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Queensland
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
OTHER LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1999
Queensland
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 2--AMENDMENTS OF CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 1924
Division 1--Preliminary
3 Act amended in pt 2 and sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Division 2--Amendments of City of Brisbane Act 1924 about
elections
4 Amendment of s 3 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5 Amendment of s 16 (Triennial elections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6 Insertion of new s 16A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
16A Returning officers for elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7 Amendment of s 17 (Provisions concerning elections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8 Insertion of new s 17A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
17A Conduct of elections by electoral commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Division 3--Amendments of City of Brisbane Act 1924 about rates
9 Amendment of s 3 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
10 Replacement of s 51 (Meaning of "separate rate or charge") . . . . . . . . . . . 13
51 Meaning of "separate rate or charge" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
11 Amendment of s 56 (Minimum general rate levies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12 Amendment of s 57 (Separate rates and charges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
13 Amendment of s 60 (Levying rates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
14 Amendment of s 60 (Levying rates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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15 Amendment of s 60 (Levying rates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
16 Replacement of s 65 (Time for payment of rates and recovery of rates) . . 15
65 Time within which rates must be paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
17 Amendment of s 67 (Unpaid rate may bear interest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
18 Replacement of s 68 (Discount for prompt payment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
68 Discount for prompt payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
68A Discount if payment of rates by instalments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
68B Discount if special circumstances prevent prompt payment . . . . . . 17
68C Discount if other rates are unpaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Division 4--Other amendments of City of Brisbane Act 1924
19 Insertion of new s 42A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
42A Exceptions to the requirement for tenders or quotations . . . . . . . . . . 18
20 Amendment of sch 3 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PART 3--AMENDMENTS OF FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY
ACT 1990
21 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
22 Replacement of s 128A (Local government may make and levy
certain rates or charges and contribute amounts raised to rural fire
brigades) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
128A Local government may make and levy certain rates or
charges and contribute amounts raised to rural fire brigades . . . . . . 19
PART 4--AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
(ABORIGINAL LANDS) ACT 1978
23 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
24 Amendment of s 42 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
25 Amendment of s 51 (Meetings of law council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
26 Amendment of s 55 (Secretary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
27 Insertion of new s 55A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
55A Police officer may attend meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
28 Replacement of s 56 (Reporting requirements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
56 Reporting requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
29 Amendment of s 57 (Administrative support) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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30 Insertion of new s 100A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
100A Constitution of Magistrates Court for appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
31 Replacement of pt 6, div 13 (Expiry of part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Division 13--Review of part
109 Review of pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PART 5--AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993
Division 1--Preliminary
32 Act amended in pt 5 and sch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Division 2--Amendments of Local Government Act 1993 about
elections
33 Amendment of s 270 (Date of by-elections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
34 Amendment of s 277 (Cut off day for voters roll) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
35 Amendment of s 314 (Disposal of deposits generally) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
36 Amendment of s 326 (Separate ballot papers for separate polls) . . . . . . . . 24
37 Insertion of new s 346A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
346A Distribution of ballot papers to certain electors who may
cast declaration vote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
38 Amendment of s 353 (Distribution of declaration envelopes when
separate ballot papers or polls on same day) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
39 Insertion of new s 363A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
363A Preliminary processing of declaration votes by returning
officer--postal ballot election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
40 Insertion of new s 413A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
413A Application of pt 8 to Brisbane City Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
41 Amendment of s 415 (Candidates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
42 Insertion of new s 423A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
423A Disclosure period for s 427A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
43 Insertion of new ss 425A and 425B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
425A Transitional provisions for other disclosure periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
425B Expiry of sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
44 Amendment of s 426 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
45 Amendment of s 427 (Gifts to candidates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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46 Insertion of new s 427A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
427A Gifts to groups of candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
47 Amendment of s 429 (Chief executive officer to give reminder
notice to candidates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
48 Amendment of s 430 (Gifts for third party expenditure for
political purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Division 3--Amendments of Local Government Act 1993 about local
laws and local law policies commencing on assent
49 Insertion of new s 856A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
856A Step 1--propose a law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
50 Amendment of s 857 (Step 1--make a law) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
51 Amendment of s 858 (Step 2--give public notice of law) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
52 Amendment of s 860 (Step 1--propose a law) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
53 Replacement of s 861 (Step 2--get Minister's agreement to use
interim local law process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
861 Step 2--get Minister's agreement to use interim local law
process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
54 Insertion of new s 863A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
863A Making proposed interim local law under div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
55 Amendment of s 864 (Application of division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
56 Replacement of s 866 (Step 1--propose a law) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
866 Step 1--propose a law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
57 Amendment of s 867 (Step 2--ensure proposed law satisfactorily
deals with any State interest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
58 Amendment of s 868 (Step 3--consult with public about proposed law) . . 34
59 Amendment of s 872 (Step 7--again ensure proposed law
satisfactorily deals with any State interest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
60 Replacement of s 877 (Step 1--propose a policy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
877 Step 1--propose a local law policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
61 Amendment of s 883 (Early commencement under local law
policy making process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
62 Insertion of new s 896A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
896A Effect of expiry of interim local law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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63 Insertion of new s 897A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
897A When local law policies cease to have effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
64 Amendment of s 1228 (Repeal or amendment of anti-competitive
provision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Division 4--Amendments of Local Government Act 1993 about local
laws and local law policies commencing on 1 January 2000
65 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
66 Replacement of s 853 (Meaning of "local law policy") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
853 Meaning of "subordinate local law" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
67 Amendment of s 861 (Step 2--get Minister's agreement to use
interim local law process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
68 Amendment of s 867 (Step 2--ensure proposed law satisfactorily
deals with any State interest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
69 Amendment of s 882 (Step 6--give public notice of policy) . . . . . . . . . . . 38
70 Insertion of new ch 12, pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
PART 5--REVIEW AND EXPIRY OF LOCAL LAWS AND
SUBORDINATE LOCAL LAWS
899A Definitions for pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
899B Expiry of local laws and subordinate local laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
899C Reviews of local laws and subordinate local laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
899D Repeal of redundant provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
71 Amendment of s 1132 (Delegation by chief executive officer) . . . . . . . . . . 41
72 Amendment of s 1203 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
73 Insertion of new s 1234 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
1234 Transitional provisions for local law policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Division 5--Amendments of Local Government Act 1993 about rates
74 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
75 Amendment of s 967 (Minimum general rate levy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
76 Amendment of s 971 (Special rates and charges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
77 Insertion of new s 971A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
971A Adjustment of special rates and charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
78 Amendment of s 1008 (Levying rates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
79 Amendment of s 1008 (Levying rates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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80 Amendment of s 1008 (Levying rates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
81 Replacement of s 1014 (Time within which rates must be paid) . . . . . . . . 48
1014 Time within which rates must be paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
82 Replacement of ss 10191022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
1019 Discount for prompt payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
1020 Discount if payment of rates by instalments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
1021 Discount if special circumstances prevent prompt payment . . . . . . 50
1022 Discount if other rates are overdue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
83 Insertion of new s 1030A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
1030A Land becomes or ceases to be land
on which a special rate or charge may be levied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
84 Replacement of new ch 19, pt 1, div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
PART 2--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
ACT 1999
1233 Transitional arrangement for special rates and charges . . . . . . . . . . 51
Division 6--Other amendments of Local Government Act 1993
85 Amendment of s 90 (Public notice of proposed determination to
implement matter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
86 Amendment of s 100 (Notice of proposed determination to
implement matter and recommendations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
87 Amendment of s 220 (General qualifications for membership) . . . . . . . . . . 52
88 Amendment of s 242 (Requirements of councillors before acting
in office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
89 Amendment of s 518 (Adoption of budget) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
90 Amendment of s 519 (Requirements of budgets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
91 Amendment of s 555 (Public benefit assessments to be undertaken) . . . . . 54
92 Amendment of s 598 (Delegation of powers for corporatised
corporations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
93 Amendment of s 1044 (Reserve price at auction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
94 Amendment to omit headings following cross references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
PART 6--MINOR AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS
95 Minor amendments--schedule 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
AMENDMENTS OF CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 1924
SCHEDULE 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993
SCHEDULE 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS
PART 1--AMENDMENTS OF ACTS COMMENCING ON
ASSENT
INTEGRATED RESORT DEVELOPMENT ACT 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ACT 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SANCTUARY COVE RESORT ACT 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
PART 2--AMENDMENTS OF ACTS COMMENCING ON
1 JANUARY 2000
ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
1999
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend certain local government legislation, and for other
purposes
s1 10 s3
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Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
ART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
P
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Local Government and Other Legislation 4
Amendment Act 1999. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) Sections 13, 17 and 78 commence on 1 July 1999. 7
(2) The following provisions commence on 1 January 2000-- 8
· part 5, division 4 9
· schedule 2, part 2 10
· schedule 3, part 2. 11
(3) Sections 14 and 79 commence on 1 July 2000. 12
(4) The remaining provisions commence on assent. 13
PART 2--AMENDMENTS OF CITY OF BRISBANE 14
ACT 1924 15
Division 1--Preliminary 16
amended in pt 2 and sch 1 17
Act
Clause 3. This part and schedule 1 amend the City of Brisbane Act 1924. 18
s4 11 s6
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Amendment
Division 2--Amendments of City of Brisbane Act 1924 about elections 1
of s 3 (Interpretation) 2
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 3(1)-- 3
insert-- 4
` "electoral commission" means the Electoral Commission of 5
Queensland.'. 6
of s 16 (Triennial elections) 7
Amendment
Clause 5. Section 16(3) and (4)-- 8
omit. 9
of new s 16A 10
Insertion
Clause 6. After section 16-- 11
insert-- 12
officers for elections 13
`Returning
`16A.(1) This section applies to-- 14
(a) a triennial election of the mayor and other councillors; or 15
(b) a separate election to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor; or 16
(c) a separate election by the electors of an electoral ward to fill a 17
vacancy in the office of councillor for the ward. 18
`(2) However, this section does not apply to the conduct of an election 19
under section 17A. 20
`(3) The town clerk is the chief returning officer for the election. 21
`(4) Also, for an election mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (c), the town 22
clerk must, by signed writing, appoint a returning officer for each electoral 23
ward or the relevant electoral ward. 24
`(5) However, a person who is not a returning officer for an electoral 25
district comprised completely or partly within the city is not eligible for 26
s7 12 s9
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Amendment
appointment as returning officer without the written permission of the 1
Minister.'. 2
of s 17 (Provisions concerning elections) 3
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 17(4), after `officer'-- 4
insert-- 5
`or, if under section 17A the electoral commission conducts the election, 6
the commission,'. 7
of new s 17A 8
Insertion
Clause 8. After section 17-- 9
insert-- 10
of elections by electoral commission 11
`Conduct
`17A.(1) The council may enter into an agreement with the electoral 12
commission for the conduct of an election by the commission. 13
`(2) However, the council may enter into the agreement only after it 14
passes a resolution authorising it to enter into the agreement. 15
`(3) The conduct of the election under this section is a function of the 16
commission.'. 17
Division 3--Amendments of City of Brisbane Act 1924 about rates 18
of s 3 (Interpretation) 19
Amendment
Clause 9. Section 3(1)-- 20
insert-- 21
` "budget meeting", of the council, means a meeting of the council at 22
which it adopts its budget for a financial year. 23
"discount date", for a rate, means a date, decided by the council, by which 24
the rate must be paid for a discount to be allowed. 25
s 10 13 s 12
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Amendment
"discount period", for a rate, means the period of time, decided by the 1
council, during which the rate must be paid for a discount to be 2
allowed.'. 3
of s 51 (Meaning of "separate rate or charge") 4
Replacement
Clause 10. Section 51-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
of "separate rate or charge" 7
`Meaning
`51. A "separate rate or charge" is a rate or charge made and levied on 8
all or any rateable land for a service, facility or activity whether or not the 9
service, facility or activity is supplied, or proposed to be supplied, by the 10
council itself.'. 11
of s 56 (Minimum general rate levies) 12
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 56-- 13
insert-- 14
`(3) The council must not make and levy a minimum general rate levy 15
for a parcel of land if-- 16
(a) the Valuation of Land Act 1944, section 25,1 applies to the parcel; 17
and 18
(b) under that section, the parcel's discounted valuation period has not 19
ended.'. 20
of s 57 (Separate rates and charges) 21
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 57(1), `work,'-- 22
omit. 23
1 Section 25 (Valuation--discounting for subdivided land)
s 13 14 s 14
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of s 60 (Levying rates) 1
Amendment
Clause 13. Section 60(2)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(2) The council must state on the rate notice-- 4
(a) the date the rate notice was issued; and 5
(b) the date by which or the time within which the rate must be paid. 6
`(2B) The council may also state on a rate notice amounts, other than 7
rates, that are payable to the council. 8
9
Example for subsection (2B)--
10
Licence fees.'.
