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Local laws of the City of Monash

The City of Monash has 3 local laws:

Local Law No.1 - Meeting Procedures

The principal objective is to provide for the orderly, fair and effective conduct of meetings of the Council and Council Special Committees, and to provide for the procedures for the election of the Mayor and Chairpersons of Committees.

Local Law No.1 - Meeting Procedures - (PDF document) 76 kB

Local Law No.2 - Administrative Procedures (Use of Common Seal) Local Law

The objectives of this local law are to provide how the common seal is to be applied, who may authorise its use and who can witness its use.

Local Law No.2 - Administrative Procedures - (PDF document) 36 kB

Local Law No.3 - Order and Good Government of the Municipal District

Local Law No.3 provides for:

• the peace, order and good government of the Municipal District;
• promotes a physical and social environment free from hazards to health, in which the residents of the Municipal District can enjoy a quality of life that meets the general expectations of the community;
• prevents and suppresses nuisances which may adversely affect the enjoyment of life within the Municipal District or the health, safety and welfare of persons within the Municipal District;

and achieves these objectives by:

• regulating and controlling activities of residents of the Municipal District which may be dangerous, unsafe or detrimental to the quality of life of other residents of the Municipal District and the environment of the Municipal District;
• regulating and controlling access to and behaviour in Municipal Places and other places in the Municipal District; and
• regulating and controlling the use of Municipal Recreation Centres, Municipal Buildings, Municipal Libraries and Reserves.

Local Law No.3 - (PDF document) 246 kB

Local Law No.3a - No Smoking in Playgrounds

The principal objective of this Local Law is to amend Part 2 of Council's Local Law No. 3 so as to:

1. prohibit smoking within the confines of a playground located within a Council reserve;
2. protect the health and enjoyment of Council's residents and ratepayers, and the amenity of the municipal district; and
3. provide for the peace, order and good government of the municipal district.

Local Law No.3a - No Smoking in Playgrounds - (PDF document) 14 kB

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Reviewed: 17 February 2009

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