Local Government (General) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2018
I, the Lieutenant-Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Local Government Act 1993 .
7 August 2018A. M. BLOW
Lieutenant-Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
PETER GUTWEIN
Minister for Local Government
These regulations may be cited as the Local Government (General) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2018 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Local Government (General) Regulations 2015 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 22A amended (Total expenditure for advertising)
Regulation 22A of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:(a) by omitting from subregulation (1)(a) "$8 000" and substituting "the relevant amount for the candidate";(b) by omitting from subregulation (1)(b) "that financial year" and substituting "that candidate in that financial year";(c) by omitting the definition of B from subregulation (2) and substituting the following definition:B is the relevant amount for the candidate in respect of whom the total expenditure is being calculated;(d) by omitting "Commonwealth." from the definition of CPI figure for Hobart in subregulation (4) and substituting "Commonwealth;";(e) by inserting the following definition after the definition of CPI figure for Hobart in subregulation (4) :relevant amount, for a candidate, means –(a) if the nomination of the candidate relates to an election in the municipal area of Clarence, Glenorchy, Hobart, Kingborough or Launceston, $16 000; or(b) if the nomination of the candidate relates to an election in any other municipal area, $10 000.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 7 August 2018
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Local Government (General) Regulations 2015 by increasing the total permissable expenditure amount for advertising by a candidate in a local government election.