LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 428
Annual reports
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 428
Annual reports
428 Annual reports
(1) Within 5 months after the end of each year, a council
must prepare a report (its
"annual report" ) for that year reporting as to its achievements in
implementing its delivery program and the effectiveness of the principal
activities undertaken in achieving the objectives at which those principal
activities are directed.
(2) The annual report in the year in which an
ordinary election of councillors is to be held must also report as to the
council's achievements in implementing the community strategic plan over the
previous 4 years.
(3) An annual report must be prepared in accordance with
the guidelines under section 406.
(4) An annual report must contain the
following--
(a) a copy of the council's audited financial reports prepared in
accordance with the Local Government Code of Accounting Practice and Financial
Reporting published by the Department, as in force from time to time,
(b)
such other information or material as the regulations or the guidelines under
section 406 may require,
(c) a statement of the action taken by the council
in relation to any issue raised by the Anti-slavery Commissioner during the
year concerning the operations of the council and identified by the
Commissioner as being a significant issue,
(d) a statement of steps taken to
ensure that goods and services procured by and for the council during the year
were not the product of modern slavery within the meaning of the Modern
Slavery Act 2018 .
(5) A copy of the council's annual report must be posted
on the council's website and provided to the Minister and such other persons
and bodies as the regulations may require. A copy of a council's annual report
may be provided to the Minister by notifying the Minister of the appropriate
URL link to access the report on the council's website.
