Local Government (Audit Panels) Amendment Order 2015
I make the following order under section 85B(1) of the Local Government Act 1993 .
19 November 2015PETER GUTWEIN
Minister for Planning and Local Government
This order may be cited as the Local Government (Audit Panels) Amendment Order 2015 .
This order takes effect on 1 January 2016.
In this order, the Local Government (Audit Panels) Order 2014 is referred to as the Principal Order.
4. Clause 5 amended (Membership of audit panel)
Clause 5 of the Principal Order is amended as follows:(a) by omitting paragraph (b) from subclause (2) ;(b) by omitting paragraph (c) from subclause (2) and substituting the following paragraph:(c) a member of an audit panel of another council, if he or she is an independent person in respect of the other council.(c) by inserting the following subclause after subclause (2) :(2A) A councillor, or employee, of a council is not eligible to be a member of an audit panel of another council.
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Notified in the Gazette on 2 December 2015
This order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the order)
This order amends the Local Government (Audit Panels) Order 2014 to ensure that a councillor, or an employee, of a municipal council is not appointed as a member of an audit panel of another municipal council.