LAW EXTENSION COMMITTEE
/SUMMER 2017-18
20 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PLANNING
/ASSIGNMENT
INSTRUCTIONS
In Local Government and Planning, there is only ONE ASSIGNMENT. This assignment is compulsory and must be submitted by all students. The assignment will constitute 20% of the final mark in this subject.
Assignments must be submitted by the due date unless an extension has been granted. Extensions need to be requested by email prior to the assignment due date and specific supporting evidence provided. Late assignments attract a penalty of one mark out of 20, or 5% of the total marks available, per day. A pass mark is 50%. Assignments that are received more than ten days after the published due date will not be accepted. Please note that students granted an extension must still submit their assignment within ten days of the original assignment due date.
Assignments are assessed according to the “Assignment Grading and Assessment Criteria” outlined in the Guide to the Presentation and Submission of Assignments. Prior to the examination, assignments will be returned to students and results posted on students’ individual Results screen of the LEC Webcampus. Students are responsible for checking their Results screen and ascertaining their eligibility to sit for the examination.
The rules regarding the presentation of assignments and instructions on how to submit an assignment are set out in the Guide to the Presentation and Submission of Assignments available on the LEC Webcampus. Please read this guide carefully before completing and submitting this assignment.
The maximum word length for this assignment is 2000 words (inclusive of all footnotes but not bibliography).
Completed assignments should be lodged through the LEC Webcampus and received by 11:59pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) on Tuesday 16 January 2018.
Please download the Assignment Coversheet. The coversheet will be the first page of your assignment. Save it with the name you intend to use for the assignment, and begin your answer on the second page. Make sure you complete the Assignment Coversheet by entering in your Full Name and Address Details.
COMPULSORY ASSIGNMENT
“In 2009 the NSW Parliament gave councils power to compulsorily acquire their own roads (which they already owned) and then compulsorily acquire land adjoining, or lying in the vicinity of those roads. The law enables councils to bypass the prohibition on resale which had been upheld in the High Court (R&R Fazzolari v Parramatta CC; Mac’s P/L v Parramatta CC (2009) 165 LGERA 68). The law is an extreme departure from fundamental rights”.
Discuss this statement.
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