Victorian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 98

    (1)     A Council must prepare an annual report in respect of each financial year.

    (2)     An annual report must contain the following—

        (a)     a report of operations of the Council;

        (b)     an audited performance statement;

        (c)     audited financial statements;

        (d)     a copy of the auditor's report on the performance statement;

        (e)     a copy of the auditor's report on the financial statements under Part 3 of the Audit Act 1994 ;

        (f)     any other matters prescribed by the regulations.

    (3)     The report of operations of the Council must contain the following—

        (a)     a statement of progress on implementation of the Council Plan, which includes the results of the strategic indicators;

        (b)     a statement of progress in relation to the major initiatives identified in the budget or a revised budget;

        (c)     the prescribed indicators of service performance for the services provided by the Council and funded in the budget during the financial year, the prescribed measures relating to those indicators and the results achieved in relation to those performance indicators and measures;

        (d)     any other information prescribed by the regulations.

    (4)     The performance statement must be prepared in accordance with the regulations and contain the following—

        (a)     the prescribed indicators of service performance for the services provided by the Council and funded in the budget for the financial year, the prescribed measures relating to those indicators and the results achieved in relation to those performance indicators and measures;

        (b)     the prescribed indicators of financial performance, the prescribed measures relating to those indicators and the results achieved in relation to those performance indicators and measures;

        (c)     the prescribed indicators of sustainable capacity performance, the prescribed measures relating to those indicators and the results achieved in relation to those performance indicators and measures;

        (d)     any other information prescribed by the regulations.

    (5)     The financial statements must—

        (a)     include any other information prescribed by the regulations; and

        (b)     be prepared in accordance with the regulations.