Thursday 12 March 2009

Local Government overburdened by State Govt

When the State Government passed the Local Government Act back in 1993, they included an interesting section 22 titled "Other functions":


A council has the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under any other Act or law.

Well the burden imposed by the State Government has increased and increased since 1993. Here's the current list of pieces of legislation (more than 130) that Local Government is required to be complied with (let me know if I've left one out!).

  • Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997
  • Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth)
  • Airports Act 1996 (Cth)
  • Annual Holiday Act 1994
  • Anti-Discrimination Act 1977
  • Australian Land Transport Development Act 1988 (Cth)
  • Cabramatta Park Act 1992
  • Charitable Fundraising Act 1991
  • Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987
  • Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
  • Civil Liability Act 2002
  • Coastal Protection Act 1979
  • Commercial Arbitration Act 1984
  • Commons Management Act 1989
  • Community Land Development Act 1989
  • Community Land Management Act 1989
  • Community Welfare Act 1987
  • Companion Animals Act 1998
  • Constitution Act 1902
  • Contaminated Land Management Act 1997
  • Contracts Review Act 1980
  • Conversion of Cemeteries Act 1974
  • Conveyancing Act 1919
  • Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
  • Crimes Act 1900
  • Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
  • Criminal Procedures Act 1986
  • Crown Lands Act 1989
  • Defamation Act 2005
  • Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)
  • Dividing Fences Act 1991
  • Duties Act 1997
  • Election Funding & Disclosures Act 1981
  • Electricity Supply Act 1995
  • Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Cth)
  • Energy, and Utilities Administration Act 1987
  • Environmental Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985
  • Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
  • Essential Services Act 1988
  • Evidence Act 1995
  • Fair Trading Act 1987
  • Fire Brigades Act 1989
  • Fisheries Management Act 1994
  • Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1957
  • Food Act 2003
  • Freedom of Information Act 1989
  • Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 (Cth)
  • Gas Supply Act 1996
  • Geographical Names Act 1966
  • Growth Centres (Development Corporation) Act 1974
  • Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002
  • Heritage Act 1977
  • Home Building Act 1989
  • Housing Act 2001
  • Housing Assistance Act 1996 (Cth)
  • Impounding Act 1993
  • Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth)
  • Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988
  • Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992
  • Industrial Relations Act 1996
  • Interpretation Act 1987
  • Land Acquisition (Just Terms) Compensation Act 1991
  • Land Development Contribution Management Act 1970
  • Land and Environment Court Act 1979
  • Law Enforcement (Powers & Responsibility) Act 2002
  • Library Act 1939
  • Liquor Act 2007
  • Local Government Act 1993
  • Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 (Cth)
  • Local Government and Other Authorities (Superannuation) Act 1927
  • Local Government and Planning Legislation Amendment (Political Donations) Act 2008
  • Long Service Leave Act 1955
  • National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
  • Native Vegetation Act 2003
  • Noxious Weeds Act 1993
  • Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
  • Ombudsman Act 1974
  • Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912
  • Payroll Tax Act 2007
  • Pesticides Act 1978
  • Pipelines Act 1967
  • Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
  • Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999
  • Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
  • Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998
  • Protected Disclosures Act 1994
  • Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991
  • Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
  • Public Health Act 1991
  • Public Works Act 1912
  • Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)
  • Real Property Act 1900
  • Recreation Vehicles Act 1983
  • Registered Clubs Act 1976
  • Residential Parks Act 1998
  • Restraint of Trade Act 1976
  • Roads Act 1993
  • Road Transport (General) Act 2005
  • Rural Fires Act 1997
  • Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)
  • Security Industry Act 1997
  • Shops and Industries Act 1972
  • Smoke Free Environment Act 2007
  • Soil Conservation Act 1938
  • Spam Act (Cth)
  • State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989
  • State Emergency Service Act 1989
  • State Records Act 1998
  • Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1986
  • Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986
  • Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Act 1975
  • Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth)
  • Surveying Act 2002
  • Swimming Pools Act 1992
  • Sydney Water Act 1994
  • Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998
  • Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
  • Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
  • Training Guarantee (Administration) Act 1990 (Cth)
  • Transport Administration Act 1988
  • Trees (Dispute Between Neighbours) Act 2006
  • Unclaimed Money Act 1995
  • Valuation of Land Act 1916
  • Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001
  • Water Act 1912
  • Water Management Act 2000
  • Workers Compensation Act 1987
  • Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth)
  • Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998
  • Workplace Surveillance Act 2005

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