From 26 November 2025 and 19 December 2025 Council had invited the community and stakeholders to comment on the Amendment By-law.

With 121 views and 26 downloads of the Amendment By-law from the Your Say page, no submissions were received at the conclusion of the engagement period.

Given no feedback was received no amendments were deemed necessary to the Amendment By-law.

The Amendment By-law was presented to Council on 27 January 2026 for adoption, signalling the conclusion of this stage of the review.

A notice of making the Amendment By-law will be published in the Government Gazette and in newspapers circulating the Council district.

The Amendment By-law will also be delivered to the Legislative Review Committee in conjunction with Legislative Review Committee Report prepared by Council’s legal practitioner. The Legislative Review Committee will consider the Amendment By-law and if it forms the opinion that the Amendment By-law should be disallowed it must report the opinion and the grounds for this to both Houses of Parliament. The Legislative Review Committee will not report back to Council unless they have concerns in relation to the Amendment By-law.

The Amendment By‐law will take effect on the same day in which it is published in the Government Gazette, which is 5 February 2026 and will expire 24 hours later.

A copy of the adopted Amendment By-law is available in the Document Library.

Council recently reviewed and updated its By-laws to reflect current laws and Council processes and fulfilling its obligation under Section 251 of the Local Government Act 1999, where it is a legislated requirement that Council reviews its By-laws every seven years.The current suite of By-laws will come into effect on 28 December 2025.

By-laws provide rules and governance and assist in providing convenient, safe, comfortable and inclusive space for its community.

Proposed By-law No. 1 – Mid Murray Council (Miscellaneous) Amendment By-law 2026 has been drafted to address errors and omissions identified in By-law No. 4 – Local Government Land.

The public is welcome to view the proposed By-law from Wednesday 26 November 2025 at Council Offices during normal office hours or the link located under Document Library.

Written submissions are invited on the draft Amendment By-law and can be received through the following means:

• Mid Murray Your Say feedback form;
• Letter addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Mid Murray Council, PO Box 28, Mannum SA 5238; or
• Email postbox@mid-murray.sa.gov.au.

Submissions will be received until 5pm Friday 19 December 2025.

Summary of Changes – By-law No. 1 – Mid Murray Council (Miscellaneous) Amendment By-law 2026

To amend the Council’s Local Government Land By-law 2025 and for related purposes.

What has changed?

Amendment of Paragraph 3 – Interpretation

• Paragraph 3.1 – delete ‘;’ and insert after ‘fish’ ‘, but does not include a dog;’.
• Paragraph 4.19 – after ‘bird;’ insert, on a new line, ‘provided that sub-paragraphs 4.19.2 and 4.19.3 shall not apply to lawful fishing activities undertaken on local government land.’.
• Paragraph 9 – delete ‘5.6.2’ and insert ‘5.7.2’.

Current By-laws

To view Council’s current suite of By-laws click here