of s 60 (Levying rates) 11
Amendment
Clause 14.(1) Section 60-- 12
insert-- 13
`(2A) The council must also state on, or include with, the rate notice-- 14
(a) if the council has decided 1 or more discount dates or 1 or more 15
discount periods for payment of the rate--the discount or 16
information about how the discount is calculated; and 17
(b) if the council has resolved that a rate may be paid by 18
instalments--requirements for payment by instalments.'. 19
(2) Section 60-- 20
insert-- 21
`(2C) If the council includes an amount mentioned in subsection (2B) on 22
a rate notice, it must be clear on the face of the rate notice that-- 23
(a) the amount is not a rate; and 24
(b) payment of the amount, whether before or after any discount date 25
or discount period for a rate mentioned in the notice, does not 26
affect any discount relating to the rate. 27
`(2D) Subsection (2E) applies if-- 28
s 15 15 s 16
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(a) the council receives payment of an amount (the "amount 1
received") that is less than the total of all amounts, mentioned on 2
a rate notice (the "rate notice amounts"), that are payable to the 3
council; and 4
(b) the person who pays the amount received does not specify which 5
of the rate notice amounts the person is intending to pay. 6
`(2E) The council must use the amount received in payment of the rate 7
notice amounts in the following order-- 8
· unpaid rates 9
· a rate or rates levied by the rate notice 10
· amounts, other than rates, that are payable to the council.'. 11
of s 60 (Levying rates) 12
Amendment
Clause 15. Section 60-- 13
insert-- 14
`(3A) If a person liable to pay a rate has paid the rate before the council 15
has given the person a rate notice for the period for which the rate is levied, 16
the council is not required to give the person a rate notice for the period.'. 17
of s 65 (Time for payment of rates and recovery of rates) 18
Replacement
Clause 16. Section 65-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
within which rates must be paid 21
`Time
`65.(1) At its budget meeting, the council must, by resolution, decide the 22
date by which, or the time within which, each rate must be paid. 23
`(2) The date by which, or the time within which, the rate must be paid 24
must be-- 25
(a) at least 30 days after the rate notice is issued; and 26
(b) the same date or time for each person liable to pay the rate. 27
`(3) If, under section 68(4), the council alters the discount date or 28
s 17 16 s 18
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Amendment
discount period for the rate to a date that is after the date by which, or the 1
time within which, the rate must be paid, the council must, by resolution, 2
alter the date by which, or the time within which, the rate must be paid. 3
`(4) The altered date or time must not be before the discount date, or the 4
last day of the discount period, for the rate.'. 5
of s 67 (Unpaid rate may bear interest) 6
Amendment
Clause 17. Section 67(1), `within 30 days' to `levied'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`by the date, or within the time, stated on the rate notice, by which the rate 9
is levied, as the date by which or the time within which the rate must be 10
paid'. 11
of s 68 (Discount for prompt payment) 12
Replacement
Clause 18. Section 68-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
for prompt payment 15
`Discount
`68.(1) At its budget meeting, the council may, by resolution, decide to 16
allow a discount for prompt payment of a rate. 17
`(2) If the council decides to allow a discount, the council must decide-- 18
(a) whether the discount is to be a fixed amount or a percentage of the 19
rate; and 20
(b) if the discount is to be a fixed amount--the amount; and 21
(c) if the discount is to be a percentage of the rate--the percentage; 22
and 23
(d) the discount date or discount period for the rate. 24
`(3) The discount date or discount period for the rate must not be-- 25
(a) for the discount date--after the date decided by the council under 26
section 65 as the date by which the rate must be paid; and 27
(b) for the discount period--longer than the time decided by the 28
s 18 17 s 18
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Amendment
council under section 65 as the time within which the rate must be 1
paid. 2
`(4) The discount date or discount period may be altered by the council, 3
by resolution, to allow each person liable to pay the rate a greater period of 4
time to pay the rate and be allowed the discount. 5
`(5) If the council allows a discount for payment of a rate, it must allow 6
the discount to each person who is liable to pay the rate and who pays the 7
rate by the discount date or within the discount period for the rate. 8
`(6) The council may allow more than 1 amount of discount or 9
percentage discount for a rate only if the council-- 10
(a) decides more than 1 discount date or discount period for the rate; 11
and 12
(b) allows a different amount of discount or percentage discount for 13
each discount date or discount period decided. 14
if payment of rates by instalments 15
`Discount
`68A.(1) This section applies to a rate being paid to the council by 16
instalments. 17
`(2) At its budget meeting, the council may decide, by resolution, to 18
allow a discount for payment of an instalment of the rate by the last day of 19
the period for paying the instalment. 20
`(3) If the council allows a discount for payment of the instalment, it 21
must allow the discount to each person paying the rate by instalments and 22
who pays an instalment by the day mentioned in subsection (2). 23
if special circumstances prevent prompt payment 24
`Discount
`68B. If the council is satisfied that a person liable to pay a rate has been 25
prevented, by circumstances beyond the person's control, from paying the 26
rate in time to benefit from a discount under section 68 or 68A, the council 27
may still allow the discount. 28
s 19 18 s 20
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if other rates are unpaid 1
`Discount
`68C. Sections 68 to 68B do not apply to a rate paid in full by the 2
discount date or by the end of the discount period if other rates are unpaid 3
for the land.'. 4
Division 4--Other amendments of City of Brisbane Act 1924 5
of new s 42A 6
Insertion
Clause 19. After section 42-- 7
insert-- 8
to the requirement for tenders or quotations 9
`Exceptions
`42A.(1) The council may enter into a contract without complying with 10
section 42 if-- 11
(a) the contract is made under an exemption to open competition 12
under a financial management standard prescribed under a 13
regulation; or 14
(b) the contract is for supplying a service and is made with a person 15
on a panel compiled under this section. 16
`(2) The council may compile a panel of the names of persons suitably 17
qualified to supply a service. 18
`(3) The panel must be compiled by inviting expressions of interest from 19
persons to be included on the panel in the way provided for inviting tenders 20
under section 42.'. 21
of sch 3 (Appeals) 22
Amendment
Clause 20.(1) Schedule 3, section 1(3)-- 23
omit. 24
(2) Schedule 3, section 1(4)-- 25
renumber as section 1(3). 26
s 21 19 s 22
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ART 3--AMENDMENTS OF FIRE AND RESCUE 1
P
AUTHORITY ACT 1990 2
amended in pt 3 3
Act
Clause 21. This part amends the Fire and Rescue Authority Act 1990. 4
of s 128A (Local government may make and levy certain 5
Replacement
rates or charges and contribute amounts raised to rural fire brigades) 6
Clause 22. Section 128A-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
government may make and levy certain rates or charges and 9
`Local
contribute amounts raised to rural fire brigades 10
`128A. A local government may make and levy the following rates or 11
charges and contribute amounts raised to rural fire brigades operating in its 12
local government area-- 13
(a) for Brisbane City Council--a separate rate or charge under the 14
City of Brisbane Act 1924, section 57; 15
(b) for another local government-- 16
(i) a special rate or charge under the Local Government 17
Act 1993, section 971; or 18
(ii) a separate rate or charge under the Local Government 19
Act 1993, section 972.'. 20
s 23 20 s 25
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PART 4--AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL 1
GOVERNMENT (ABORIGINAL LANDS) ACT 1978 2
amended in pt 4 3
Act
Clause 23. This part amends the Local Government (Aboriginal Lands) 4
Act 1978. 5
of s 42 (Definitions) 6
Amendment
Clause 24.(1) Section 42, heading-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Definitions for pt 6'. 9
(2) Section 42, definition "ACI"-- 10
omit. 11
of s 51 (Meetings of law council) 12
Amendment
Clause 25.(1) Section 51-- 13
insert-- 14
`(3A) The secretary must give written notice of a meeting to the 15
members and the police officer in charge of the police station at Aurukun at 16
least 2 days before the day of the meeting unless it is impracticable to give 17
the notice. 18
`(3B) The notice must state-- 19
(a) the day and time of the meeting; and 20
(b) the agenda for the meeting.'. 21
(2) Section 51(4), `1 member'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`2 members'. 24
(3) Section 51(5), after `members'-- 25
s 26 21 s 28
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insert-- 1
`, and the recognised traditional groups they represent,'. 2
of s 55 (Secretary) 3
Amendment
Clause 26. Section 55(2)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(2) The chief executive officer of the shire council is the secretary.'. 6
of new s 55A 7
Insertion
Clause 27. After section 55-- 8
insert-- 9
officer may attend meetings 10
`Police
`55A.(1) The police officer in charge of the police station at Aurukun, or 11
another police officer nominated by the officer in charge, may attend 12
meetings of the law council. 13
`(2) The officer attending may advise the law council on any issue before 14
it.'. 15
of s 56 (Reporting requirements) 16
Replacement
Clause 28. Section 56-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
requirements 19
`Reporting
`56.(1) Within 30 days after the end of each financial year, the law 20
