Parks & Sporting Grounds Asset Management Plan 2022-2032

Stakeholder Group Role or Involvement

Council’s Insurer Insurance and risk management issues.

Table 8 – Key Stakeholders

3.5 Legislative Requirements

There are many legislative requirements relating to the management of Council assets. Legislative requirements that impact the delivery of Council Parks and Sporting Grounds services include:

Legislation Requirement

Local Government Act

1993

Sets out the role, purpose, responsibilities and powers of local governments. The purposes of this Act are as follows:

(a) to provide the legal framework for an effective, efficient, environmentally responsible and open system of local government in New South Wales,

(b) to regulate the relationships between the people and bodies comprising the system of local government in New South Wales,

(c) to encourage and assist the effective participation of local communities in the affairs of local government,

(d) to give councils:

• the ability to provide goods, services and facilities, and to carry out activities, appropriate to the current and future needs of local communities and of the wider public

• the responsibility for administering some regulatory systems under this Act

• a role in the management, improvement and development of the resources of their areas,

(e) to require councils, councillors and council employees to have regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable development in carrying out their responsibilities.

The land management provisions of the Act require that Council prepare plans of management for all community land. The plan of management identifies the management objectives for the land category, performance indicators and performance measures to meet the objectives identified.

Local Government Amendment (Planning and Reporting) Act

2009

Local Government Amendment

Local Government Amendment (Planning and Reporting) Act 2009 includes the preparation of a long-term financial plan supported by asset management plans for sustainable service delivery.

Sets out provisions for the classification and management of community land (parks and reserves) including the preparation of community land