the contractual performance criteria and any additional performance criteria, based on that evidence.\n\n[Clause 17 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n18. Endorsement of performance review by local government\n\nFollowing a review of the performance of the CEO, the local government must, by resolution of an absolute majority of the council, endorse the review.\n\n[Clause 18 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n19. CEO to be notified of results of performance review\n\nAfter the local government has endorsed a review of the performance of the CEO under clause 18, the local government must inform the CEO in writing of —\n\n(a) the results of the review; and\n\n(b) if the review identifies any issues about the performance of the CEO — how the local government proposes to address and manage those issues.\n\n[Clause 19 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\nDivision 4 — Standards for termination of employment of CEOs\n\n20. Overview of Division\n\nThis Division sets out standards to be observed by the local government in relation to the termination of the employment of CEOs.\n\n[Clause 20 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n21. General principles applying to any termination\n\n(1) The local government must make decisions relating to the termination of the employment of a CEO in an impartial and transparent manner.\n\n(2) The local government must accord a CEO procedural fairness in relation to the process for the termination of the CEO’s employment, including —\n\n(a) informing the CEO of the CEO’s rights, entitlements and responsibilities in relation to the termination process; and\n\n(b) notifying the CEO of any allegations against the CEO; and\n\n(c) giving the CEO a reasonable opportunity to respond to the allegations; and\n\n(d) genuinely considering any response given by the CEO in response to the allegations.\n\n[Clause 21 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n22. Additional principles applying to termination for performance‑related reasons\n\n(1) This clause applies if the local government proposes to terminate the employment of a CEO for reasons related to the CEO’s performance.\n\n(2) The local government must not terminate the CEO’s employment unless the local government has —\n\n(a) in the course of carrying out the review of the CEO’s performance referred to in subclause (3) or any other review of the CEO’s performance, identified any issues (the performance issues) related to the performance of the CEO; and\n\n(b) informed the CEO of the performance issues; and\n\n(c) given the CEO a reasonable opportunity to address, and implement a plan to remedy, the performance issues; and\n\n(d) determined that the CEO has not remedied the performance issues to the satisfaction of the local government.\n\n(3) The local government must not terminate the CEO’s employment unless the local government has, within the preceding 12‑month period, reviewed the performance of the CEO under section 5.38(1) of the Act.\n\n[Clause 22 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n23. Decision to terminate\n\nAny decision by the local government to terminate the employment of a CEO must be made by resolution of an absolute majority of the council.\n\n[Clause 23 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n24. Notice of termination of employment\n\n(1) If the local government terminates the employment of a CEO, the local government must give the CEO notice in writing of the termination.\n\n(2) The notice must set out the local government’s reasons for terminating the employment of the CEO.\n\n[Clause 24 inserted: SL 2021/14 r. 7.]\n\n![dline]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Published** | **Commencement** |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996* | 24 Jun 1996 p. 2799‑826 | 1 Jul 1996 (see r. 2) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 1996* | 28 Jun 1996 p. 3171 | 1 Jul 1996 1 |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 1999* | 23 Apr 1999 p. 1717‑21 | 23 Apr 1999 |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2000* | 25 Feb 2000 p. 969 | 25 Feb 2000 (see r. 2 and *Gazette* 25 Feb 2000 p. 970) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2002* | 28 Jun 2002 p. 3079‑81 | 28 Jun 2002 |\n| **Reprint of the *Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996* as at 30 Aug 2002**   (includes amendments listed above) | | |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2005* 2 | 31 Mar 2005 p. 1030-6 | 1 Apr 2005 (see