council must prepare a report on its activities for the year and give the report 21
to the shire council. 22
`(2) As soon as practicable after giving the report to the shire council, the 23
law council must-- 24
(a) publish a notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the shire; 25
and 26
s 29 22 s 31
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(b) display a notice in a prominent place in the township of Aurukun. 1
`(3) The notices must advise that copies of the report are available from 2
the shire council's office. 3
`(4) The shire council's annual report prepared under the Local 4
Government Act 1993 for the financial year must contain the law council's 5
report.'. 6
of s 57 (Administrative support) 7
Amendment
Clause 29.(1) Section 57(1), example 5-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`5. Preparing a report on the law council's activities.'. 10
(2) Section 57(2)-- 11
omit. 12
of new s 100A 13
Insertion
Clause 30. After section 100-- 14
insert-- 15
of Magistrates Court for appeal 16
`Constitution
`100A. The Magistrates Court must be constituted by a magistrate when 17
exercising its jurisdiction to decide the appeal.'. 18
of pt 6, div 13 (Expiry of part) 19
Replacement
Clause 31. Part 6, division 13-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`Division 13--Review of part 22
of pt 6 23
`Review
`109.(1) As soon as practicable after 30 June 2001, the Minister must 24
carry out a review of the operation of this part to decide whether its 25
s 32 23 s 34
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provisions remain appropriate. 1
`(2) The Minister must table a report of the review's outcome in the 2
Legislative Assembly before 30 June 2002.'. 3
PART 5--AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL 4
GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 5
Division 1--Preliminary 6
amended in pt 5 and sch 2 7
Act
Clause 32. This part and schedule 2 amend the Local Government Act 1993. 8
2--Amendments of Local Government Act 1993 about elections 9
Division
of s 270 (Date of by-elections) 10
Amendment
Clause 33. Section 270(2), `2 months'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`10 weeks'. 13
of s 277 (Cut off day for voters roll) 14
Amendment
Clause 34.(1) Section 277(a) and (b)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(a) for a triennial election--31 January in the year of the election;'. 17
(2) Section 277(c)-- 18
renumber as section 277(b). 19
s 35 24 s 37
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Amendment
of s 314 (Disposal of deposits generally) 1
Amendment
Clause 35.(1) Section 314(1), `declaration of the result of a poll'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`conclusion of an election'. 4
(2) Section 314(2)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(2) Despite subsection (1), a candidate's deposit must not be refunded 7
until-- 8
(a) if, under section 427, the candidate is required to give a return 9
under the section for the candidate's disclosure period for the 10
election--the candidate gives the return; or 11
(b) if, under section 427(3), the candidate is not required to give a 12
return under the section for the candidate's disclosure period for 13
the election--the end of the disclosure period.'. 14
(3) Section 314-- 15
insert-- 16
`(4) This section applies to Brisbane City Council.'. 17
of s 326 (Separate ballot papers for separate polls) 18
Amendment
Clause 36. Section 326(2) and (3)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(2) Separate ballot papers must be used for the polls unless the returning 21
officer decides to use a combined ballot paper.'. 22
of new s 346A 23
Insertion
Clause 37. After section 346-- 24
insert-- 25
s 38 25 s 39
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Amendment
of ballot papers to certain electors who may cast 1
`Distribution
declaration vote 2
`346A.(1) This section applies to an elector mentioned in section 343(g). 3
`(2) As soon as practicable after the nomination day for an election, the 4
returning officer for the election must give the following things to the 5
elector-- 6
(a) a ballot paper; 7
(b) the approved declaration envelope; 8
(c) written instructions in the approved form on how the vote may be 9
cast; 10
(d) an unsealed reply paid post envelope addressed to the returning 11
officer and bearing the words `Ballot paper--(insert City, Town 12
or Shire) of (insert name of local government area)'. 13
`(3) However, if the things mentioned in subsection (2) are posted to an 14
address outside Australia, the envelope mentioned in subsection (2)(d) need 15
not be reply paid.'. 16
of s 353 (Distribution of declaration envelopes when 17
Amendment
separate ballot papers or polls on same day) 18
Clause 38. Section 353(1)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`353.(1) This section applies if-- 21
(a) under section 326, separate ballot papers are used in polls for 22
elections of the mayor and another councillor conducted on the 23
same day; or 24
(b) under this part, a local government conducts a poll under 25
chapter 6, part 2, on the day of the poll for an election.'. 26
of new s 363A 27
Insertion
Clause 39. After section 363-- 28
insert-- 29
s 40 26 s 42
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Amendment
processing of declaration votes by returning 1
`Preliminary
officer--postal ballot election 2
`363A.(1) This section applies to an election for which a direction has 3
been given under section 318(2)(a). 4
`(2) After 8 a.m. on the day before polling day, the returning officer may 5
open all ballot boxes and examine the declaration envelopes to decide 6
whether the ballot papers in the envelopes are to be accepted for counting.'. 7
of new s 413A 8
Insertion
Clause 40. In part 8, division 1, before section 414-- 9
insert-- 10
of pt 8 to Brisbane City Council 11
`Application
`413A. This part applies to Brisbane City Council.'. 12
of s 415 (Candidates) 13
Amendment
Clause 41. Section 415-- 14
insert-- 15
`(2) In this section-- 16
"nomination day", for an election for Brisbane City Council, means the 17
day of nomination specified in the notice for the election published 18
under the City of Brisbane Act 1924, section 17(4).'. 19
of new s 423A 20
Insertion
Clause 42. After section 423-- 21
insert-- 22
period for s 427A 23
`Disclosure
`423A. For section 427A, the disclosure period for an election-- 24
(a) starts at the end of the prescribed period after the conclusion of the 25
immediately preceding triennial elections for the relevant local 26
s 43 27 s 44
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government under the section; and 1
(b) ends at the end of the prescribed period after the conclusion of the 2
election.'. 3
of new ss 425A and 425B 4
Insertion
Clause 43. In chapter 5, part 8, division 2, subdivision 3, after section 425-- 5
insert-- 6
provisions for other disclosure periods 7
`Transitional
`425A. Despite subdivisions 1 and 2, if a disclosure period for a 8
Brisbane City Council election, or a disclosure period for section 427A for 9
another local government election, would otherwise start before the 10
commencement of this section, it starts on the commencement. 11
of sdiv 3 12
`Expiry
`425B. This subdivision expires on 1 January 2004.'. 13
of s 426 (Definitions) 14
Amendment
Clause 44.(1) Section 426, heading-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Definitions for div 3'. 17
(2) Section 426, `In this subdivision--' 18
omit, insert-- 19
`In this division--'. 20
(3) Section 426-- 21
insert-- 22
` "group of candidates" means a group of candidates formed to promote 23
the election of the candidates for a particular local government, but 24
does not include a political party or an associated entity. 25
"group's campaign committee", for a campaign committee of a group of 26
s 45 28 s 46
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Amendment
candidates for an election, means a committee formed to help the 1
election campaign of members of the group.'. 2
of s 427 (Gifts to candidates) 3
Amendment
Clause 45. Section 427-- 4
insert-- 5
`(3) A candidate need not comply with subsection (2) if-- 6
(a) the candidate gives a return under section 242(1)(a) 2 and the 7
return states the candidate-- 8
(i) does not expect to receive gifts in the disclosure period for 9
the election after giving the return; and 10
(ii) will give a return under the section if gifts are received in the 11
disclosure period for the election after giving the return; and 12
(b) the candidate does not receive gifts in the disclosure period for the 13
election after giving the return.'. 14
of new s 427A 15
Insertion
Clause 46. After section 427-- 16
insert-- 17
to groups of candidates 18
`Gifts
`427A.(1) This section applies if-- 19
(a) a candidate for an election is a member of a group of candidates; 20
and 21
(b) the group, or the group's campaign committee for the election, 22
receives gifts for the election during the disclosure period for this 23
section for the election. 24
`(2) Within 3 months after the conclusion of the election, the candidate 25
must give to the chief executive officer of the local government to which the 26
2 Section 242 (Requirements of councillors before acting in office)
s 47 29 s 47
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election relates a return, in the approved form, stating the following-- 1
(a) the names of the candidates forming the group; 2
(b) the name, if any, of the group; 3
(c) the total value of all of the gifts; 4
(d) how many persons made the gifts; 5
(e) the relevant details for each gift made by a person to the group if 6
the total value of all gifts made by the person to the group during 7
the disclosure period is the prescribed amount or more. 8
`(3) A candidate need not comply with subsection (2) if-- 9
(a) the candidate gives a return under section 242(1)(a) and the return 10
states the candidate-- 11
(i) does not expect the group or the group's campaign 12
committee for the election to receive further gifts in the 13
disclosure period for the election after giving the return; and 14
(ii) will give a return under the section if further gifts are 15
