New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 210A

210A Consultation, public notice and exhibition of proposals regarding ward boundaries

(1) Before dividing a council's area into wards or altering a council's ward boundaries, the council must--

(a) consult the Electoral Commissioner and the Australian Statistician to ensure that, as far as practicable, the proposed boundaries of its wards correspond to the boundaries of appropriate districts (within the meaning of the Electoral Act 2017 ) and census districts, and to ensure that the proposed boundaries comply with section 210(7), and

(b) prepare and publicly exhibit a plan detailing the proposed division or alteration (the
"ward boundary plan" ).

(2) The council must give public notice of the following--

(a) the place at which the ward boundary plan may be inspected,

(b) the period for which the plan will be exhibited (being a period of not less than 28 days),

(c) the period during which submissions regarding the ward boundary plan may be made to the council (being a period of not less than 42 days after the date on which the ward boundary plan is placed on public exhibition).

(3) The council must, in accordance with its notice, publicly exhibit the ward boundary plan together with any other matter that it considers appropriate or necessary to better enable the plan and its implications to be understood.

(4) Any person may make a submission to the council regarding the ward boundary plan within the period referred to in subsection (2)(c).

(5) The council must consider submissions made in accordance with this section.