Local Government Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1999 No. 254 Local Government Act 1993 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new pt 12, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Division 3—Drafting standards for proposed local laws and subordinate local laws 34A Prescribed drafting standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 34B Particular application of drafting standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION 1994

s1 2 s4 Local Government Amendment (No. 1) No. 254, 1999 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Local Government Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 . ˙ Commencement 2. This regulation commences on 1 January 2000. ˙ Regulation amended 3. This regulation amends the Local Government Regulation 1994 . ˙ Insertion of new pt 12, div 3 4. After section 34— insert— ‘ Division 3—Drafting standards for proposed local laws and subordinate local laws ˙ ‘ Prescribed drafting standards ‘ 34A.(1) This section prescribes the drafting standards for proposed local laws and subordinate local laws. 1 ‘ (2) Proposed local laws and subordinate local laws must— (a) be drafted using gender-neutral language; and (b) have sufficient regard to fundamental legislative principles; 2 and 1 Under chapter 12, part 2 of the Act, the process for making a proposed local law or subordinate local law includes giving the Minister a drafting certificate. The certificate must state that the law is drafted in accordance with drafting standards prescribed under a regulation—see definition “drafting certificate” in section 3 of the Act. 2 See Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 4 (Meaning of “fundamental legislative principles”)

s4 3 s4 Local Government Amendment (No. 1) No. 254, 1999 (c) be consistent with the guidelines issued by the parliamentary counsel under the Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 9, for local laws and subordinate local laws. 3 ‘ (3) However, subsection (2)(a) does not apply to a provision of a proposed law that is to apply to a specific gender. ˙ ‘ Particular application of drafting standards ‘ 34B.(1) This section applies for the application, under section 34A(2)(b), of the review principle to a proposed local law or subordinate local law that provides for an exercise of administrative power. ‘ (2) This section applies only to the extent that the application of the review principle may, apart from this section, require a review on the merits of the exercise of the power. ‘ (3) If the power is proposed to be exercised by an employee of the local government, it is declared that it is sufficient for the review principle if the law provides for the exercise of the power to be reviewed on the merits by the local government by resolution. ‘ (4) If the power is proposed to be exercised by the local government by resolution, it is declared that the review principle does not require that the law provide for the exercise of the power to be reviewed on the merits. ‘ (5) In this section— “review principle” means the fundamental legislative principle mentioned in the Legislative Standards Act 1992 , section 4(3)(a).’. 3 The matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) and (b) are dealt with in detail in the guidelines. Copies of the guidelines are available for inspection from the department at 111 George Street, Brisbane. In addition, the guidelines are included in the website of the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel: 4 Local Government Amendment (No. 1) No. 254, 1999 S ¡ CHEDULE MINOR AMENDMENTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION 1994 section 3 1. Part 12, heading, ‘LOCAL LAW POLICIES’— omit, insert— ‘ SUBORDINATE LOCAL LAWS ’. 2. Part 12, divisions 1 and 2 and part 19, division 2, headings, ‘ local law policies ’— omit, insert— ‘ subordinate local laws ’. 3. Sections 30(1) and (3), 34(1)(d) and 85(1) and (3) ‘local law policy’— omit, insert— ‘subordinate local law’. 4. Sections 31, 33, 34(1), 86 and 88, ‘local law policies’— omit, insert— ‘subordinate local laws’. 5. Section 34, heading, ‘Policy’— omit, insert— ‘Subordinate local law’.

5 Local Government Amendment (No. 1) SCHEDULE (continued) 6. Section 34, ‘policy’— omit, insert— ‘law’. No. 254, 1999 7. Section 34(1)(a), ‘policy’s’— omit, insert— ‘law’s’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 4 November 1999. 2. Notified in the gazette on 5 November 1999. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Communication and Information, Local Government and Planning. © State of Queensland 1999