Victorian Local Government Act

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legislation

The Victorian Local Government Act is the primary legislation that defines the powers, responsibilities, and governance framework for local councils in the state of Victoria, Australia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Local Government Act 1989 (Victoria)	1
Victorian Local Government Act canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislation ⓘ
administeredBy	Victorian Department of Government responsible for local government ⓘ Victorian Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	city councils in Victoria ⓘ municipal councils in Victoria ⓘ shire councils in Victoria ⓘ
bindingOn	all Victorian councils ⓘ council staff in Victoria ⓘ councillors in Victoria ⓘ
containsProvisionsOn	community engagement by councils ⓘ council elections ⓘ council functions ⓘ council governance ⓘ council meetings ⓘ council powers ⓘ councillor conduct ⓘ financial management of councils ⓘ mayoral roles ⓘ rates and charges ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
defines	powers of Victorian local councils ⓘ responsibilities of Victorian local councils ⓘ
enables	alteration of municipal boundaries ⓘ creation of municipal districts ⓘ dissolution of councils under specified conditions ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishes	governance framework for Victorian local councils ⓘ
governs	Victorian local councils NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalArea	administrative law ⓘ public law ⓘ
legalForm	Act of Parliament ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
purpose	to define the role of local government in Victoria ⓘ to ensure accountable and transparent local government ⓘ to provide a framework for the establishment and operation of councils in Victoria ⓘ
regulates	local government in Victoria ⓘ
requires	councils to adopt governance rules ⓘ councils to prepare budgets ⓘ councils to prepare strategic plans ⓘ councils to report to their communities ⓘ
setsOut	councillor conduct standards ⓘ principles of sound financial management for councils ⓘ public transparency principles for councils ⓘ
subjectMatter	local government law ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wodonga City Council → follows → Victorian Local Government Act ⓘ

Rural City of Mildura → legislatedUnder → Victorian Local Government Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Local Government Act 1989 (Victoria)