r. 2 and *Gazette* 31 Mar 2005 p. 1029) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2005* | 31 Mar 2005 p. 1037-41 | 7 May 2005 (see r. 2) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2005* | 13 May 2005 p. 2086 | 13 May 2005 |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2005* | 19 Aug 2005 p. 3871‑3 | 19 Aug 2005 |\n| **Reprint 2: The *Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996* as at 17 Nov 2006**   (includes amendments listed above) | | |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2007* | 21 Aug 2007 p. 4189‑93 | r. 1 and 2: 21 Aug 2007 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 21 Oct 2007 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 21 Aug 2007 p. 4173) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2009* | 20 Nov 2009 p. 4660-1 | r. 1 and 2: 20 Nov 2009 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 21 Nov 2009 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 20 Nov 2009 p. 4649) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2011* | 3 May 2011 p. 1593-7 | r. 1 and 2: 3 May 2011 (see r. 2(a));   r. 7: 4 May 2011 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 3 May 2011 p. 1577);   Regulations other than r. 1, 2 and 7: 4 May 2011 (see r. 2(c)) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2011* | 26 Aug 2011 p. 3481-7 | r. 1 and 2: 26 Aug 2011 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 26 Aug 2011 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| **Reprint 3: The *Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996* as at 3 Feb 2012**   (includes amendments listed above) | | |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2012* | 13 Jul 2012 p. 3218‑19 | r. 1 and 2: 13 Jul 2012 (see r. 2(a));   r. 3 and 4: 14 Jul 2012 (see r. 2(c));   r. 5‑8: 1 Jul 2013 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 8 Feb 2013 p. 863) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2014* | 28 Feb 2014 p. 519 | r. 1 and 2: 28 Feb 2014 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Mar 2014 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2016* | 4 Mar 2016 p. 649‑58 | r. 1 and 2: 4 Mar 2016 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 5 Mar 2016 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Gifts) Regulations 2017* Pt. 2 | 20 Jan 2017 p. 648‑50 | 21 Jan 2017 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Recovery of Advance Payments) Regulations 2018* Pt. 2 | 14 Dec 2018 p. 4805‑6 | 15 Dec 2018 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Induction and Training) Regulations 2019* Pt. 3 | 9 Aug 2019 p. 3020‑3 | 16 Sep 2019 (see r. 2(c) and *Gazette* 9 Aug 2019 p. 3019) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Gifts) Regulations 2019* Pt. 2 | 18 Oct 2019 p. 3679-84 | 19 Oct 2019 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 18 Oct 2019 p. 3673) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2020* | SL 2020/20 25 Mar 2020 | r. 1 and 2: 25 Mar 2020 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 26 Mar 2020 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2020* Pt. 5 | SL 2020/213 6 Nov 2020 | 7 Nov 2020 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2020/212 cl. 2) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2021* | SL 2021/14 2 Feb 2021 | r. 1 and 2: 2 Feb 2021 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 3 Feb 2021 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2021/13 cl. 2) |\n| *Local Government (Model Code of Conduct) Regulations 2021* r. 5 | SL 2021/15 2 Feb 2021 | 3 Feb 2021 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2021/13 cl. 2) |\n| *Local Government Amendment (Employee Code of Conduct) Regulations 2021* Pt. 2 | SL 2021/16 2 Feb 2021 | 3 Feb 2021 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2021/13 cl. 2) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment Regulations 2022* Pt. 2 | SL 2022/177 2 Nov 2022 | Pt. 2 (other than Div. 3): 3 Nov 2022 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2022/175 cl. 2)   Pt. 2 Div. 3: 3 Nov 2024 (see r. 2(c) and SL 2022/175 cl. 2) |\n| *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2022* | SL 2022/185 8 Nov 2022 | r. 1 and 2: 8 Nov 2022 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 9 Nov 2022 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2023* Pt. 2 | SL 2023/102 30 Jun 2023 | Pt. 2 other than r. 7: 1 Jul 2023 (see r. 2(d));   r. 7: 1 Jan 2024 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment Regulations 2023* Pt. 3 | SL 2023/106 30 Jun 2023 | 1 Jul 2023 (see r. 2(c)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2023* Pt. 2 | SL 2023/158 18 Oct 2023 | Pt. 2 Div. 1: 19 Oct 2023 (see r. 2(c));   Pt. 2 Div. 2: 1 Jan 2024 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2025* Pt. 2 | SL 2025/7 22 Jan 2025 | 1 Feb 2025 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2025* Pt. 2 | SL 2025/135 23 Jul 2025 | 24 Jul 2025 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment (Local Government Amendment Act 2024) Regulations 2025* Pt. 2 | SL 2025/208 17 Dec 2025 | 1 Jan 2026 (see r. 2(c)) |\n| *Local Government Regulations Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2025* Pt. 2 | SL 2025/211 17 Dec 2025 | 1 Jan 2026 (see r. 2(b)) |\n\nOther notes\n\n","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"The commencement date of 1 Jul 1996 is the commencement date of the principal regulations.","content":"1 The commencement date of 1 Jul 1996 is the commencement date of the principal regulations.\n\n2 The *Local Government (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2005* r. 15 is a transitional provision that is of no further effect.\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\nAct Sch. 2 cl. 2(1)\n\nactivity involving a local government discretion 19AA\n\nadditional performance criteria Sch. 2 cl. 2(1)\n\nadopted standards 18FB(1), 18FC(1)\n\nadvance payment period 36A(6)\n\nannual return 29C(1)\n\napplicant Sch. 2 cl. 2(1)\n\nassociated person 19AA\n\nbroadcast technology 14G(1)\n\nclass 3 or 4 council or committee 14E(1)\n\nclient or adviser 20(1)\n\nclosed proceedings 14G(1)\n\ncode of conduct 3(1), 19AA\n\ncommencement day 28B(1), Sch. 2 cl. 13(1)\n\ncommittee 3(1)\n\ncontract of employment Sch. 2 cl. 2(1)\n\ncontractual performance criteria Sch. 2 cl. 2(1)\n\ncorporate business plan 19BA\n\ndeclaration period 36A(2)\n\nelectronic meeting 14E(1), 14G(1)\n\nfinal annual remuneration 19A(2)\n\nformer Form 4 28B(1)\n\nformer record of disclosures 28B(1)\n\nformer regulation 19C 19DB(1)\n\nformer regulation 19D 19DB(1)\n\ngift 19AA\n\nimprovised recording 14G(1), 14I(4)\n\nincome statement 19BB(1)\n\nincumbent CEO Sch. 2 cl. 13(2)\n\nindependent person Sch. 2 cl. 8(1)\n\nInspector 38(1)\n\ninterest 19AA\n\njob description form Sch. 2 cl. 2(1)\n\nlocal government Sch. 2 cl. 2(1)\n\nlocal government employee 19AA, 19AB(1), 19AC(1)\n\nmajor land transaction 19BC(1)\n\nmajor trading undertaking 19BB(1)\n\nmeeting 14C(1), 14CA(1), 14D(1)\n\nmeeting day 14G(1)\n\nmeeting details 12(1)\n\nnatural disaster 14C(1)\n\nnature classification 19BC(1)\n\nnegotiated contract Sch. 2 cl. 12(1)\n\nnon-compliance period 36A(5)\n\nnon-compliant member 36A(5)\n\noversight entity 29E(1)\n\nperformance issues Sch. 2 cl. 22(2)\n\nplan for the future 19DB(1)\n\npre-amendment information 40(4)\n\npre-commencement period 38(1)\n\nprimary return 29C(1)\n\nprohibited gift 19AA\n\nproposed meeting 14C(3), 14D(2A)\n\npublic health emergency 3(1)\n\npublicly available 14G(1), (2) and (3)\n\nrecording 14G(1)\n\nrecording technology 14G(1)\n\nrelevant period 14C(1), 14D(1), 34AE(1)\n\nrelevant person 3(1)\n\nremuneration 19B(1), 38(1)\n\nrenew 19BE(1)\n\nreplace 19BE(1)\n\nresources of the local government 19AE(1)\n\nsanctioned person 34AF(1)\n\nSchedule 3(1)\n\nsection 3(1)\n\nselection criteria Sch. 2 cl. 2(1)\n\nselection panel Sch. 2 cl. 2(1)\n\nstatement of financial position 19BB(1)\n\nstate of emergency 3(1)\n\nstrategic community plan 19BA\n\nthreshold amount 19AA\n\ntrading undertaking 19BB(1)\n\ntransitional period 34ACA(5)\n\nusual meeting place 14G(1)\n\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view relevant information and for a link to a copy of the licence, visit www.legislation.wa.gov.au.\n\nAttribute work as: © State of Western Australia 2026.\n\nBy Authority: ROGER JACOBS, Acting Government Printer\n","sortOrder":20}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative text was provided. The page returned only a system error message and an Acknowledgement of Country, containing no substantive legal content to analyse."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was retrievable — the source URL returned a page-not-found/error message","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without actual content","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable material, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content could be retrieved.