1
//
© 2026 Zoe. All rights reserved.
Zoe is a legal information platform. Always consult the Federal Register of Legislation for authoritative text.
New South Wales act
This Act allows councils to delegate regulatory functions to other councils and to joint organisations, adds an approval requirement for the receiving council, and expands who may exercise delegated powers (committees, general managers). It also permits regulations to exempt specified commercial fees from public-notification and pricing-methodology rules and to validate fees charged before the exemption. It affects councils, joint organisations, council officers, and people or businesses who pay council fees because it shifts who decides and how fees may be set and exposed.
Want the full deep dive?
Zoe can write the in-depth analysis on top of the summary above: how it works, who it affects and what each part actually does.
Direct links to the current provisions in Local Government Amendment Act 2019.
2 Commencement
(1) This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act, except as provided by subsection (2).
(2) Schedule 1 [4], [15]–[20] and Schedule 2.2 commence on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
Schedule 1 Amendment of Local Government Act 1993 No 30
sch 1: Am 1987 (No 15), sec 30C.
[1]–[14] (Repealed)
[15] Section 379 Delegation of regulatory functions
Insert at the end of section 379 (1) (d)—
, or
(e) another council.
[16] Section 379 (2B)–(2D)
Insert after section 379 (2A)—
(2B) A council may delegate a regulatory function to another council only with the approval, by resolution, of the other council.
(2C) The regulations may prescribe regulatory functions that must not be delegated by a council to another council under this section or limit the circumstances in which a regulatory function may be delegated by a council to another council under this section.
(2D) A council may delegate a regulatory function to a joint organisation under a provision of this section whether or not the council is a member council of the joint organisation.
[17] Section 379 (3) (c)
Insert “a committee of the board of the joint organisation or” before “the executive officer” where firstly occurring.
[18] Section 379 (3) (d)
Insert at the end of section 379 (3) (c)—
, or
(d) a regulatory function is delegated to another council, the function may be delegated to—
(i) a committee of the other council of which all the members are councillors or of which all the members are either councillors or employees of the other council, or
(ii) the general manager of the other council and by the general manager to an employee of the other council.
[19] Chapter 15, Part 10, Division 5
Insert after Division 4 of Part 10 of Chapter 15—
Division 5 Exemption from regulatory requirements for fees
[20], [21] (Repealed)
Schedule 2 (Repealed)
sch 2: Rep 1987 (No 15), sec 30C.
Sourced from legislation.nsw.gov.au, CC BY 4.0.
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Local Government Amendment Act 2019.
2 Commencement
(1) This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act, except as provided by subsection (2).
(2) Schedule 1 [4], [15]–[20] and Schedule 2.2 commence on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
Schedule 1 Amendment of Local Government Act 1993 No 30
sch 1: Am 1987 (No 15), sec 30C.
[1]–[14] (Repealed)
[15] Section 379 Delegation of regulatory functions
Insert at the end of section 379 (1) (d)—
, or
(e) another council.
[16] Section 379 (2B)–(2D)
Insert after section 379 (2A)—
(2B) A council may delegate a regulatory function to another council only with the approval, by resolution, of the other council.
(2C) The regulations may prescribe regulatory functions that must not be delegated by a council to another council under this section or limit the circumstances in which a regulatory function may be delegated by a council to another council under this section.
(2D) A council may delegate a regulatory function to a joint organisation under a provision of this section whether or not the council is a member council of the joint organisation.
[17] Section 379 (3) (c)
Insert “a committee of the board of the joint organisation or” before “the executive officer” where firstly occurring.
[18] Section 379 (3) (d)
Insert at the end of section 379 (3) (c)—
, or
(d) a regulatory function is delegated to another council, the function may be delegated to—
(i) a committee of the other council of which all the members are councillors or of which all the members are either councillors or employees of the other council, or
(ii) the general manager of the other council and by the general manager to an employee of the other council.
[19] Chapter 15, Part 10, Division 5
Insert after Division 4 of Part 10 of Chapter 15—
Division 5 Exemption from regulatory requirements for fees
612 Regulations may exempt certain fees from regulatory requirements
(1) Regulations may be made for or with respect to exempting fees that are charged by a council in connection with a commercial activity specified by the regulations from all or any of the requirements of this Act relating to public notification of council fees or the determination of fees in accordance with a pricing methodology.
(2) An exemption made by or under the regulations for the purposes of this section may be unconditional or subject to conditions.
(3) A regulation made under this section may validate a fee that was charged by a council before the making of the regulation if the fee would, if charged after the regulation commenced, have been validly imposed.
[20], [21] (Repealed)
Schedule 2 (Repealed)
sch 2: Rep 1987 (No 15), sec 30C.