Resource material and support for councils to implement the Local Government Act 2020 (the Act) will be made available on this page. The resources are organised in alignment with the structure of the Act.
You can contribute to the development of resource material through the EngageVic website.
Part 1 - Preliminary
Section 2 - Commencement
There are transitional arrangements from the Local Government Act 1989 to the Local Government Act 2020. The following link identifies the parts of the 2020 Act where transitional arrangements are in place and their alignment to proclamation dates.
Transitional Arrangements - All stages v2.pdf
Transitional Arrangements - All stages v2.docx
Transitional Arrangements - Saved Provisions from 1989 Act.pdf
Transitional Arrangements - Saved Provisions from 1989 Act.docx
Part 2 - Councils
Section 18 - Role of the Mayor
Inform - Matters relating to the Mayor
Section 21 - Role and Powers of the Deputy Mayor
Inform - Matters relating to the Deputy Mayor
Section 32 - Councillor Induction Training
Co-design - Councillor Induction Training
Section 41 - Council Expenses Policy
Consult - Council Expenses Policy
Section 47 - Delegations by Chief Executive Officer
Inform - Delegations and Authorised Officers
Section 54 - Audit and Risk Committee Charter
Part 3 - Council decision making
Section 30 - Oath or Affirmation of Office
Inform - Oath or Affirmation of Office
Section 55 - Community Engagement Policy
Co-design - Community Engagement
Section 57 - Public Transparency Policy
Co-design - Public Transparency
Section 60 - Governance Rules
Section 63 - Delegated Committees
Co-design - Delegated Committees and Community Asset Committees
Part 6 - Council Integrity
Section 123 - Misuse of Position
Section 130 - Disclosure of conflict of interest
Co-design - Conflict of Interest
Section 138 - Councillor Gift Policy
Inform - Anonymous Gifts and Gift Policy
Section 139 - Councillor Code of Conduct
Part 7 - Ministerial Oversight
Section 175 - Minister may give Direction
Section 177 - Application for Compliance Exemptions
Inform - Governance Directions and Compliance Exemptions
Section 179 - Municipal Monitor
Section 182 - Appointment of Chief Municipal Inspector
Inform - Chief Municipal Inspector
Section 200 - Appointment of Commission of Inquiry
Inform - Commissions of Inquiry
Section 230 - Suspension of all of the Councillors of a Council
Section 232 - Temporary administration if multiple extraordinary vacancies created
Inform - Suspension of Councillors and Temporary Administration
Part 8 - Electoral Provisions
Section 256 - Candidate for election
Part 12 - COVID-19 temporary meaures
Section 394 - Council meeting attendance
Ministerial Good Practice Guideline 1 (MGPG-1): Virtual Meetings
This guideline provides information to support councils and regional library corporations to implement virtual meetings; council meetings; a joint meeting of councils; delegated committee or joint delegated committee meetings; a meeting of a governing body of a regional library; or special committee meetings.
Minister's Good Practice Guideline MGPG-1: Virtual Meetings (PDF, 293KB)
Read more about the Ministerial Good Practice Guidelines here.
Page last updated: 20/10/20