**\n\nThe page you attempted to access — covering the **Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996** (Western Australia) — returned an error. The content is no longer available at that web address due to system and security upgrades on the Western Australian legislation website.\n\n**What this means for you:** No meaningful legal analysis can be provided because no actual legislative text was supplied. To find this legislation, you should:\n- Visit the [Western Australian Legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search directly for \"Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996\"\n- Use the site's menu navigation rather than a saved bookmark\n- Contact the Parliamentary Counsel's Office Helpdesk if you continue to have difficulty\n\n**What this law generally covers (general knowledge only):** These regulations typically govern how local councils (your local government body — e.g., a shire or city council) must conduct their administration, including meeting procedures, elections, complaints handling, and record-keeping. They affect ratepayers, council candidates, elected councillors, and local government staff across Western Australia."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulations’ scope has expanded significantly since the original 1996 form. New substantive areas have been added or enlarged by later amendments: mandatory electronic broadcasting and detailed recording/retention rules for council meetings (Parts 2A: regs 14F–14K; regs 14H–14I inserted SL 2023/158); an employee code‑of‑conduct framework with prohibited‑gift rules and CEO‑determined gift thresholds (Part 4A: regs 19AA–19AF inserted SL 2021/16); model standards and certification requirements for CEO recruitment, performance and termination (Schedule 2 and regs 18FA–18FC inserted SL 2021/14); explicit training obligations and criminal penalties for councillors (regs 35–36B inserted and amended by SL 2019/… and SL 2025/208); and additional transparency and disclosure rules for annual reporting, trading undertakings and land transactions (regs 19B, 19BB–19BC inserted SL 2023/106). These insertions and amendments extend the regulations from primarily procedural meeting and publication rules to encompass audiovisual public access, stricter governance of senior appointments, statutory employee conduct requirements and enforceable training and disclosure regimes (see the cited regulations)."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross‑referencing to the Local Government Act 1995 and to multiple other regulations and schedules (e.g. many provisions are ‘for the purposes of’ Act sections).","Multiple recent amendments and transitional provisions that phase in or delay application of different parts (see Parts 10, 11 and regs 38–40).","Different treatment by local government ‘class’ (class 1/2 vs class 3/4) for broadcasting/attendance rules (regs 14G–14H, 14E(1)), adding conditional complexity.","Detailed technical requirements for audiovisual broadcasts and recordings, including quality, live delay, improvised recordings and retention/availability windows (regs 14G–14I).","Layered disclosure regimes: primary and annual returns, registers of financial interests and gifts, prescribed thresholds and exclusions (regs 20–28A).","Multiple operational decision points delegating discretion (CEO, mayor/president, council) with different procedural safeguards and certification deadlines (regs 12, 14C–14E, 18FB–18FC, 19AF).","Integration of model standards for CEO recruitment/performance/termination (Schedule 2) with mandatory certification and absolute‑majority council decisions, increasing procedural steps.","Sanctions and recovery mechanisms (fines, repayment of advance fees, criminal penalties for false declarations) spread across different regs (18E, 34AE, 36B) which require careful compliance mapping."],"plain_english_summary":"What these regulations do, in plain terms\n\n- Mechanically, these regulations set detailed procedural, publication and record‑keeping rules for local governments in Western Australia. They tell councils and committees what to publish and how to run meetings, how to handle disclosures and gifts, how to recruit and manage CEOs, what employee conduct codes must cover, what training elected members must complete, and how to make and keep audiovisual records of council meetings (see Parts 1A, 2, 2A, 4, 4A, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and Schedules). For example, some local governments must publicly broadcast meetings (reg 14H(2)), all councils must make recordings of meetings and keep them for at least 5 years (reg 14I(1)(b),(c)), and CEOs and senior employee vacancies must be advertised statewide with specified detail (reg 18A(1)–(2)).