Legal Advice

LGNSW's Legal Officer provides high-level legal and policy advice to LGNSW's President, Chief Executive and officers, as well as councils' mayors and general managers on a wide range of issues affecting local government, including:

Local Government Act and Regulations
Planning and environmental law
Administrative law
Property law, including leasing
Contract law
Procurement
Code of Conduct
Council meetings and procedural issues
Public access to government information
Ombudsman
Privacy.

The Legal Officer is also responsible for managing applications from councils by way of the Legal Assistance Policy and Guidelines (PDF, 60KB) and LGNSW’s councillor and mayoral mentoring service.