South Australia
Local Government (Notice of Meetings) Amendment Bill 2008
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Local Government Act 1999.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Local Government Act 1999
3	Amendment of section 84—Public notice of council meetings
4	Amendment of section 88—Public notice of committee meetings

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Notice of Meetings) Amendment Act 2008.
2—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Local Government Act 1999
3—Amendment of section 84—Public notice of council meetings
	(1)	Section 84—after subsection (1) insert:
	(1a)	The chief executive officer must give the notice required under subsection (1) in the following manner:
	(a)	by causing a copy of the notice and the agenda for the meeting to be placed on public display at each office of the council that is open to the public during ordinary business hours; and
	(b)	by publishing the notice and the agenda for the meeting on a website determined by the chief executive officer.
	(2)	Section 84(2)—delete "Notice under subsection (1) is given by causing a copy of the notice and agenda for a meeting to be placed on public display at the principal office of the council—" and substitute:
The notice required under subsection (1) must be given—
	(3)	Section 84(2a)—delete "The" and substitute:
Without derogating from subsection (1a), the
	(4)	Section 84(3)—delete "subsection (2)" and substitute:
subsection (1a)(a)
	(5)	Section 84(4)—delete "under subsection (2)" and substitute:
, and continue to be published on the website, under subsection (1a)
4—Amendment of section 88—Public notice of committee meetings
	(1)	Section 88—after subsection (1) insert:
	(1a)	The chief executive officer must give the notice required under subsection (1) in the following manner:
	(a)	by causing a copy of the notice and the agenda for the meeting to be placed on public display at each office of the council that is open to the public during ordinary business hours; and
	(b)	by publishing the notice and the agenda for the meeting on a website determined by the chief executive officer.
	(2)	Section 88(2)—delete "Notice under subsection (1) is given by causing a copy of the notice and agenda for a meeting to be placed on public display at the principal office of the council" and substitute:
The notice required under subsection (1) must be given
	(3)	Section 88(2a)—delete "The" and substitute:
Without derogating from subsection (1a), the
	(4)	Section 88(3)—delete "subsection (2)" and substitute:
subsection (1a)(a)
	(5)	Section 88(4)—delete "under subsection (2)" and substitute:
, and continue to be published on the website, under subsection (1a)