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 website.

Links to the Tasmanian Legislation pages of other Acts that we operate under are listed below:

• Building Act
• Food Act
• Local Government (Building & Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
• Local Government (Highways) Act
• Land Use Planning & Approvals Act

Regulations

The relevant regulations that we follow can be accessed from Tasmanian Legislation website.

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.

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 Department of Premier and Cabinet website.

By-law	Number	Date of commencement
Single-Use Plastics By-law(PDF, 261KB)	No. 1 of 2020	8 April 2020
Environmental Health By-law(PDF, 593KB)	No. 2 of 2018	25 July 2018
Infrastructure By-law(PDF, 717KB)	No. 1 of 2018	25 July 2018
Waste Management By-law(PDF, 717KB)	No.3 of 2018	25 July 2018
Public Spaces By-law(PDF, 1MB)	No. 4 of 2018	1 August 2018
Salamanca Market By-law(PDF, 737KB)	No. 1 of 2022	10 August 2022
Parking By-law(PDF, 100KB)	No. 5 of 2018	1 August 2018

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.