New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 438W

438W Suspension of council during public inquiry

(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, suspend a council if a public inquiry relating to the council is held or to be held and the Minister considers it in the public interest to suspend the council.

(2) The suspension--

(a) starts on the date appointed by the Minister in the order as the start date for the suspension (being a date no earlier than the date the appointment of one or more commissioners to hold the inquiry takes effect), and

(b) ends when the suspension is terminated or if the council is dismissed.