VPRS 14502 By-Laws and Regulations

This series consists of the master set of by-laws and regulations enacted by the City of Mordialloc (VA 2473).Municipal Councils were enabled to create by-laws and regulations under Section 197 of the Local Government Act 1915 (Act No. 2762) and later Acts. Purposes requiring regulations and by-laws included the suppression of nuisances, destruction of vermin, restraining noisome and offensive trades, preserving public decency, regulating sewerage and drainage, regulating lighting, regulating the prohibition or keeping of animals, preventing and extinguishing fires, and regulating the supply and distribution of water.By-laws and regulations were to be passed by a special order of the council of the municipality and sealed with the common municipal seal. Joint regulations were to be sealed with the common municipal seal of all municipalities involved. Copies of council by-laws and regulations were to be kept at the council office, and made available to the public. Some regulations and by-laws, such as those covering buildings and advertising, needed to be approved by the Governor-in-Council. Once a regulation or by-law had been sealed by council and, when necessary, approved by the Governor-in-council, it was published in the Victorian Government Gazette. This occurred in one of two ways. Either the regulation or by-law was published in full in the Victorian Government Gazette or in some other form, or the Gazette and a local newspaper were provided with details including a summary of the regulation and by-law, and the location of where a full copy was deposited for viewing by the public. The only exception to this was the adoption by any municipal council of the by-laws contained within section thirteen of the Local Government Act 1915, whereby publication of the summary and headings alone was considered sufficient.