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Queensland
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AMENDMENT BILL 2001
Queensland
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT
BILL 2001
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Omission of s 224A (Councillor ceases to be councillor on becoming
candidate for an Australian Parliament) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 298 (Qualification for nomination) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Insertion of new s 299A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
299A Councillor must take leave to contest State election . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2001
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Local Government Act 1993
s1 4 s5
Local Government Amendment Bill 2001
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
1 Short title
Clause 2
This Act may be cited as the Local Government Amendment Act 2001. 3
2 Act amended
Clause 4
This Act amends the Local Government Act 1993. 5
3 Omission of s 224A (Councillor ceases to be councillor on
Clause 6
becoming candidate for an Australian Parliament) 7
Section 224A-- 8
omit. 9
4 Amendment of s 298 (Qualification for nomination)
Clause 10
(1) Section 298(1), `Subject to subsection (3), a'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`A'. 13
(2) Section 298(3)-- 14
omit. 15
(3) Section 298(4)-- 16
renumber as section 298(3). 17
5 Insertion of new s 299A
Clause 18
After section 299-- 19
insert-- 20
s5 5 s5
Local Government Amendment Bill 2001
`299A Councillor must take leave to contest State election 1
`(1) This section applies to a councillor who, under the Electoral Act 2
1992, section 88(3),1 becomes a candidate for election as a member of the 3
Legislative Assembly. 4
`(2) The councillor must take leave of absence for the period starting on 5
the day the councillor becomes a candidate for the election and ending on 6
the day the Electoral Commission is notified, under the Electoral Act 1992, 7
section 122(1),2 of the candidate elected for the electoral district for which 8
the councillor is a candidate. 9
`(3) During the period of leave, the councillor must not act in the office 10
and is not entitled to remuneration for service as a councillor. 11
`(4) This section applies to the Brisbane City Council.'. 12
1 Electoral Act 1992, section 88 (Announcement of nominations)
2 Electoral Act 1992, section 122 (Notifying the results of an election)
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