Target Audience

New officers, Compliance Officers, Community Safety Officers, General Inspectors, Environmental Health Officers, Authorised Officers and their Managers.

 

Overview

Following the Introduction to Local Government course, this session provides an introduction to Regulatory Services within Local Government. Participants will gain an understanding of the vast powers available to regulatory staff and the enforcement of these powers under the various legislative tools. This course will provide a high-level overview of how to effectively investigate and report breaches to the legislation including successful gathering of evidence to present in court proceedings. 

 

Key Learnings

• Obligations under the Local Government Act 1999 (SA) 
• General overview of the source of powers
• Understanding the difference between delegations and authorisations
• Enforcement under various legislation
• Investigate alleged breaches of legislation and evidence gathering
• Dealing with court proceedings

 

Facilitator

Paul Kelly, Principal – Governance and Regulatory Services – Norman Waterhouse Lawyers
Paul Kelly is a Partner in the firm’s specialist Local Government Governance & Regulatory Services Team. Paul prepares and delivers workshops, briefings and seminars on behalf of Norman Waterhouse to councils on regulatory matters, civil enforcement and prosecution proceedings dealing with a range of legislation.

Dale Mazzachi, Principal – Governance and Regulatory Services – Norman Waterhouse Lawyers
With a passion for public sector governance and regulatory control, Dale has been helping councils and other local authorities to govern, protect and enhance their local communities for over 10 years. Dale frequently presents workshops and training sessions for a wide variety of public sector clients and lectures in environmental health law at Flinders University.

The Norman Waterhouse Local Government team is the largest of its kind in the State and is widely recognised as the leader in the provision of advice and representation to the local government sector in South Australia.  

 

Additional Information

What ‘Delivery Options’ are available for this session?
If a session is scheduled, the delivery options can be found below in the location field of the ‘Upcoming Workshops’ section. (Address = Face 2 Face delivery, Webinar = Virtual delivery)
 
No ‘Dates’ scheduled?
Complete our ‘Enquiry Form’ to be added to our waitlist and notified of upcoming dates.
 
Interested in having this program brought ‘In-House’ to your council?
Check your eligibility by requesting an ‘In-house eQuote’.
 
For further information about the content of this program, please contact LGA Training on 8224 2000 or at training@lga.sa.gov.au.
 
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