Consultation on Council's Code of Practice for access to meetings and documents

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Council has recently reviewed its Code of Practice for Access to Council, Council Committee and Designated Informal Gathering Meetings and Documents (the Code).

Section 92 of the Local Government Act 1999 (the Act) requires Council to prepare and adopt a code of practice relating to the principles, policies, procedures and practices at meetings that will apply the provisions under Chapter 6 – Meetings of Part 3 – Public access to council and committee meetings and Part 4 – Minutes of council and committee meetings and release of documents.

The Code sets out Council’s commitment to provide public access to Council, Council Committee and Designated Informal Gatherings meetings and documents and outlines the policies and procedures contained in the Act to restrict public access.

Before Council can adopt the revised Code it must make copies of the proposed Code available for inspection and follow the steps set out in its Public Consultation Policy.

Please refer to the Document Library to access the Code of Practice for Access to Meetings and Documents . Hard copies of the Code of Practice are also available at Council's customer service centres.