received in the disclosure period for the election after giving 16
the return; and 17
(b) the group or the group's campaign committee for the election 18
does not receive further gifts in the disclosure period for the 19
election after giving the return.'. 20
of s 429 (Chief executive officer to give reminder notice to 21
Amendment
candidates) 22
Clause 47.(1) Section 429(1), from `to give'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`, under section 427(2), to give for the election.'. 25
(2) Section 429-- 26
insert-- 27
`(1A) To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section does not apply 28
if, under section 427(3), the candidate is not required to give the return.'. 29
s 48 30 s 50
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Amendment
(3) Section 429(3)(b)-- 1
insert-- 2
`· section 427A'. 3
of s 430 (Gifts for third party expenditure for political 4
Amendment
purposes) 5
Clause 48. Section 430-- 6
insert-- 7
`(3A) Also, for subsection (1), a person does not include a person who is 8
a member of a candidate's campaign committee or a group's campaign 9
committee for an election of the candidate or members of a group of 10
candidates.'. 11
Division 3--Amendments of Local Government Act 1993 about local 12
laws and local law policies commencing on assent 13
of new s 856A 14
Insertion
Clause 49. After section 856-- 15
insert-- 16
1--propose a law 17
`Step
`856A. Before making a model local law, a local government must, by 18
resolution, propose to adopt the model local law.'. 19
of s 857 (Step 1--make a law) 20
Amendment
Clause 50. Section 857, heading-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`Step 2--make a law'. 23
s 51 31 s 53
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Amendment
of s 858 (Step 2--give public notice of law) 1
Amendment
Clause 51. Section 858, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Step 3--give public notice of law'. 4
of s 860 (Step 1--propose a law) 5
Amendment
Clause 52. Section 860(1)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`860.(1) Before making an interim local law, the local government must, 8
by resolution, propose to-- 9
(a) make the law; and 10
(b) get the Minister's agreement to make the law as an interim local 11
law.'. 12
of s 861 (Step 2--get Minister's agreement to use interim 13
Replacement
local law process) 14
Clause 53. Section 861-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
2--get Minister's agreement to use interim local law process 17
`Step
`861.(1) The local government must-- 18
(a) give the Minister a copy of the proposed interim local law; and 19
(b) advise the Minister why it is necessary or desirable for the local 20
law to be made on an interim basis; and 21
(c) give the Minister the following information about the proposed 22
interim local law-- 23
(i) any provision of the proposed interim local law that, under 24
division 5, is a possible anti-competitive provision and 25
actions taken or proposed to be taken by the local 26
government under the division about the provision; 27
s 53 32 s 53
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(ii) information required by the Minister or under a regulation. 1
`(2) The Minister must advise the local government that it may proceed 2
further in making the interim local law if the Minister-- 3
(a) agrees the proposed local law may be made on an interim basis; 4
and 5
(b) considers State interests are satisfactorily dealt with by the 6
proposed local law. 7
`(3) The Minister's agreement may be given on conditions the Minister 8
considers appropriate. 9
`(4) If the Minister agrees the proposed local law may be made on an 10
interim basis but considers State interests would be satisfactorily dealt with 11
by the proposed local law if the local government satisfied particular 12
conditions, the Minister-- 13
(a) may impose the conditions on the local government the Minister 14
considers appropriate; and 15
(b) must advise the local government that it may proceed further in 16
making the interim local law if it-- 17
(i) satisfies any conditions about the content of the proposed 18
local law; and 19
(ii) agrees to satisfy any other conditions. 20
`(5) Without limiting subsection (4)(a), the Minister may impose a 21
condition about a longer consultation period for making the interim local 22
law as a local law under division 3. 23
`(6) Also, the Minister's advice may state that the local government may 24
proceed without satisfying step 7 of division 3 if it agrees to satisfy 25
particular conditions. 26
`(7) Before proceeding to step 3, the local government must-- 27
(a) get an advice under subsection (2) or (4); and 28
(b) satisfy any condition about the content of the proposed local law; 29
and 30
(c) agree to satisfy any other conditions.'. 31
s 54 33 s 57
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Amendment
of new s 863A 1
Insertion
Clause 54. In chapter 12, part 2, division 2, after section 863-- 2
insert-- 3
proposed interim local law under div 3 4
`Making
`863A.(1) After making the proposed interim local law, the local 5
government must proceed to make the proposed interim local law as a local 6
law under division 3, starting at step 3. 7
`(2) The local government must publish a notice about the proposed local 8
law under section 868(4) within-- 9
(a) 21 days after the resolution; or 10
(b) the longer period decided by the Minister under section 861(5) 11
about making the local law.'. 12
of s 864 (Application of division) 13
Amendment
Clause 55. Section 864, after `to'-- 14
insert-- 15
`section 863A and'. 16
of s 866 (Step 1--propose a law) 17
Replacement
Clause 56. Section 866-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
1--propose a law 20
`Step
`866. Before making a local law, the local government must, by 21
resolution, propose to make the law.'. 22
of s 867 (Step 2--ensure proposed law satisfactorily deals 23
Amendment
with any State interest) 24
Clause 57. Section 867(1)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
s 58 34 s 60
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Amendment
`867.(1) The local government must give the Minister the following-- 1
(a) a copy of the proposed local law; 2
(b) the following information about the proposed local law-- 3
(i) any provision of the proposed local law that, under 4
division 5, is a possible anti-competitive provision and 5
actions taken or proposed to be taken by the local 6
government under the division about the provision; 7
(ii) information required by the Minister or under a regulation.'. 8
of s 868 (Step 3--consult with public about proposed 9
Amendment
law) 10
Clause 58. Section 868(2)(a), after `step 2'-- 11
insert-- 12
`of this division or division 2'. 13
of s 872 (Step 7--again ensure proposed law 14
Amendment
satisfactorily deals with any State interest) 15
Clause 59. Section 872(1)(a), after `under section'-- 16
insert-- 17
`861(6) or'. 18
of s 877 (Step 1--propose a policy) 19
Replacement
Clause 60. Section 877-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
1--propose a local law policy 22
`Step
`877. Before making a local law policy, the local government must, by 23
resolution, propose to make the local law policy.'. 24
s 61 35 s 62
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 883 (Early commencement under local law policy 1
Amendment
making process) 2
Clause 61.(1) Section 883(2)(a), from `division'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`division 1 or steps 3 to 7 of division 3; and'. 5
(2) Section 883(2)(b)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(b) for a proposed authorising local law made under division 3--the 8
notice about the local law policy under section 878 is published no 9
earlier than the notice about the proposed authorising law under 10
section 868 is published.'. 11
of new s 896A 12
Insertion
Clause 62. After section 896-- 13
insert-- 14
of expiry of interim local law 15
`Effect
`896A.(1) This section applies if-- 16
(a) a local law (the "original local law") is repealed or amended by 17
an interim local law; and 18
(b) the interim local law expires; and 19
(c) the interim local law is not made, with or without change, as a 20
local law under part 2, division 3. 21
`(2) If the interim local law repealed the original local law, on the expiry 22
of the interim local law-- 23
(a) the original local law revives in the form it was immediately 24
before the repeal; and 25
(b) a local law policy, or a provision of a local law policy, that ceases 26
to have effect because of the repeal revives in the form it was 27
immediately before the repeal. 28
`(3) If the interim local law amended the original local law, on the expiry 29
s 63 36 s 64
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
of the interim local law, the original local law is taken to never have been 1
amended by the interim local law. 2
`(4) Subsection (5) applies if a local law policy, or a provision of a local 3
law policy, ceases to have effect because of the amendment of the original 4
local law. 5
`(5) On the expiry of the interim local law, the local law policy or 6
provision is taken never to have been affected by the amendment. 7
`(6) Subsections (3) and (5) do not affect anything done or suffered 8
under the interim local law before it expired.'. 9
of new s 897A 10
Insertion
Clause 63. After section 897-- 11
insert-- 12
local law policies cease to have effect 13
`When
`897A.(1) This section applies if-- 14
(a) a local law or provision of a local law states a matter about which 15
a local law policy may be made; and 16
(b) a local law policy is made about the matter; and 17
(c) the local law is repealed or the provision is omitted.3 18
`(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the local law policy ceases to 19
have effect on the repeal or omission. 20
`(3) This section has effect subject to section 896A.'. 21
of s 1228 (Repeal or amendment of anti-competitive 22
Amendment
provision) 23
Clause 64.(1) Section 1228(3), from `A' to `following'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
3 A local government may also repeal a local law policy by using the processes
stated in part 2, division 4, for making a local law policy--see the Acts
Interpretation Act 1954, section 24AA.
