Policy Rescission - Gifts and Benefits Policy & Staff and Consultant Access to Private Property Policy

At Port Macquarie-Hastings Council's Ordinary Council Meeting held on 13 October 2021, Council resolved to place the rescission of the Gifts and Benefits Policy & Staff and Consultant Access to Private Property Policy on Public Exhibition for a period of 28 days.

The reasons behind the rescinding as reported to Council are:

• Gifts and Benefits Policy as gifts and benefits are adequately covered in Council’s adopted Code of Conduct.
  • This will reduce duplication and provide for a single source of information relating to this matter.
• The Staff and Consultant Access to Private Property Policy was first adopted in 1996 and is recommended to be rescinded.
  • Access to private property is governed by the delegations of officers and the powers imposed under a range of legislation.
  • Consultants should not be accessing land without the consent of the land owner or in the presence of a delegated officer.

The Policies will be on exhibition from Wednesday 2 February 2022 to Wednesday 2 March 2022 and are available to view in the document library to the right (or below if viewing this page on a mobile device).

Have Your Say

Submissions can be made by

• completing the submission form below;
• emailing to council@pmhc.nsw.gov.au; or
• posting to:
  Chief Executive Officer
  Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
  PO Box 84
  Port Macquarie NSW 2444

All submissions must be received by close of business on Wednesday, 2 March 2022.