Enforcement Policy

The objectives of this Policy are:

• To assist Council staff in responding promptly, consistently and effectively to reports of alleged unauthorised activity.
• To provide a system of assessing whether reports alleging unauthorised activity require investigation and whether enforcement action is warranted.
• To provide options for dealing with confirmed cases of unauthorised activity.
• To ensure Council makes enforcement decisions in an unbiased, consistent, balanced and impartial manner.
• The implementation of risk-based regulation to protect the environment, local economy and the community of Byron Shire.
• To achieve outcomes that result in a change of behaviour of alleged offenders.