Public Places and Local Government Property Local Law 2020
Div 1Notices
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Division 1—Notices 12.1 Definition In this Division— costs of the local government include its administrative costs. 12.2 Damage to local government property If a person unlawfully removes, damages or interferes with local government property or portion of a street, the CEO or an authorised person may give the person a notice requiring that person, within the time specified in the notice, to do any one or more of the following (at the local government’s option)— (a) reinstate the property to the state it was in before the removal, damage or interference; (b) replace that property; or (c) pay for the costs of reinstatement or replacement.
5 January 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 45 12.3 Breach of a permit If a permit holder breaches a condition of the permit, or fails to comply with a direction under this local law, the CEO or an authorised person may give the person a notice. 12.4 Notice requirements A notice under this Division must— (a) be in writing; (b) specify the reason for giving the notice, the work or action that is required to be undertaken and the time within which it is to be undertaken; and (c) be given to the person referred to in clause 12.2 or 12.3, as the case may be. 12.5 Local government may undertake requirements of notice (1) If a person fails to comply with a notice referred to in clause 12.2, the local government may— (a) do the thing specified in the notice, including replace the property, or reinstate the property to the state it was in before the removal, damage or interference; and (b) recover from the person, as a debt, the costs of doing so. (2) If a person fails to comply with a notice referred to in clause 12.3, the local government may— (a) take whatever remedial action it considers appropriate to put the local government in the position it would have been in if the breach or failure had not occurred; and (b) recover from the person, as a debt, the costs of doing so. 12.6 Offence to fail to comply with notice A person who fails to comply with a notice given to him or her under this local law commits an offence.