Local laws

Local laws: what are they?

Local laws are designed to protect public health, safety, or amenity in our municipality. They aim to ensure that the actions of an individual or group do not have a negative or undesirable impact on the rest of the community.

Local Laws cannot duplicate, overlap, conflict with or be inconsistent with existing legislation, or any planning scheme.

If we intend to make a local law we must advertise it and consider any public submissions before implementing it. We must ensure that the way the law works involves the least burden or the greatest advantage to our community.

To make sure that local laws are current and valid, they have a 10-year life, then must be renewed.

We have 2 local laws:

General Local Law No. 1 (2015)

This law aims to protect our public assets, tell us what can be done on our roads and public land, control how we live with our animals, and make Banyule a fair, attractive and safe place to live and do business.

Governance Local Law No. 2

This code is sets out procedures for meetings as well as how we elect our mayor, the mayor's role and rules for behaviour at Council meetings.