Draft Order Making Policy

We reviewed our Order Making Policy in June 2024, following public consultation.

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Revising our Order Making Policy

Policies can be complicated, but essentially they provide the operational framework within which Council functions and guides decision-making of Council Members and administration.

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An order is an instruction to do or refrain from doing a specific thing.

Our Order Making Policy complies with our legislative requirements under the Local Government Act 1999 and ensures we appropriately make orders to protect the community from public hazards and nuisances.

The policy is due for review. We have taken the chance to revise it to make it easier to understand and ensure a standard approach is taken across all consultation at Council.

What has been changed?

To make our policies easier to understand we are updating how our policies are formatted. Our revised draft Order Making Policy may look different to some of our older policies you might have read.

The main changes of the draft revised policy is that it includes:

• Removal of this policy applying to section 217 of the Act.
• Removal of references to legislation or repeating legislation in the main text of the policy.

What can be changed?

Some parts of the draft revised policy can’t be changed, such as the minimum requirements of orders that are outlined in the Local Government Act 1999.

However, we can decide on:

• Additional key considerations for making an order
• Minimum timeframe for response of intention to make order
• Additional information required in notice from Council
• Inclusion of fines specified in Act
• Any other relevant additions

All relevant feedback will be considered and may change wording to the final policy, or reflected in our internal processes.

Have your say

Consultation closed at 5pm Wednesday 22 May 2024.

Documents

• Draft Order Making Policy

Last updated 15 August 2024