Legislation and by-laws
The City of Hobart is established and operates under the Local Government Act 1993 and is responsible for enforcing other Tasmanian acts and regulations and creating its own by-laws.
Acts
All Tasmanian legislation can be accessed from the Tasmanian Legislation page.
Links to the Tasmanian Legislation pages of other Acts that we operate under are listed below.
Regulations
The relevant regulations that we follow can be accessed from Tasmanian Legislation.
By-laws
City of Hobart by-laws review - 2017
The City of Hobart recently undertook a review of five of its six by-laws, which are due to expire between August and October 2018.
As part of this review, the Council resolved to undertake public consultation regarding the content of the following draft by-laws - Public Spaces; Infrastructure; Car Parks; Environmental Health; and Waste Management.
A number of submissions were received in response to consultation opportunity.
Suggestions resulted in some amendments to the draft by-laws, which were reconsidered by the Council on Monday, 18 September. The Council unanimously resolved to ‘make the by-laws’, as required under the Local Government Act 1993.
The by-laws, and their respective Regulatory Impact Statements, will be forwarded to the Director of Local Government in early October, for his consideration and certification of approval.
There will be additional opportunity for comment after approval has been received, when the by-laws will be publicly advertised.
Given the stages still to be undertaken, it is anticipated that the entire by-law review and development process will be completed by April / May 2018.
Current City of Hobart by-laws
The Council can create by-laws to manage, regulate or control various activities within the city. There are currently six by-laws which address:
- matters of health and environmental services
- parking
- conduct on the highways
- conduct in the parks, recreation and natural areas
- the supply of water, the sewerage system, and stormwater and land drainage
- the prevention of outside burning including the use of incinerators.
By-laws expire after 10 years unless the by-law states an earlier expiration date.
By-laws from other councils can be found on the Local Government Division page.
Right to Information Act 2009
The Right to Information Act 2009 governs access to information held by government bodies. To make a Right to Information request, download an application form at the Right to Information Act page.