s 65 37 s 66
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
`The local government must give notice of the making of the local law or 1
local law policy. 2
`(3A) The notice must state the following'. 3
(2) Section 1228-- 4
insert-- 5
`(3B) The notice must be published in-- 6
(a) for a local law--the gazette; or 7
(b) for a local law policy--a newspaper circulating generally in the 8
local government's area.'. 9
Division 4--Amendments of Local Government Act 1993 about local 10
laws and local law policies commencing on 1 January 2000 11
of s 3 (Definitions) 12
Amendment
Clause 65. Section 3-- 13
insert-- 14
` "drafting certificate", for a proposed interim local law, proposed local 15
law or subordinate local law, means a certificate signed by the relevant 16
local government's chief executive officer and a lawyer stating the law 17
is drafted in accordance with drafting standards prescribed under a 18
regulation for the law.'. 19
of s 853 (Meaning of "local law policy") 20
Replacement
Clause 66. Section 853-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
of "subordinate local law" 23
`Meaning
`853. A "subordinate local law" is a law made by a local government 24
about a matter that a local law expressly states that the local government 25
may make about the matter.'. 26
s 67 38 s 69
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 861 (Step 2--get Minister's agreement to use interim 1
Amendment
local law process) 2
Clause 67. Section 861(1)(a)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(a) give the Minister-- 5
(i) a copy of the proposed interim local law; and 6
(ii) a drafting certificate for the proposed local law; and'. 7
(2) Section 861(2)-- 8
insert-- 9
`(c) considers the proposed local law is drafted substantially in 10
accordance with drafting standards prescribed under a 11
regulation.'. 12
13
of s 867 (Step 2--ensure proposed law satisfactorily deals 14
Amendment
with any State interest) 15
Clause 68.(1) Section 867(1)-- 16
insert-- 17
`(aa)a drafting certificate for the proposed local law;'. 18
(2) Section 867(2)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(2) The Minister must advise the local government that it may proceed 21
further in making the law if the Minister considers -- 22
(a) State interests are satisfactorily dealt with by the proposed local 23
law; and 24
(b) the proposed local law is drafted substantially in accordance with 25
drafting standards prescribed under a regulation.'. 26
of s 882 (Step 6--give public notice of policy) 27
Amendment
Clause 69. Section 882(3)(c)-- 28
s 70 39 s 70
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
omit, insert-- 1
`(c) a drafting certificate for the subordinate local law; and 2
(d) advice of any anti-competitive provisions included in the 3
subordinate local law and reasons for their inclusion.'. 4
of new ch 12, pt 5 5
Insertion
Clause 70. After section 899-- 6
insert-- 7
`PART 5--REVIEW AND EXPIRY OF LOCAL LAWS 8
AND SUBORDINATE LOCAL LAWS 9
for pt 5 10
`Definitions
`899A. In this part-- 11
"expiry date" means-- 12
(a) for the first review date--31 December 2010; or 13
(b) for a subsequent review date--31 December in the year that is 14
2 years after the review date. 15
"first review date" means 1 January 2008. 16
"redundant provision" see section 899C. 17
"review date" means the first review date or a subsequent review date. 18
"subsequent review date" means 1 January in each tenth year after 19
1 January 2008. 20
of local laws and subordinate local laws 21
`Expiry
`899B. A local law or subordinate local law in force on a review date 22
expires on the expiry date for the review date unless-- 23
(a) it sooner expires or is repealed; or 24
(b) the local government publishes a notice in the gazette for the laws 25
under section 899C. 26
s 70 40 s 70
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
of local laws and subordinate local laws 1
`Reviews
`899C.(1) After each review date, a local government must review its 2
local laws and subordinate local laws in force on the review date to identify 3
any provision of the law that serves no useful purpose (a "redundant 4
provision"). 5
`(2) After reviewing the law, the local government must, by resolution, 6
decide whether it contains any redundant provisions. 7
`(3) If, after reviewing the law, a local government by resolution decides 8
that the law does not contain any redundant provisions, the local 9
government must publish a notice about the review in the gazette stating the 10
following-- 11
(a) the name of the local government; 12
(b) the name of the law reviewed; 13
(c) that the law was reviewed by it to identify any provision that 14
serves no useful purpose but no provision was identified; 15
(d) the date of the local government's resolution about the review. 16
`(4) As soon as practicable after the notice is published, the local 17
government must give a copy of the notice to the Minister. 18
of redundant provision 19
`Repeal
`899D.(1) This section applies if, after a review under this part of a local 20
law or subordinate local law (the "existing law"), a local government 21
decides the law contains a redundant provision. 22
`(2) The local government must, by resolution, make a local law or 23
subordinate local law repealing the provision. 24
`(3) A notice of the making of the local law or subordinate local law must 25
be published in the gazette stating the following-- 26
(a) the name of the local government making the law; 27
(b) the name of the law; 28
(c) the date of the local government's resolution making the law; 29
(d) the name of the existing law; 30
s 71 41 s 72
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Amendment
(e) that a redundant provision of the existing law has been identified; 1
(f) that the provision has been repealed; 2
(g) that a certified copy of the law is open to inspection at the local 3
government's public office and at the department's state office. 4
`(4) The local government's chief executive officer must certify the 5
required number of copies of the law to be the law as made by the local 6
government. 7
`(5) As soon as practicable after the making of the law, the local 8
government must give the Minister-- 9
(a) a copy of the notice; and 10
(b) the required number of certified copies of the law. 11
`(6) Part 24 does not apply to a law made under this section.'. 12
of s 1132 (Delegation by chief executive officer) 13
Amendment
Clause 71. Section 1132-- 14
insert-- 15
`(2A) Also, the chief executive officer may not delegate the chief 16
executive officer's power to sign a drafting certificate for a proposed interim 17
local law, proposed local law or subordinate local law.'. 18
of s 1203 (Regulation-making power) 19
Amendment
Clause 72. Section 1203-- 20
insert-- 21
`(2) A regulation prescribing drafting standards for local laws or 22
subordinate local laws may make provision about the following-- 23
(a) the citation and numbering of the laws; 24
(b) the use of gender-neutral language in the laws; 25
4 Part 2 (Making local laws and subordinate local laws)
s 73 42 s 74
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
(c) the application of fundamental legislative principles to the laws; 1
(d) the printing and drafting style used in the laws. 2
`(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the matters for which the regulation 3
may make provision.'. 4
of new s 1234 5
Insertion
Clause 73. After section 1233-- 6
insert-- 7
provisions for local law policies 8
`Transitional
`1234.(1) A local law policy in force immediately before the 9
commencement of this section is taken to be a subordinate local law. 10
`(2) A reference in an Act or document to a local law policy may, if the 11
context permits, be taken to be a reference to a subordinate local law. 12
`(3) The register kept by a local government, at the commencement, of its 13
local law policies is taken to be the register of its subordinate local laws. 14
`(4) Subsection (5) applies if, before the commencement, a local 15
government had started, but not finished, using the process under 16
chapter 12, part 2, division 4, for making a local law policy about a matter. 17
`(5) On the commencement, the local government is taken to have used 18
the process for making a subordinate local law about the matter to the extent 19
it used the process under subsection (4).'. 20
5--Amendments of Local Government Act 1993 about rates 21
Division
of s 3 (Definitions) 22
Amendment
Clause 74.(1) Section 3, definition "overdue rate"-- 23
omit. 24
(2) Section 3-- 25
insert-- 26
s 75 43 s 76
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
` "discount date", for a rate, means a date, decided by the local 1
government, by which the rate must be paid for a discount to be 2
allowed. 3
"discount period" , for a rate, means a period of time, decided by the local 4
government, during which the rate must be paid for a discount to be 5
allowed. 6
"overdue rate" for-- 7
(a) Brisbane City Council--means the unpaid amount of a rate under 8
the City of Brisbane Act 1924, section 67(1); or 9
(b) another local government--see section 1016.'. 10
of s 967 (Minimum general rate levy) 11
Amendment
Clause 75. Section 967-- 12
insert-- 13
`(3) A local government must not make and levy a minimum general rate 14
levy for a parcel of land if-- 15
(a) the Valuation of Land Act 1944, section 25,5 applies to the parcel; 16
and 17
(b) under that section, the parcel's discounted valuation period has not 18
ended.'. 19
of s 971 (Special rates and charges) 20
Amendment
Clause 76.(1) Section 971(1)(b)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(b) in the local government's opinion-- 23
(i) the land, or the occupier of the land, has or will specially 24
benefit from, or has or will have special access to, the 25
service, facility or activity; or 26
5 Section 25 (Valuation--discounting for subdivided land)
s 76 44 s 76
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
(ii) the occupier of the land, or the use made or to be made of the 1
land, has, or will, specially contribute to the need for the 2
service, facility or activity. 3
4
Examples for subsection (1)(b)(i)--
5
A rural fire services charge to raise funds for a rural fire brigade to
6
purchase or maintain equipment to service only part of the local
7
government's area.
8
A tourism promotion charge levied on land used for businesses that
9
would benefit from tourism promotion in the local government's
10
area.
11
A recreational facilities charge levied over a 2 year period to
12
contribute to the cost of building playground facilities and amenities
13
in a nominated park in part of the local government's area.
14
A cultural centre charge levied over an 8 year period to contribute
15
to the cost of building a centre in part of the local government's
16
area (e.g. 1 of 2 towns in the area), with construction to start within
17
a certain number of years after the charge is first levied.
18
A charge, levied over a 20 year period, to repay a loan for the
19
construction of a drainage system in part of the local government's
20
area, from which some land would commence receiving a benefit in
21
a year and the remainder in a later year of the 20 year period.
22
Example for subsection (1)(b)(ii)--
23
An entity that relies on road transport for its business specially
24
contributes to the wear and tear on a local road adjoining its
25
property and is likely to need a higher standard of road than the
26
occupiers of other properties adjoining the road.'.
(2) Section 971(3), `in the local government's opinion,' to `activity.'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
`in the local government's opinion-- 29
(a) the land, or the occupier of the land, has or will specially benefit 30
from, or has or will have special access to, the service, facility or 31
activity; or 32
(b) the occupier of the land, or the use made or to be made of the 33
land, has, or will, specially contribute to the need for the service, 34
facility or activity.'. 35
s 77 45 s 77
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
(3) Section 971(4)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(4) The local government's resolution making the special rate or charge 3
must identify-- 4
(a) the rateable land to which the rate or charge applies; and 5
(b) the overall plan for the supply of the service, facility or activity. 6
`(4A) The overall plan must-- 7
(a) be adopted by the local government by resolution either before, or 8
at the same time as, the local government first makes the special 9
rate or charge; and 10
(b) identify the rateable land to which the rate or charge applies; and 11
(c) describe the service, facility or activity; and 12
(d) state the estimated cost of implementing the overall plan; and 13
(e) state the estimated time for implementing the overall plan. 14
`(4B) Under an overall plan, a special rate or charge may be made and 15
levied for 1 or more years before any of the funds received by the local 16
government from the special rate or charge are expended in implementing 17
the plan. 18
`(4C) If an overall plan will not be implemented within 1 year, the local 19
government must, at or before the budget meeting for each year of the 20
period for implementing the overall plan, by resolution, adopt an annual 21
implementation plan for the year. 22
`(4D) The local government may, by resolution, at any time, amend an 23
overall plan or an annual implementation plan.6'. 24
of new s 971A 25
Insertion
Clause 77. After section 971-- 26
insert-- 27
6 For transitional arrangements for special rates and charges--see section 1233.
s 78 46 s 78
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
of special rates and charges 1
`Adjustment
`971A.(1) If more funds are received by a local government from a 2
special rate or charge made and levied in a financial year than are expended 3
in carrying out the implementation plan for the year, the local government 4
may carry the unexpended funds forward for expending under an 5
implementation plan in a future financial year. 6
`(2) A special rate or charge is not invalid merely because a local 7
government made and levied a special rate or charge on land to which 8
section 971(1)(b) did not apply. 9
`(3) If a local government makes and levies a special rate or charge on 10
land to which section 971(1)(b) does not apply, the local government must 11
return the funds received to the person on whom the special rate or charge 12
was levied. 13
`(4) If a local government has funds received from a special rate or 14
charge remaining after an overall plan is implemented, or after the local 15
government decides not to fully implement an overall plan, the local 16
government must pay the remaining funds, in the same proportions as the 17
special rate or charge was last levied, to the current owners of the land on 18
which the special rate or charge was levied.'. 19
of s 1008 (Levying rates) 20
Amendment
Clause 78. Section 1008(2)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(2) A local government must state on the rate notice-- 23
(a) the date the rate notice was issued; and 24
(b) the date by which or the time within which the rate must be paid. 25
`(2B) The local government may also state on a rate notice amounts, 26
other than rates, that are payable to the local government. 27
28
Example for subsection (2B)--
29
Licence fees.'.
