Victorian Sport and Recreation Act 1972
A number of the purposes of Victorian Sport and Recreation Act 1972 relate to local government, namely:
- to assist voluntary organizations, Government departments, public statutory bodies, municipal councils and other persons or bodies to provide facilities and services for sport and to improve existing facilities and services;
- to encourage the co-ordination of the activities of Government departments, public statutory bodies, municipal councils and other persons or bodies concerned with sport;
- to encourage and assist voluntary organizations, Government departments, public statutory bodies, municipal councils and other persons or bodies to provide facilities and services or to improve existing facilities and services for recreation of all kinds;
- to encourage the co-ordination of the activities of Government departments, public statutory bodies, municipal councils and other persons or bodies concerned with recreation;