\n\nWho is affected\n\n- Local governments (the councils and their CEOs), council members, committee members, CEOs and senior employees, other local government employees, electors and members of the public who attend or consume council publications. The regulations also create duties or powers for the CEO, the mayor/president and the council (for example, authorising electronic attendance: reg 14C(2); publishing meeting schedules: reg 12(2)).\n\nWhy it matters (mechanically and in incentives)\n\n- Transparency and public access: the rules require regular public notice, website publication of agendas, unconfirmed minutes within fixed timeframes (reg 12(2), reg 13(2)–(3), reg 14(1)), and mandatory broadcasting/recording for class 1 and 2 local governments (reg 14H(2)–(3); reg 14I(1)–(2)). Those obligations increase what local governments must produce and preserve for public scrutiny.\n\n- Recordkeeping and oversight: councils must keep registers, primary and annual returns in prescribed forms (regs 22–23, 28, 28A) and retain recordings and records for specified periods (reg 14I(1)(b),(c); reg 29D). The Inspector may request copies of recordings (reg 14I(11)(a)). These provisions create ongoing storage, retrieval and disclosure duties for local government administrations.\n\n- Employee and CEO governance: the regulations impose recruitment, performance review and termination standards for CEOs (Schedule 2; regs 18FA–18FC), limit certain termination payments (reg 18B), and criminalise giving false tertiary‑qualification information in CEO applications (reg 18E). They also require local governments to certify compliance with adopted standards and to provide those certifications to the Inspector within 14 days (regs 18FB–18FC). These rules change how local governments must run senior appointments and how they document and report compliance.\n\n- Conduct, gifts and conflicts: employee codes must forbid acceptance of “prohibited gifts” from associated persons (reg 19AB), require disclosure and recordkeeping about gifts (regs 19AC, 21A, 28A), and allow the CEO to set a lower threshold amount for gifts (reg 19AF(1)–(2)). Financial‑interest disclosure rules, prescribed thresholds and what need not be disclosed are set out (regs 20, 20A, 21). These create compliance tasks for staff and governors and limit certain private interactions.\n\n- Meetings, electronic attendance and broadcasting: the regulations permit and regulate members attending or meetings being held by electronic means (regs 14C–14E). They set limits (for example, not more than half of meetings may be attended/held under some authorisations — reg 14C(3), 14D(2A)), require public question time minimums (reg 6(1)), and require councils to consider whether electronic arrangements enable effective engagement (regs 14C(5), 14D(2B)). They also provide exceptions for technological failure and permit improvised recordings with prescribed notices (reg 14I(3)–(8)).\n\n- Payments, allowances and recovery: rules set what meeting types attract fees (reg 30(3A)), what expenses are reimbursable (regs 31–32), when advance payments must be repaid if an office-holder leaves or is suspended (regs 34AE, 34AF), and require certain local governments to pay superannuation contributions for members from specified dates (reg 32A). These provisions create cashflow and administrative obligations for local governments and possible repayment liabilities for individuals.\n\nConcrete who‑pays, who‑decides and behaviour changes (with citations)\n\n- Who pays: local governments bear the cost of publishing on official websites, hosting broadcasts/recordings and retaining them for at least 5 years (reg 14I(1)(b),(c); reg 29D). Local governments also must pay advertised CEO remuneration (reg 18F) and may be required to pay member superannuation for class 1 and 2 councils (reg 32A(2)). Individuals (council members) may have to repay advance fees or forfeited allowances in specified circumstances (regs 34AE(2)–(3), 34AF(2)–(3), 36A(7)).\n\n- Who decides: the mayor/president or the council authorise electronic attendance or meetings (regs 14C(2), 14D(2)); the CEO has specific operational discretion (for example, to publish meeting details on the website — reg 12(2); to determine a threshold amount for gifts — reg 19AF(1)); the council must pass absolute‑majority resolutions for certain CEO recruitment and termination certifications (regs 18FB(3), 18FC(3), Schedule 2 cl. 11, 23).