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Name of Proclamation
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This Proclamation is the Local Government (Regional Joint Organisations) Proclamation 2018.
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New South Wales regulation
This Proclamation creates named regional joint organisations and specifies exactly which local council areas belong to each by listing every joint organisation and its member councils. It takes effect on the day it is published. It matters because it fixes, in law, which councils are grouped for regional cooperation and so determines the formal membership basis for joint organisation activity.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Local Government (Regional Joint Organisations) Proclamation 2018.
1 Name of Proclamation
This Proclamation is the Local Government (Regional Joint Organisations) Proclamation 2018.
2 Commencement
This Proclamation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
3 Constitution of joint organisations
The joint organisations specified in the Table to this clause are constituted with—
(a) the names specified in the Table, and
(b) joint organisation areas consisting of the council areas specified opposite the name of each joint organisation—
| Column 1 | Column 2 | | Joint organisation | Council areas forming joint organisation area | | Canberra Region Joint Organisation | Bega Valley, Eurobodalla, Goulburn Mulwaree, Hilltops, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional, Snowy Monaro Regional, Snowy Valleys, Upper Lachlan Shire, Wingecarribee, Yass Valley | | Central NSW Joint Organisation | Bathurst Regional, Blayney, Cabonne,Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, City of Lithgow, Oberon, City of Orange, Parkes, Weddin | | Far North West Joint Organisation | Bourke, Cobar, Walgett | | Far South West Joint Organisation | Broken Hill City, Central Darling, Wentworth, Balranald | | Hunter Joint Organisation | City of Cessnock, Dungog, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Maitland, Mid-Coast, Muswellbrook, City of Newcastle, Port Stephens, Singleton, Upper Hunter Shire | | Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation | Kiama, City of Shellharbour, City of Shoalhaven, City of Wollongong | | Mid North Coast Joint Organisation | Bellingen, Kempsey, Port Macquarie-Hastings | | Namoi Joint Organisation | Gunnedah, Gwydir, Liverpool Plains, Tamworth Regional, Walcha | | New England Joint Organisation | Armidale Regional, Glen Innes Severn Shire, Inverell, Moree Plains, Narrabri, Tenterfield, Uralla | | Northern Rivers Joint Organisation | Ballina, Byron, Clarence Valley, Kyogle, City of Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed | | Orana Joint Organisation | Bogan, Gilgandra, Mid-Western Regional, Narromine, Warren, Warrumbungle Shire | | Riverina and Murray Joint Organisation | City of Albury, Berrigan, Carrathool, Edward River, Federation, City of Griffith, Hay, Leeton, Murray River, Murrumbidgee, Narrandera | | Riverina Joint Organisation | Bland, Coolamon, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional, Greater Hume Shire, Junee, Lockhart, Temora, City of Wagga Wagga |
cl 3: Am 2018 (371), cl 3 (1) (2); 2018 (426), cl 3 (1)–(5); 2019 (48), cl 3; 2020 (42), cl 3; 2022 (801), sec 3; 2023 (102), sec 3.
Sourced from legislation.nsw.gov.au, CC BY 4.0.
1 Name of Proclamation
This Proclamation is the Local Government (Regional Joint Organisations) Proclamation 2018.
2 Commencement
This Proclamation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
3 Constitution of joint organisations
The joint organisations specified in the Table to this clause are constituted with—
(a) the names specified in the Table, and
(b) joint organisation areas consisting of the council areas specified opposite the name of each joint organisation—
| Column 1 | Column 2 | | Joint organisation | Council areas forming joint organisation area | | Canberra Region Joint Organisation | Bega Valley, Eurobodalla, Goulburn Mulwaree, Hilltops, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional, Snowy Monaro Regional, Snowy Valleys, Upper Lachlan Shire, Wingecarribee, Yass Valley | | Central NSW Joint Organisation | Bathurst Regional, Blayney, Cabonne,Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, City of Lithgow, Oberon, City of Orange, Parkes, Weddin | | Far North West Joint Organisation | Bourke, Cobar, Walgett | | Far South West Joint Organisation | Broken Hill City, Central Darling, Wentworth, Balranald | | Hunter Joint Organisation | City of Cessnock, Dungog, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Maitland, Mid-Coast, Muswellbrook, City of Newcastle, Port Stephens, Singleton, Upper Hunter Shire | | Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation | Kiama, City of Shellharbour, City of Shoalhaven, City of Wollongong | | Mid North Coast Joint Organisation | Bellingen, Kempsey, Port Macquarie-Hastings | | Namoi Joint Organisation | Gunnedah, Gwydir, Liverpool Plains, Tamworth Regional, Walcha | | New England Joint Organisation | Armidale Regional, Glen Innes Severn Shire, Inverell, Moree Plains, Narrabri, Tenterfield, Uralla | | Northern Rivers Joint Organisation | Ballina, Byron, Clarence Valley, Kyogle, City of Lismore, Richmond Valley, Tweed | | Orana Joint Organisation | Bogan, Gilgandra, Mid-Western Regional, Narromine, Warren, Warrumbungle Shire | | Riverina and Murray Joint Organisation | City of Albury, Berrigan, Carrathool, Edward River, Federation, City of Griffith, Hay, Leeton, Murray River, Murrumbidgee, Narrandera | | Riverina Joint Organisation | Bland, Coolamon, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional, Greater Hume Shire, Junee, Lockhart, Temora, City of Wagga Wagga |
cl 3: Am 2018 (371), cl 3 (1) (2); 2018 (426), cl 3 (1)–(5); 2019 (48), cl 3; 2020 (42), cl 3; 2022 (801), sec 3; 2023 (102), sec 3.