LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 8
Introduction. The charter contained in this Chapter comprises a set
of principles that are to guide a council in the carrying out of
its functions. A council may add other principles not inconsistent
with those in the Chapter.



 8 The council's charter

 (1) A council has the following charter:
  to provide directly or on behalf of other levels of government,
after due consultation, adequate, equitable and appropriate services
and facilities for the community and to ensure that those services
and facilities are managed efficiently and effectively
  to exercise community leadership
  to exercise its functions with due regard for the cultural and
linguistic diversity of its community
  to properly manage, develop, protect, restore, enhance and conserve
the environment of the area for which it is responsible
  to have regard to the long term and cumulative effects of its
decisions
  to bear in mind that it is the custodian and trustee of public
assets and to effectively account for and manage the assets for
which it is responsible
  to facilitate the involvement of councillors, members of the
public, users of facilities and services and council staff in the
development, improvement and co-ordination of local government
  to raise funds for local purposes by the fair imposition of
rates, charges and fees, by income earned from investments and, when
appropriate, by borrowings and grants
  to keep the local community and the State government (and through
it, the wider community) informed about its activities
  to ensure that, in the exercise of its regulatory functions, it
acts consistently and without bias, particularly where an activity of
the council is affected
  to be a responsible employer.

 (2) A council, in the exercise of its functions, must pursue its
charter but nothing in the charter or this section gives rise to,
or can be taken into account in, any civil cause of action.