South Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 36

36—General powers and capacities

        (1)         A council—

            (a)         has the legal capacity of a natural person and, in particular—

                  (i)         may enter into any kind of contract or arrangement; and

                  (ii)         may sue and be sued; and

                  (iii)         may act in conjunction with another council or authority, or a person; and

            (b)         has the other powers and capacities conferred by or under this or another Act; and

            (c)         has the power to do anything necessary, expedient or incidental to performing or discharging its functions or duties or to achieving its objectives.

        (2)         A council may act outside its area—

            (a)         to the extent considered by the council to be necessary or expedient to the performance of its functions; or

            (b)         in order to provide services to an unincorporated area of the State.

        (3)         A council should, in the arrangement of its affairs, take reasonable steps to separate its regulatory activities from its other activities.

        (4)         A council must not do anything inconsistent with a law of the State or Commonwealth.