LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 134 Approving an inspection program

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 134

134 Approving an inspection program

(1) A local government may, by resolution, approve the following types of inspection programs—

(a) a systematic inspection program;

(b) a selective inspection program.

(2) A
"systematic inspection program" allows an authorised person to enter and inspect all properties, or all properties of a certain type, in the local government area.

(3) A
"selective inspection program" allows an authorised person to enter and inspect those properties in the local government area that have been selected in accordance with objective criteria specified in the resolution.

(4) The resolution must state—

(a) the purpose of the program; and

(b) when the program starts; and

(c) for a systematic inspection program that allows a type of property to be entered and inspected—a description of the type of property; and

(d) for a selective inspection program—the objective criteria for selecting the properties to be entered and inspected; and

(e) the period (of not more than 3 months or another period prescribed under a regulation) over which the program is to be carried out.

(5) The local government must give the public notice of the approval of an inspection program, at least 14 days, but not more than 28 days, before the approved inspection program starts.

(6) The notice must be published—

(a) on the local government’s website; and

(b) in other ways the local government considers appropriate.

(7) The notice must state the following—

(a) the name of the local government;

(b) the purpose and scope of the program, in general terms;

(c) when the program starts;

(d) the period over which the program is to be carried out;

(e) that the public may inspect a copy of the resolution that approved the program at the local government’s public office until the end of the program;

(f) that a copy of the resolution that approved the program may be purchased at the local government’s public office until the end of the program;

(g) the price of a copy of the resolution that approved the program.

(8) The price of a copy of the resolution that approved the program must be no more than the cost to the local government of making the copy available for purchase.

(9) From the time when the notice is published under subsection (6) until the end of the program—

(a) the public may inspect a copy of the resolution that approved the program at the local government’s public office; and

(b) copies of the resolution that approved the program must be available for purchase at the local government’s public office at the price stated in the notice.