LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 3.8

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 3.8

3.8 .         Local laws may adopt codes etc.

        (1)         A local law made under this Act may adopt the text of —

            (a)         any model local law, or amendment to it, published under section 3.9; or

            (b)         a local law of any other local government; or

            (c)         any code, rules, specifications, or standard issued by Standards Australia or by such other body as is specified in the local law.

        (2)         The text may be adopted —

            (a)         wholly or in part; or

            (b)         as modified by the local law; or

            (c)         as it exists at a particular date or, except if the text of a model local law is being adopted, as amended from time to time.

        (3)         The adoption may be direct, by reference made in the local law, or indirect, by reference made in any text that is itself directly or indirectly adopted.

        [Section 3.8 amended: No. 74 of 2003 s. 79.]