\n\n- Behaviour changes required: councils must (a) publish meeting schedules, agendas and minutes within set timeframes (regs 12, 13, 14); (b) run public question times and allocate minimum time (regs 5–7); (c) implement employee codes covering gifts, conflicts and outside employment (regs 19AB–19AE); (d) operate CEO recruitment and termination processes consistent with model standards in Schedule 2 and certify compliance (Schedule 2; regs 18FA–18FC); (e) make, retain and publish recordings and broadcasts as required (regs 14H–14I).\n\nCosts, trade‑offs, compliance burden and implementation risk (mechanisms, with citations)\n\n- Upfront and ongoing costs: installing and operating broadcast/recording technology, paying for secure storage for 5+ years, and website maintenance (regs 14G(1), 14H(3), 14I(1)(b),(c), 29D). Those costs fall on the local government’s budget.\n\n- Administrative and staffing burden: new or more detailed disclosure returns and registers (regs 22–28A), certification duties to the Inspector within 14 days after recruitment or termination (regs 18FB(4), 18FC(4)), and additional recordkeeping for delegates (reg 19). These obligations increase compliance work and record management.\n\n- Discretionary levers and risks of variable implementation: the CEO can set a threshold amount for prohibited gifts (reg 19AF(1)), and the mayor/president or council decide whether to permit electronic attendance (regs 14C(2), 14D(2)(c)). Those points of discretion mean outcomes will vary between councils and create dependence on good administrative practice.\n\n- Trade‑offs about openness vs. closed proceedings: closed proceedings remain non‑public (reg 14H(5); reg 14I(10)), but recordings of closed parts must still be retained and be producible to the Inspector (reg 14I(1)(a),(d)). Councils must balance public access against legitimate confidentiality needs.\n\n- Enforcement and deterrence: a false statement about tertiary qualifications in a CEO application is a specific offence with a $5,000 fine (reg 18E); training obligations for councillors carry fines and daily penalties if breached (regs 36A, 36B). These criminal and civil‑recovery mechanisms create real consequences for non‑compliance.\n\nEffects on private enterprise, competition and speech (brief, source‑grounded)\n\n- Direct effects on businesses are limited in scope: the regulations do not set prices or entry rules for private firms, but they do require local governments to report trading undertakings and major land transactions in annual reports (regs 19BB–19BC), which increases public disclosure about local‑government business activities and may affect commercial transparency.\n\n- Interactions with private parties are regulated: limits on gifts to employees from associated persons (reg 19AB) and disclosure of gifts (reg 21A; reg 28A) change how private suppliers or stakeholders may engage with officials.\n\n- Speech and public participation: public broadcasting and recordings extend public access to council deliberations (regs 14H(2)–(3), 14I(1)(b)). The regulations give local governments defamation immunity for required broadcasts and recordings (reg 14K(1)), which changes the legal risk profile for councils when publishing meeting content.\n\nNet operational effect (mechanical summary)\n\n- The regulations expand and standardise transparency, recordkeeping and governance duties for local governments. They move many routine administrative tasks onto prescribed digital or documentary channels (official website publication, audio‑visual recording and retention, formal registers and returns), define thresholds and penalties for conduct and training, and set standard processes for CEO employment and oversight (see Schedule 2 and regs cited above)."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"provider":"moonshot","completionTokens":2234},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Originally enacted in 1996 as basic procedural rules for meetings and administration, the regulations have expanded significantly through 30+ amendment cycles (1996-2025). The scope has grown from simple meeting procedures to encompass: detailed CEO recruitment and performance management standards (Schedule 2, 2021); mandatory electronic broadcasting and recording infrastructure for larger councils (Part 2A, 2023/2025); compulsory training regimes with penalties for non-compliance (Part 10, 2019/2025); complex superannuation contribution schemes (regulations 32A-32B, 2025); and broad transparency mandates including registers of interests and gifts (Part 6). The regulations now function as a comprehensive governance and human resources manual rather than merely administrative procedures."