s 79 47 s 79
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 1008 (Levying rates) 1
Amendment
Clause 79.(1) Section 1008-- 2
insert-- 3
`(2A) The local government must also state on, or include with, the rate 4
notice-- 5
(a) if the local government has decided 1 or more discount dates or 6
1 or more discount periods for payment of the rate--the discount 7
or information about how the discount is calculated; and 8
(b) if the local government has resolved that a rate may be paid by 9
instalments--requirements for payment by instalments.'. 10
(2) Section 1008-- 11
insert-- 12
`(2C) If a local government includes an amount mentioned in 13
subsection (2B) on a rate notice, it must be clear on the face of the rate 14
notice that-- 15
(a) the amount is not a rate; and 16
(b) payment of the amount, whether before or after any discount date 17
or discount period for a rate mentioned in the notice, does not 18
affect any discount relating to the rate. 19
`(2D) Subsection (2E) applies if-- 20
(a) the local government receives payment of an amount (the 21
"amount received") that is less than the total of all amounts, 22
mentioned on a rate notice (the "rate notice amounts"), that are 23
payable to the local government; and 24
(b) the person who pays the amount received does not specify which 25
of the rate notice amounts the person is intending to pay. 26
`(2E) The local government must use the amount received in payment of 27
the rate notice amounts in the following order-- 28
· overdue rates 29
· a rate or rates levied by the rate notice 30
s 80 48 s 81
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
· amounts, other than rates, that are payable to the local 1
government.'. 2
of s 1008 (Levying rates) 3
Amendment
Clause 80. Section 1008-- 4
insert-- 5
`(4A) If a person liable to pay a rate has paid the rate before the local 6
government has given the person a rate notice for the period for which the 7
rate is levied, the local government is not required to give the person a rate 8
notice for the period.'. 9
of s 1014 (Time within which rates must be paid) 10
Replacement
Clause 81. Section 1014-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
within which rates must be paid 13
`Time
`1014.(1) At its budget meeting, a local government must, by resolution, 14
decide the date by which, or the time within which, each rate must be paid. 15
`(2) The date by which, or the time within which, the rate must be paid 16
must be-- 17
(a) at least 30 days after the rate notice is issued; and 18
(b) the same date or time for each person liable to pay a rate. 19
`(3) If, under section 1019(4), the local government alters the discount 20
date or discount period for the rate to a date that is after the date by which, or 21
the time within which, the rate must be paid, the local government must, by 22
resolution, alter the date by which, or the time within which, the rate must 23
be paid. 24
`(4) The altered date or time must not be before the discount date, or the 25
last day of the discount period, for the rate.'. 26
s 82 49 s 82
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
of ss 10191022 1
Replacement
Clause 82. Sections 1019 to 1022-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
for prompt payment 4
`Discount
`1019.(1) At its budget meeting, a local government may, by resolution, 5
decide to allow a discount for prompt payment of a rate. 6
`(2) If a local government decides to allow a discount, the local 7
government must decide-- 8
(a) whether the discount is to be a fixed amount or a percentage of the 9
rate; and 10
(b) if the discount is to be a fixed amount--the amount; and 11
(c) if the discount is to be a percentage of the rate--the percentage; 12
and 13
(d) the discount date or discount period for the rate. 14
`(3) The discount date or discount period for a rate must not be-- 15
(a) for the discount date--after the date decided by the local 16
government under section 1014 as the date by which the rate must 17
be paid; and 18
(b) for the discount period--longer than the time decided by the local 19
government under section 1014 as the time within which the rate 20
must be paid. 21
`(4) The discount date or discount period may be altered by the local 22
government, by resolution, to allow each person liable to pay the rate a 23
greater period of time to pay the rate and be allowed the discount. 24
`(5) If the local government allows a discount for payment of a rate, it 25
must allow the discount to each person liable to pay the rate and who pays 26
the rate by the discount date or within the discount period for the rate. 27
`(6) The local government may allow more than 1 amount of discount or 28
percentage discount for a rate only if the local government-- 29
(a) decides more than 1 discount date or discount period for the rate; 30
and 31
s 83 50 s 83
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Amendment
(b) allows a different amount of discount or percentage discount for 1
each discount date or discount period decided. 2
if payment of rates by instalments 3
`Discount
`1020.(1) This section applies to a rate being paid to a local government 4
by instalments. 5
`(2) At its budget meeting, the local government may decide, by 6
resolution, to allow a discount for payment of an instalment of the rate by 7
the last day of the period for paying the instalment. 8
`(3) If a local government allows a discount for payment of the 9
instalment, it must allow the discount to each person paying the rate by 10
instalments and who pays an instalment by the day mentioned in 11
subsection (2). 12
if special circumstances prevent prompt payment 13
`Discount
`1021. If a local government is satisfied that a person liable to pay a rate 14
has been prevented, by circumstances beyond the person's control, from 15
paying the rate in time to benefit from a discount under section 1019 16
or 1020, the local government may still allow the discount. 17
if other rates are overdue 18
`Discount
`1022. Sections 1019 to 1021 do not apply to a rate paid in full by the 19
discount date or by the end of the discount period if other rates are overdue 20
for the land.'. 21
of new s 1030A 22
Insertion
Clause 83. In chapter 14, part 5, after section 1030-- 23
insert-- 24
becomes or ceases to be land on which a special rate or charge 25
`Land
may be levied 26
`1030A.(1) This section applies if land-- 27
s 84 51 s 85
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Amendment
(a) becomes land on which a local government may make and levy a 1
special rate or charge; or 2
(b) ceases to be land on which a local government may make and 3
levy a special rate or charge. 4
5
Example--
6
The boundaries of a rural fire brigade's area change to include or exclude a parcel
7
of rateable land.
`(2) The special rate or charge may be levied only for the proportion of 8
the relevant period for which the land is land on which the local government 9
may make and levy a special rate or charge.'. 10
of new ch 19, pt 1, div 5 11
Replacement
Clause 84. Chapter 19, part 1, division 5-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
ART 2--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR LOCAL 14
`P
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION 15
AMENDMENT ACT 1999 16
arrangement for special rates and charges 17
`Transitional
`1233. Despite the commencement of the Local Government and Other 18
Legislation Amendment Act 1999, sections 76 and 77, a local government 19
may make a rate or charge under section 971, for the financial year 20
beginning on 1 July 1999, as if sections 76 and 77 had not commenced.'. 21
6--Other amendments of Local Government Act 1993 22
Division
of s 90 (Public notice of proposed determination to 23
Amendment
implement matter) 24
Clause 85.(1) Section 90(2)(a)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
s 86 52 s 88
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
`(a) the general effect of the proposed determination; and'. 1
(2) Section 90(2)(b), after `recommendations'-- 2
insert-- 3
`on implementation issues for the matter'. 4
of s 100 (Notice of proposed determination to implement 5
Amendment
matter and recommendations) 6
Clause 86.(1) Section 100(2)(a)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(a) the general effect of the proposed determination; and'. 9
(2) Section 100(2)(b), after `recommendations'-- 10
insert-- 11
`on implementation issues for the matter'. 12
of s 220 (General qualifications for membership) 13
Amendment
Clause 87. Section 220(1), after `if the person'-- 14
insert-- 15
`is an Australian citizen who'. 16
of s 242 (Requirements of councillors before acting in 17
Amendment
office) 18
Clause 88.(1) Section 242(1)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`242.(1) A person elected as a councillor must not act in the office until 21
the person-- 22
(a) gives the chief executive officer of the local government a return 23
s 88 53 s 88
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
in the approved form;7 and 1
(b) after giving the return, makes a declaration of office.'. 2
(2) Section 242(3), `(1)(b)(i)'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(1)(a)'. 5
(3) Section 242-- 6
insert-- 7
`(3A) Also, if section 427A8 applies to the person, the return under 8
subsection (1)(a) must state the information mentioned in the section to the 9
extent that the person states the information is readily available when giving 10
the return.'. 11
(4) Section 242(4)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(4) The declaration of office for a councillor of Brisbane City Council 14
must be in the following form-- 15
`I, ............, having been elected/appointed as a councillor of Brisbane 16
City Council, declare that I will faithfully and impartially fulfil the 17
duties of the office to the best of my judgment and ability.'. 18
`(4A) The declaration of office for a councillor of another local 19
government must be in the following form-- 20
`I, ............, having been elected/appointed as a councillor of the 21
Council of the City/Town/Shire of ............, declare that I will faithfully 22
and impartially fulfil the duties of the office, including perform the role 23
of a councillor under the Local Government Act 1993, section 229, to 24
the best of my judgment and ability.'.'. 25
7 For keeping of the return as part of a register that is open to inspection, see
section 433 (Registers of electoral gifts).
