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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 90

90 Public notice of proposed determination to implement matter

(1) If the commission proposes to determine that the reviewable local government matter be implemented, the commission must give public notice, by advertisement published at least once in--

(a) the gazette; and
(b) a newspaper circulating generally in the local government areas that would be affected by the matter if it were implemented.

(2) The notice must state--

(a) the general effect of the proposed determination; and
(b) that particulars of the proposed determination and recommendations on implementation issues for the matter, including reasons and any relevant maps, are open to inspection at the prescribed offices and at other stated offices; and
(c) that submissions about the proposed determination and recommendations--
(i) may be made, in writing, to the commission at a stated address; and
(ii) must state the grounds of the submission and the facts and circumstances relied on in support of the grounds; and
(d) a day (the stated day) on or before which the particulars may be inspected and submissions made.

(3) If the naming of electoral wards of the City of Brisbane is an aspect of the matter, the notice must also state the proposed names of the electoral wards.

(4) If the matter is a reviewable local government matter mentioned in section 64(1)(a) or (f), the notice may also state--

(a) the area the commission considers should be the affected area for the matter if a compulsory referendum were to be held for the matter; and
(b) if the commission considers the affected area should be divided into voting areas--the areas the commission considers should be the voting areas of the affected area.

(5) If, in the proposed determination of the matter, the commission proposes to adopt a margin of allowance under section 286(3) for the quota of voters for each councillor for a division of a local government, the notice must also state the margin of allowance to be adopted.

(6) If the commission proposes to make a delayed implementation determination for the matter, the notice must also state--

(a) the matter is to be implemented on the conclusion of the election, at the next quadrennial elections, of all councillors for the local governments affected by the determination to implement the matter; and
(b) the elections are to be conducted as if the determination were implemented.

(7) The stated day must be at least 30 days after the later of--

(a) the publication of the advertisement in the gazette; or
(b) the publication, or first publication, of the advertisement in the newspaper.

(8) The particulars are to be open to inspection until the day after the stated day.



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