LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 12
Part 2 Access to information



 12 What information is publicly available?

 (1) Everyone is entitled to inspect the current version of the
following documents free of charge:
  the council's code of conduct
  the council's code of meeting practice
  annual report
  annual financial reports
  auditor's report
  management plan
  EEO management plan
  the council's policy concerning the payment of expenses incurred
by, and the provision of facilities to, councillors
  the council's land register
  register of investments
  returns of the interests of councillors, designated persons and
delegates
  returns as to candidates' campaign donations
  business papers for council and committee meetings (but not
including business papers for matters considered when a meeting is
closed to the public)
  minutes of council and committee meetings, but restricted (in the
case of any meeting or part of a meeting that is closed to the
public) to minutes of:
 (a) the recommendations of the meeting, other than recommendations
concerning the proposed acquisition of land at a public auction, and
 (b) such other matters as the council or committee resolves should
be made public
  any codes referred to in this Act
  register of delegations
  annual reports of bodies exercising delegated council functions
  local policies adopted by the council concerning approvals and
orders
  records of approvals granted and decisions made on appeals
concerning approvals
  records of building certificates
  plans of land proposed to be compulsorily acquired by the council
  leases and licences for use of public land classified as
community land
  plans of management for community land
  environmental planning instruments, development control plans and
plans made under section 94AB of the Environmental Planning and
Assessment Act 1979 applying to land within the council's area
  the statement of affairs, the summary of affairs and the register
of policy documents required under the Freedom of Information Act
1989
  Departmental representatives' reports presented at a meeting of the
council in accordance with section 433.

 (2) Everyone is entitled to inspect free of charge:
 (a) a document that was replaced by a current document referred to
in subsection (1), and
 (b) if a document referred to in subsection (1) is produced
annually the corresponding document produced for the previous year.

 (3) The documents may be inspected at the office of the council
during ordinary office hours.

 (4) The council must have copies of the documents available for
taking away (either free of charge or on payment of reasonable
copying charges, as the council chooses) by anyone who asks for a
copy. However, a copy of a building certificate must not be taken
away unless the owner for the time being of the building to which
the certificate relates has given the council written permission to
release copies.

 (5) The council must allow inspection of versions of the documents
other than the current and immediately preceding versions if those
other versions are reasonably accessible.

 (6) This section does not prevent the council from allowing
inspection free of charge of any other of its documents.
 Note. A council could also make copies of the documents available
at other places, for example, at libraries.