Practice Notes

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Published	Description	View
31-Aug-2009	Practice Note No.16 - Meetings Practice Note (329 kb)	pdf
31-Jul-2009	Practice Note No.9 - Complaints Management in Councils (316 kb)	pdf
19-Oct-2005	Practice Note No.15 - Water Safety - Revised October 2005 (293 kb)	pdf
1-May-2000	Practice Note No.1 - Public Land Management - Revised May 2000 (129 kb)	pdf
1-Mar-1996	Practice Note No.14 - Local Approval Policies (LAPs) (108 kb)	pdf
1-Oct-1995	Practice Note No.13 - State of the Environment Reporting : (replaced by Environment Guidelines - State of the Environment Reporting by Local Government) (54 kb)	pdf
1-Sep-1995	Practice Note No.12 - Resource Sharing for Local Government (55 kb)	pdf
1-Mar-1995	Practice Note No.11 - Beach Safety (replaced by Practice Note No.15 - Water Safety) (24 kb)	pdf
1-Nov-1994	Practice Note 10 - Swimming Pools on Public Land - Water Safety (285 kb)	pdf
1-Jul-1994	Practice Note No.8a - Code of Practice and Code of Tendering for the Construction Industry (209 kb)	pdf
1-Mar-1994	Practice Note No.7 - Freedom of Information (39 kb)	pdf
1-Mar-1994	Practice Note No.6 - Code of Conduct (replaced by Model Code of Conduct for Local Councils) (36 kb)	pdf
1-Mar-1994	Practice Note 5 - Recruitment of the General Manager and Senior Staff (703 kb)	pdf
1-Feb-1994	Practice Note No.4 - Mine Rating (34 kb)	pdf
1-Feb-1994	Practice Note No.3a - Building Notification (75 kb)	pdf
1-Oct-1993	Practice Note No.2 - Approval of Caravan Parks and Manufactured Home Estates CAUTION: This document may contain information that is not current. This document is on display for background information only. (45 kb)	pdf