},"complexity_factors":["Length and structure: 11 Parts containing 40 regulations, plus 2 Schedules (including Schedule 2 with 24 detailed clauses on CEO management and 4 prescribed forms)","Extensive defined terms: Over 30 terms formally defined (e.g., 'electronic meeting', 'prohibited gift', 'improvised recording'), with additional inline definitions throughout","Heavy cross-referencing: Constant references to specific sections of the *Local Government Act 1995* (e.g., 'Act s. 5.23(4)(g)') and other WA regulations, requiring simultaneous reading of multiple documents","Nested conditional logic: Complex multi-layered conditions for electronic meeting attendance (regulations 14C-14E) with exceptions for emergencies, disabilities, and technological failures, plus exceptions to those exceptions","Mathematical formulas: Algebraic calculations for recovery of advance payments in regulations 32B, 34AE, and 36A involving multiple variables (e.g., R = (A × (D−N)) ÷ D)","Voting thresholds: Multiple provisions require an 'absolute majority' (more than half of all council positions, not just those present) for decisions like hiring CEOs or certifying compliance","Transitional layering: Numerous transitional provisions (Part 11, regulations 19DB, 28B, 34ACA, 38-40) creating parallel rules for different time periods and legacy compliance","Class-based differentiation: Different rules apply based on local government classification (Class 1, 2, 3 or 4), particularly for broadcasting mandates and superannuation"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out the detailed operating rules for local governments (councils) in Western Australia under the *Local Government Act 1995*. They affect everyone who interacts with their council, from elected members and staff to residents.\n\n**What the rules cover:**\n\n*   **Council Meetings:** How meetings must be run, including minimum 15-minute public question times, requirements to publish agendas and minutes online, and when meetings can be held electronically (by video/phone). Larger councils (Class 1 and 2) must live-stream their meetings and keep video recordings for 5 years.\n*   **Hiring and Managing the CEO:** Strict procedures for recruiting Chief Executive Officers, including advertising requirements, independent selection panels, and model standards (set out in Schedule 2) covering recruitment, performance reviews, and termination. Councils must certify compliance with these standards to a government Inspector.\n*   **Honesty and Transparency:** Requirements for council members and senior staff to disclose financial interests and gifts. Gifts over $300 generally need to be recorded in a public register. There are detailed rules about when council members must leave meetings due to conflicts of interest.\n*   **Long-term Planning:** Councils must create 10-year Strategic Community Plans and 4-year Corporate Business Plans, reviewed regularly with community input.\n*   **Training:** All newly elected council members must complete mandatory training (\"Council Member Essentials\") within 12 months of being elected, or they lose their right to be paid.\n*   **Public Information:** Rules about what information councils must publish on their websites (including annual reports, meeting minutes, and financial disclosures) and what the public can inspect.\n*   **Complaints:** Procedures allowing CEOs to restrict communication from people who repeatedly make vexatious (unreasonable) complaints.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese rules ensure councils operate openly, make decisions fairly, manage public money responsibly, and remain accountable to their communities. They standardise practices across all 137+ local governments in Western Australia, from large cities to small remote shires."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/local-government-administration-regulations-1996","history":"/api/acts/local-government-administration-regulations-1996/history","analysis":"/api/acts/local-government-administration-regulations-1996/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/local-government-administration-regulations-1996/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/local-government-administration-regulations-1996/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/local-government-administration-regulations-1996/documents"}}