Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Within a
period of 8 years from the day when a local law commenced or a report of
a review of the local law was accepted under this section, as the case
requires, a local government is to carry out a review of the local law to
determine whether or not it considers that it should be repealed or amended.
(2) The local
government is to give Statewide public notice stating that —
(a) the
local government proposes to review the local law;
(b) a
copy of the local law may be inspected or obtained at any place specified in
the notice; and
(c)
submissions about the local law may be made to the local government before a
day to be specified in the notice, being a day that is not less than
6 weeks after the notice is given.
(2a) A notice under
subsection (2) is also to be published and exhibited as if it were a
local public notice.
(3) After the last day
for submissions, the local government is to consider any submissions made and
cause a report of the review to be prepared and submitted to its council.
(4) When its council
has considered the report, the local government may determine* whether or not
it considers that the local law should be repealed or amended.
* Absolute majority required.
[Section 3.16 amended by No. 64 of 1998
s. 7; No. 49 of 2004 s. 24.]