8 Section 427A (Gifts to groups of candidates)
s 89 54 s 91
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
(5) Section 242(8), `(1)(b)(i)'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(1)(a)'. 3
of s 518 (Adoption of budget) 4
Amendment
Clause 89. Section 518(1), after `must'-- 5
insert-- 6
`, by resolution,'. 7
of s 519 (Requirements of budgets) 8
Amendment
Clause 90. Section 519(3), after `may'-- 9
insert-- 10
`, by resolution,'. 11
of s 555 (Public benefit assessments to be undertaken) 12
Amendment
Clause 91. Section 555(3)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(3) If a local government acts under subsection (2)-- 15
(a) this chapter, other than sections 556, 558(1) and 564(3), applies, 16
with all necessary changes, to the activity as if it were a new 17
type 2 business activity; and 18
(b) for chapter 11,9 the activity is taken to be significant business 19
activity, under this chapter, carried on by a local government 20
business entity.'. 21
9 Chapter 11 (Complaints about competitive neutrality)
s 92 55 s 93
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 598 (Delegation of powers for corporatised 1
Amendment
corporations) 2
Clause 92. Section 598(11), `1999'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`2000'. 5
of s 1044 (Reserve price at auction) 6
Amendment
Clause 93. Section 1044(2)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(2) The local government may choose a reserve price of at least either-- 9
(a) the market value of the land; or 10
(b) the higher of the following-- 11
(i) the amount of all overdue rates levied on the land; 12
(ii) the unimproved value of the land. 13
`(3) In this section-- 14
"improved value", for land, means the amount the land and fixed 15
improvements on the land would be worth if-- 16
(a) there were an exchange between a willing buyer and a willing 17
seller in an arms-length transaction after proper marketing; and 18
(b) the parties had acted knowledgeably, prudently and without 19
compulsion. 20
"market value", for land, means the higher of 2 valuations of the improved 21
value of the land obtained by the local government from each of 22
2 registered valuers who are not employees of the local government, in 23
partnership with each other or employed by the same employer. 24
"registered valuer" means a valuer registered under the Valuers 25
Registration Act 1992.'. 26
s 94 56 s 95
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
to omit headings following cross references 1
Amendment
Clause 94.(1) This section applies to a section containing a cross reference to a 2
provision of the Act followed by the heading to the provision in round 3
brackets. 4
(2) The section is amended by omitting the brackets and the words in the 5
brackets. 6
ART 6--MINOR AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS 7
P
amendments--schedule 3 8
Minor
Clause 95. An Act mentioned in schedule 3 is amended as shown in the 9
schedule. 10
11
57
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 1
¡
section 3 2
AMENDMENTS OF CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 1924 3
1. Section 3A(2)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(2) The provisions of the Local Government Act that apply to the 6
council include the following-- 7
· chapter 2, part 1, divisions 2 and 3 and parts 2 and 3 8
· chapter 3, parts 1 and 3 9
· chapter 4, part 1, part 3, division 2 and part 4 10
· chapter 5, part 5 11
· sections 298 to 300, 302 and 314 12
· chapter 5, part 8 13
· chapter 6, part 4 14
· chapters 8 to 13 15
· chapter 14, part 1, division 2 and part 7 16
· chapter 15 17
58
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
· section 1205 1
· chapter 19, part 1, divisions 3 and 4.10'. 2
2. Section 17, heading, `One vote only'-- 3
omit. 4
3. Section 25C(2) and (3), headings-- 5
omit. 6
10 Chapter 2, part 1, divisions 2 (Roles of local governments) and 3 (Jurisdiction of
local governments) and parts 2 (Joint local governments) and 3 (Joint action by
local governments)
Chapter 3, parts 1 (Reviewable local government matters) and 3 (Local
Government Grants Commission)
Chapter 4, part 1 (Membership of local governments), part 3, division 2
(Obligations of councillors) and part 4 (Vacancies in membership of local
governments)
Chapter 5, part 5 (Division of local government areas)
Sections 298 (Qualification for nomination), 299 (Prohibition of dual
candidature), 300 (Leave to local government employee to contest election),
302 (Who may nominate) and 314 (Disposal of deposits generally)
Chapter 5, part 8 (Disclosure of election gifts)
Chapter 6, part 4 (Enterprises)
Chapter 8 (National competition reform of significant business activities)
Chapter 9 (Conduct of competitive business activities)
Chapter 10 (Reform of certain water and sewerage services)
Chapter 11 (Complaints about competitive neutrality)
Chapter 12 (Local laws and local law policies)
Chapter 13 (Local government infrastructure)
Chapter 14, part 1, division 2 (Averaging of valuations) and part 7 (Recovery of
rates)
Chapter 15 (Provisions aiding local government)
Section 1205 (Application of Freedom of Information Act and Judicial Review
Act)
Chapter 19, part 1, divisions 3 (Local laws and local law policies) and
4 (Anti-competitive provisions of existing local laws and existing local law
policies)
59
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
4. Section 36A(4)(b)-- 1
omit. 2
5. Section 36A(4)(c)-- 3
renumber as section 36A(4)(b). 4
6. Section 36A(9)-- 5
omit. 6
7. Section 46(1)(a)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(a) $1 000; or'. 9
8. Section 47(1)(e)(i) and (ii), `; and'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`;'. 12
9. Section 53, from `meeting'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`budget meeting for the financial year.'. 15
10. Section 66(1), `the meeting at which its budget is adopted'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`its budget meeting'. 18
19
60
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 1
¡
INOR AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 2
M
ACT 1993 3
section 32 4
PART 1--AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 5
ACT 1993 COMMENCING ON ASSENT 6
1. Section 3, definition "declaration voter"-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
` "declaration voter" means a person mentioned in section 343, 344 9
or 345.11'. 10
2. Section 9(2)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(2) The provisions of this Act that apply to Brisbane City Council 13
include the following-- 14
· chapter 2, part 1, divisions 2 and 3 and parts 2 and 3 15
· chapter 3, parts 1 and 3 16
· chapter 4, part 1, part 3, division 2 and part 4 17
· chapter 5, part 5 18
· sections 298 to 300, 302 and 314 19
· chapter 5, part 8 20
11 Section 343 (Who may cast a declaration vote), 344 (Who must cast a
declaration vote in ordinary elections) or 345 (Declaration voting for postal
ballot elections)
61
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
· chapter 6, part 4 1
· chapters 8 to 13 2
· chapter 14, part 1, division 2 and part 7 3
· chapter 15 4
· section 1205 5
· chapter 19, part 1, divisions 3 and 4.12'. 6
3. Section 11(2) and (3)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
12 Chapter 2, part 1, divisions 2 (Roles of local governments) and 3 (Jurisdiction of
local governments) and parts 2 (Joint local governments) and 3 (Joint action by
local governments)
Chapter 3, parts 1 (Reviewable local government matters) and 3 (Local
Government Grants Commission)
Chapter 4, part 1 (Membership of local governments), part 3, division 2
(Obligations of councillors) and part 4 (Vacancies in membership of local
governments)
Chapter 5, part 5 (Division of local government areas)
Sections 298 (Qualification for nomination), 299 (Prohibition of dual
candidature), 300 (Leave to local government employee to contest election),
302 (Who may nominate) and 314 (Disposal of deposits generally)
Chapter 5, part 8 (Disclosure of election gifts)
Chapter 6, part 4 (Enterprises)
Chapter 8 (National competition reform of significant business activities)
Chapter 9 (Conduct of competitive business activities)
Chapter 10 (Reform of certain water and sewerage services)
Chapter 11 (Complaints about competitive neutrality)
Chapter 12 (Local laws and local law policies)
Chapter 13 (Local government infrastructure)
Chapter 14, part 1, division 2 (Averaging of valuations) and part 7 (Recovery of
rates)
Chapter 15 (Provisions aiding local government)
Section 1205 (Application of Freedom of Information Act and Judicial Review
Act)
Chapter 19, part 1, divisions 3 (Local laws and local law policies) and
4 (Anti-competitive provisions of existing local laws and existing local law
policies)
62
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
`(2) The provisions of this Act that apply only to a joint local government 1
include the following-- 2
· chapter 2, part 2 3
· section 166 4
· chapter 4, part 5 5
· chapter 7, part 10 6
· section 1137(3).13 7
`(3) Other provisions that affect the application of this Act to a joint local 8
government include the following-- 9
· section 62, definition "local government" 10
· section 64(7) to (9).14'. 11
4. Section 13(2)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(2) The provisions of this Act that apply to an Aboriginal or Torres 14
Strait Islander local government include the following-- 15
· chapter 2, parts 2 and 3 16
· chapter 3, part 3.15'. 17
13 Chapter 2, part 2 (Joint local governments)
Section 166 (Abolition of joint local government and its area)
Chapter 4, part 5 (Membership of joint local governments)
Chapter 7, part 10 (Joint local governments)
Section 1137 (Concurrent employment of local government employees)
14 Section 62 (Definitions for pt 1)
Section 64 (Meaning of "reviewable local government matter")
15 Chapter 2, parts 2 (Joint local governments) and 3 (Joint action by local
governments)
Chapter 3, part 3 (Local Government Grants Commission)
63
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
5. Section 136(8)(a), from `364(1)' to `day to' -- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`363A(2) or 364(2), the returning officer need not wait until after 8 a.m. 3
on the day before the referendum day or the referendum day to'. 4
6. Section 157(4)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(4) A regulation under subsection (2)(a) applies despite sections 269 7
and 270.16'. 8
7. Section 220(3)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(3) This section is subject to sections 221 and 222.'. 11
8. Section 222(1)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`222.(1) This section applies if a person is found guilty of an offence 14
against section 242(8), 244, 247, 384, 399, 401(a) or (b) or 436(1) 15
or (2).17'. 16
16 Sections 269 (Date of triennial elections) and 270 (Date of by-elections)
17 Section 242 (Requirements of councillors before acting in office),
244 (Exclusion from meeting of councillor with material personal interest),
247 (Registers of interests), 384 (False, misleading or incomplete electoral
documents), 399 (Influencing voting), 401 (Voting if not entitled) or
436 (Offences about returns)
64
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
9. Section 347, heading-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Distribution of ballot papers to other electors who may or must cast 3
declaration vote'. 4
10. Section 347(1), `section 343 (Who may cast a declaration vote)'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`section 343(a) to (f)'. 7
11. Section 350, from `347' to `election)'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`346A, 347 or 349'. 10
12. Section 351, from `347' to `election)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`346A, 347 or 349'. 13
13. Section 351(1)(d), `347(6)'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`346A(2), 347(6)'. 16
14. Section 352(1), `section 343 (Who may cast a declaration vote)'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`section 343(a) to (f)'. 19
65
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
15. Section 356(3), from `347' to election)'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`346A, 347 or 349'. 3
16. Section 357(2)(d)(ii), `343'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`343(a) to (f)'. 6
17. Section 358(2)(d)(ii), `343'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`343(a) to (f)'. 9
18. Section 364, heading-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`Preliminary processing of declaration votes by returning 12
officer--other elections'. 13
19. Section 364(1) to (3)-- 14
renumber as section 364(2) to (4). 15
20. Section 364-- 16
insert-- 17
`364.(1) This section applies to an election other than an election for 18
which a direction has been given under section 318(2)(a).'. 19
66
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
21. Section 365(4)(a), from `364(2)' to `officer)' -- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`364(3)'. 3
22. Sections 383(1), 384, 388, 389(1), 401, 402, 403, 404, 405 and 406, 4
