Victorian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 56

The following are the community engagement principles—

        (a)     a community engagement process must have a clearly defined objective and scope;

        (b)     participants in community engagement must have access to objective, relevant and timely information to inform their participation;

        (c)     participants in community engagement must be representative of the persons and groups affected by the matter that is the subject of the community engagement;

        (d)     participants in community engagement are entitled to reasonable support to enable meaningful and informed engagement;

        (e)     participants in community engagement are informed of the ways in which the community engagement process will influence Council decision making.