LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 9.24

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 9.24

9.24 .         Prosecutions, commencing

        (1)         A prosecution for an offence against this Act may be commenced by —

            (a)         the Departmental CEO or a person authorised by the Departmental CEO to do so; or

            (b)         a person who is acting in the course of his or her duties as an employee of a local government or a regional local government; or

            (c)         a person who is authorised to do so by a local government or a regional local government.

        (2)         A prosecution for an offence against a local law may be commenced by —

            (a)         a person who is acting in the course of his or her duties as an employee of the local government or regional local government that made the local law; or

            (b)         a person who is authorised to do so by the local government or regional local government that made the local law.

        [Section 9.24 inserted: No. 84 of 2004 s. 54.]