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Page 47 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel [s 47] Local Government (Empowering Councils) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Part 4 Amendment of Local Government Act 2009 47 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 4, definition conflict of interest— omit. (2) Schedule 4— insert— sponsored travel or accommodation benefit has the meaning given by section 177C(4) of the Act. Part 4 Amendment of Local Government Act 2009 Division 1 Preliminary 48 Act amended This part amends the Local Government Act 2009. Note— See also the amendments in schedule 1, parts 1 and 2. donations mentioned in schedule 3, section 14B(1)(b) the financial year in which the donations made first total $500 or more another interest mentioned in schedule 3 the period for which the councillor holds the interest Column 1 Column 2 Interest Period Clause 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Clause 11 12 13 14

Page 48 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel [s 49] Local Government (Empowering Councils) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Part 4 Amendment of Local Government Act 2009 Division 2 Amendments commencing on assent 49 Amendment of s 12 (Responsibilities of councillors) (1) Section 12(4)(a), ‘at which the mayor is the chairperson,’— omit, insert— as chairperson, and any committee meetings for which the mayor is the chairperson, (2) Section 12(4)— insert— (fa) being the official spokesperson of the local government about local government matters; (3) Section 12(4)(fa) and (g)— renumber as section 12(4)(g) and (h). (4) Section 12— insert— (5A) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (4)(g) does not prevent a councillor who is not the mayor from communicating with the community about local government matters other than as the official spokesperson of the local government. (5) Section 12(5A) and (6)— renumber as section 12(6) and (7). 50 Amendment of s 16 (Review of divisions and councillors) (1) Section 16, from ‘A’ to ‘in the year’— omit, insert— For each local government, the electoral commission must, no later than 1 October in the 1 2 Clause 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Clause 25 26 27 28 29

Page 49 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel [s 51] Local Government (Empowering Councils) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Part 4 Amendment of Local Government Act 2009 year that is 2 years (2) Section 16(a), ‘its’— omit, insert— the local government’s (3) Section 16(b), ‘electoral commissioner’— omit, insert— local government 51 Amendment of s 46 (Assessing public benefit) (1) Section 46(8) and (10)— omit. (2) Section 46(9), from ‘the decision,’— omit, insert— the decision— (a) conduct another public benefit assessment of the significant business activity; and (b) repeat the process relating to a report on the public benefit assessment. (3) Section 46(9)— renumber as section 46(8). 52 Replacement of s 90B (Prohibition on major policy decision in caretaker period) Section 90B— omit, insert— 90B Prohibition on major policy decisions during caretaker period A local government must not make a major policy decision during a caretaker period for the local government. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Clause 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Clause 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28