Councils have certain duties and powers under the Local Government Act 1999 as well as a range of other Acts. In most cases the relevant Acts grant those duties and powers to the Council as a body. It is not practical or efficient for the Barunga West Council (Council) as a body of Elected Members to perform the many functions or undertake the many activities that are required in the day-to-day administration of Council’s roles and functions.
Delegations are the way in which Council enables other people/bodies (usually Council Officers) to undertake these actions on its behalf. The Council may elect to delegate its powers and responsibilities to the Chief Executive Officer who may then sub-delegate his or her powers and responsibilities to other Council Officers. Although there is currently no such delegation, the Council may also delegate its powers and responsibilities to a Committee of Council.
Council delegates powers and functions under various acts via a formal ‘Instrument of Delegation’. A copy of these Instruments and the sub-delegations for each act are available below.
All delegations made by the Council can be revoked at any time and do not, except in limited circumstances, prevent Council from acting in a matter itself.
Table of delegable Powers and Functions