Local Government Property and Public Places Local Law 2016
2670GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 26 May 2017
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2670 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 26 May 2017 (6) If the local government decides not to amend the proposed determination, it is to give local public notice that the proposed determination has effect as a determination on and from the date of publication. (7) A proposed amendment is to have effect as a determination on and from the date of publication of the local public notice referred to in clauses 2.2(3), 2.2(5) and 2.2(6). (8) A decision under clauses 2.2(3) or 2.2(4) is not to be delegated by Council. 2.3 Discretion to erect a sign The local government may erect a sign on local government property to give notice of the effect of a determination. 2.4 Determination to be complied with A person must comply with a determination. 2.5 Register of determinations (1) The local government is to keep a register of determinations made under clause 2.1, and of any amendments to or revocations of determinations made under clause 2.6. (2) Sections 5.94 and 5.95 of the Act apply to the register referred to in clause 2.5(1) and for that purpose, the register is taken to be information within section 5.94(u)(i) of the Act. 2.6 Amendment or revocation of a determination (1) The local government may amend or revoke a determination. (2) The provisions of clause 2.2 are to apply to an amendment of a determination as if the amendment were a proposed determination. (3) If the local government revokes a determination, it must give local public notice of the revocation and the determination will cease to have effect on and from the date of publication. Division 2—Activities which may be pursued or prohibited on specified local government property as a result of a determination 2.7 Activities which may be pursued on specified local government property (1) A determination may provide that specified local government property is set aside as an area on which a person may— (a) bring, ride or drive an animal; (b) take, ride or drive a vehicle, or a particular class of vehicle; (c) fly or use a motorised model aircraft, car, ship, glider or rocket; (d) use a children’s playground provided that the person is under an age specified in the determination, but the determination is not to apply to a person having the charge of a person under the specified age; (e) launch, beach, retrieve or leave a boat; (f) take or use a boat, or a particular class of boat; (g) deposit refuse, rubbish or liquid waste, whether or not of particular classes, and whether or not in specified areas of that local government property; (h) play or practice— (i) golf or archery; (ii) pistol or rifle shooting, but subject to compliance of that person with the Firearms Act; or (iii) a similar activity, specified in the determination, involving the use of a projectile which, in the opinion of the local government, may cause injury and damage to a person or property; or (i) ride a bicycle, a wheeled recreational device, a sandboard or similar device; or (j) wear no clothing. (2) A determination may specify the extent to which and the manner in which an activity referred to in clause 2.7(1) may be pursued and in particular— (a) the days and times during which the activity may be pursued; (b) that any activity may be pursued on a class of local government property, specified local government property or all local government property; (c) that an activity is taken to be prohibited on all local government property other than that specified in the determination; (d) may limit the activity to a class of vehicles, boats, equipment or things, or may extend it to all vehicles, boats, equipment or things; (e) may specify that the activity can be pursued by a class of persons or all persons; and (f) may distinguish between different classes of the activity. 2.8 Activities which may be prohibited on specified local government property (1) A determination may provide that a person is prohibited from pursuing all or any of the following activities on specified local government property— (a) smoking in premises;