penalty-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Maximum penalty--20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.'. 7
23. Sections 385, 386 and 399, penalty-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Maximum penalty--85 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.'. 10
24. Section 387, penalty-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Maximum penalty--35 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 13
25. Section 389(2), penalty-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Maximum penalty for subsection (2)--20 penalty units.'. 16
26. Section 414, definition "disclosure period", paragraph (b)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
67
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
`(b) for section 427A18--see section 423A; and 1
(c) for section 43019--see section 424.'. 2
27. Section 414, definition "prescribed amount", paragraph (a)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(a) in sections 427(2)(b)(iii), 427A(2)(e) and 428(1)20--$200; or'. 5
28. Chapter 5, part 8, division 2, subdivision 2, heading-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Subdivision 2--Disclosure period for groups of candidates and third 8
parties for elections'. 9
29. Section 423, `section 430'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`sections 427A and 43021'. 12
30. Section 424(a), from `local governments'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`the relevant local government under the section; and'. 15
18 Section 427A (Gifts to groups of candidates)
19 Section 430 (Gifts for third party expenditure for political purposes)
20 Sections 427 (Gifts to candidates), 427A (Gifts to groups of candidates) and
428 (Certain gifts not to be received)
21 Sections 427A (Gifts to groups of candidates) and 430 (Gifts for third party
expenditure for political purposes)
68
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
31. Section 425, heading-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Transitional provisions for disclosure periods starting before 3
January 1997'. 4
32. Section 425(2), `subdivision'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`section'. 7
33. Chapter 5, part 8, division 3, subdivision 1, heading-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary'. 10
34. Before section 427-- 11
insert-- 12
`Subdivision 1A--Disclosure by candidates for elections'. 13
35. Section 477(2)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(2) The relevant provisions are chapter 5, parts 2, 3 and 6 and 16
section 282.22'. 17
22 Chapter 5, parts 2 (Returning officers), 3 (Voters roll) and 6 (Conduct of
elections) and section 282 (Compulsory voting)
69
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
36. Section 484(3) 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(3) This section applies subject to sections 486 and 489.'. 3
37. Section 891(3), `A resolution under subsection (2)'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`A contrary resolution'. 6
38. Section 1029(1)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`1029.(1) This section applies if land is included in a rating category 9
under section 986, 990 or 992.'. 10
39. Section 1035(1)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`1035.(1) This section applies to a power under section 1031, 1032 13
or 1034.'. 14
40. Section 1041(2)(b)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(b) the provisions, or a general outline of the provisions, of 17
sections 1042 to 1047.'. 18
41. Section 1075(1)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`1075.(1) This section applies to an offence against section 1073 21
or 1074.'. 22
70
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
42. Section 1102(1)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`1102.(1) This section applies to an authorised person who enters a place 3
under division 4, 6 or 7.23'. 4
43. Section 1213(1), `chapter 8 (Local laws and local law policies)'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`chapter 12'. 7
44. Section 1213(2), `chapter 8'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`chapter 12'. 10
PART 2--AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 11
ACT 1993 COMMENCING ON 1 JANUARY 2000 12
1. Sections 3, definitions "certified copy" and "State interest", 29, 163, 13
848(3), examples 1 and 2, 854, 876, 877, 878, 879, 880(2)(a), 881, 882, 14
883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889(2), example, 891, 894, 896A, 897, 15
897A, 898, 899, 1218, 1219, definitions "anti-competitive provision" 16
and "public interest test", 1223, 1226, 1228, 1229 and 1232(1) and (2), 17
`local law policy'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`subordinate local law'. 20
23 Divisions 4 (Investigations about offences), 6 (Monitoring authorisations and
notices and processing applications) and 7 (Approved inspection programs)
71
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
2. Section 3, definition "consultation period", paragraph (b)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(b) for a subordinate local law--means the period mentioned in 3
section 878.24'. 4
3. Section 3, definition "local law policy"-- 5
omit. 6
4. Section 3-- 7
insert-- 8
` "subordinate local law" see section 853.'. 9
5. Section 163, heading, `local law policies etc.'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`subordinate local laws etc.'. 12
6. Sections 165, 848(3), 884, 893(a), 895(1), 1220(1), 1221(a) and 13
1231(a), `local law policies'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`subordinate local laws'. 16
7. Chapter 12, heading and chapter 12, parts 2 to 4, headings, 17
`LOCAL LAW POLICIES'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`SUBORDINATE LOCAL LAWS'. 20
24 Section 878 (Step 2--consult with public about proposed subordinate local law)
72
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
8. Sections 854, 886, 897A, 898 and 1220, headings, `local law 1
policies'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`subordinate local laws'. 4
9. Sections 854(2) and 887, `or policy'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`or subordinate local law'. 7
10. Chapter 12, part 2, division 4, heading-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Division 4--Making subordinate local laws'. 10
11. Section 876, heading-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Subordinate local law process'. 13
12. Section 876(2), `purported policy'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`purported subordinate local law'. 16
13. Sections 878, 879, 881 and 882, headings, `policy'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`subordinate local law'. 19
73
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
14. Sections 878(5)(c)(i), 881(4), 882(2)(a), (4)(b) and (5) and 883, `the 1
policy'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`the subordinate local law'. 4
15. Section 877, 883, 887, 897 and 899, headings, `local law policy'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`subordinate local law'. 7
16. Section 883(1), `(the "policy")'-- 8
omit. 9
17. Chapter 12, part 2, division 5, heading and chapter 19, part 1, 10
division 4 and division 4, subdivision 2, headings, `local law policies'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`subordinate local laws'. 13
18. Section 894, heading, `Laws and policies'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Local laws and subordinate local laws'. 16
19. Section 895, heading-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Subordinate local law register'. 19
74
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
20. Section 1219, definition "existing local law policy"-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
` "existing subordinate local law" means a subordinate local law to 3
which, under section 1218, this division applies.'. 4
21. Section 1232(3)(b)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(b) references to an "existing subordinate local law" mean the 7
subordinate local law to which the division is being applied under 8
this section; and'. 9
10
75
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 3 1
¡
INOR AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS 2
M
section 95 3
ART 1--AMENDMENTS OF ACTS COMMENCING 4
P
ON ASSENT 5
INTEGRATED RESORT DEVELOPMENT ACT 1987 6
´
1. Section 65(1)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`65.(1) The Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, section 10(1B) 9
and (6)(b),25 does not apply to a subdivision under this division.'. 10
2. Section 116(5)-- 11
omit. 12
3. Section 151(5)-- 13
omit. 14
25 Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, section 10 (Resubdivision)
76
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 3 (continued)
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ACT 1993 1
´
1. Sections 3, definition "plan of development", 8(2), 28, 29, 30, 31(1), 2
32, 33(2)(d), 34, 35(6), 38(2)(d), 39, 40(1) and (4), 41, 42(4), 43, 45, 46, 3
47(1), 48, 49(3)(d), 50, 51, 52, 53(7), 55(1) and (3)(d), 56, 62(1), 63(1), 4
64(1) and (2)(b), 65(1)(c), 67(2)(a), 68, 69(b), 71(2)(a), 72, 73(1)(b), 5
76(2)(a), 77, 79(1), 80, 81(1), 82(1)(a), 83(4), 86, 87, 88(1)(b), 90(2)(a), 6
91, 92, 94, 95, 96(1)(b), 99(2), 100, 101(3), 102, 103(1), 104(1)(a), 7
105(4), 111, 112(2) to (4), 113(1), 118, 119, 122(1), 125(2), 131(3), 8
133(1)(d), 134(1), 136, 138(5) and (6), 140(4) and (7), 150(3), 152, 158, 9
161(3)(a) and (5), 165(4), 175(1)(a), 190(3)(b), 215(1), `local 10
authority'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`local government'. 13
2. Sections 32(3)(a) and (4), 48(3)(a) and (4), 65(2), 73(2), 81(2), 88(2), 14
96(2), 103(2), 113(2), 136(6), 161(3)(b), `local authority's'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`local government's'. 17
3. Section 82(2)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(2) The Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, section 10(1A),26 20
does not apply to a subdivision by a building units plan mentioned in 21
subsection (1).'. 22
26 Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, section 10 (Resubdivision)
77
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 3 (continued)
4. Section 85(1)(a)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(a) section 10(1B);'. 3
5. Section 104(2)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(2) The Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, section 10(1A),27 6
does not apply to a subdivision by a building units plan mentioned in 7
subsection (1).'. 8
6. Section 107(1)(a)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(a) section 10(1B);'. 11
7. Section 153(1), `Motor Vehicles Insurance Act 1936'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994'. 14
8. Section 214, `Fire Service Act 1990'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Fire and Rescue Authority Act 1990'. 17
27 Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, section 10 (Resubdivision)
78
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 3 (continued)
ANCTUARY COVE RESORT ACT 1985 1
´S
1. Section 15(3)(a), from `first proviso' to `shall'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`the Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, section 10(1A),28 does'. 4
2. Section 15(6)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(6) The Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, section 10(1B) 7
and (6)(b),29 does not apply to a subdivision under this section.'. 8
3. Section 23(5), `Companies (Queensland) Code'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Corporations Law'. 11
4. Section 33(5)-- 12
omit. 13
5. Section 35(3)(b), `be'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the person'. 16
28 Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, section 10 (Resubdivision)
29 Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, section 10 (Resubdivision)
79
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 3 (continued)
6. Section 53, heading-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Thoroughfares are roads'. 3
7. Section 53, `Motor Vehicles Insurance Act 1936'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994'. 6
8. Section 53, from `shall be'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`are roads.'. 9
9. Section 77(5)-- 10
omit. 11
10. Schedule A, definition "liquid fuel depot", from `in accordance 12
with'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`under the Building Act 1975.'. 15
80
Local Government and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 3 (continued)
ART 2--AMENDMENTS OF ACTS COMMENCING 1
P
ON 1 JANUARY 2000 2
ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 3
´
1. Section 36, definition "local law policy"-- 4
omit. 5
2. Section 36-- 6
insert-- 7
` "subordinate local law" means a subordinate local law made by a local 8
government.'. 9
TATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 10
´S
1. Section 7(3), `· a local law policy'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
` · a subordinate local law'. 13
14
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