Local Government Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 (Qld)

Queensland Local Government Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Subordinate Legislation 2012 No. 43 made under the City of Brisbane Act 2010 Local Government Act 2009 Contents Part 1 1 Part 2 2 3 Part 3 4 5 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Amendment of City of Brisbane (Operations)Regulation 2010 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Insertion of new s 71A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 71A Broadcasting ordinary meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Amendment of Local Government (Operations)Regulation 2010 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Insertion of new s 59A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 59A Broadcasting and recording ordinary meetings of relevant local governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Local Government Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Local Government Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 . Part 2 Amendment of City of Brisbane (Operations) Regulation 2010 2 Regulation amended This part amends the CityofBrisbane(Operations)Regulation 2010 . 3 Insertion of new s 71A Chapter 5, part 2— insert — ‘71A Broadcasting ordinary meetings ‘(1) This section applies to an ordinary meeting (other than a special meeting) unless the council has resolved that the meeting be closed to the public under section 71. ‘(2) From 1 July 2012, the council must— (a) broadcast the audio and video of the ordinary meeting live over the internet; and (b) record the audio and video of the ordinary meeting and, for four years after the day of the meeting, make a copy of the recording available for viewing by the public— (i) on the council’s website; or (ii) otherwise over the internet. Page 2 2012 SL No. 43

Local Government Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 3 Amendment of Local Government (Operations) Regulation 2010 [s 4] Example — streaming over the internet via any website or a mobile communication service ‘(3) In this section— ordinary meeting means an ordinary meeting of the council and includes a meeting mentioned in section 177(1) of the Act. special meeting see section 62(3).’. Part 3 Amendment of Local Government (Operations) Regulation 2010 4 Regulation amended This part amends the LocalGovernment(Operations)Regulation 2010 . 5 Insertion of new s 59A Chapter 5, part 2, division 1— insert — ‘59A Broadcasting and recording ordinary meetings of relevant local governments ‘(1) This section applies to an ordinary meeting of a relevant local government (other than a special meeting) unless the local government has resolved that the meeting be closed to the public under section 72. ‘(2) From 1 January 2013, a relevant local government must— (a) broadcast the audio and video of the ordinary meeting of the local government live over the internet; and 2012 SL No. 43 Page 3

Local Government Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 3 Amendment of Local Government (Operations) Regulation 2010 [s 5] (b) record the audio and video of the ordinary meeting and, for four years after the day of the meeting, make a copy of the recording available for inspection by the public— (i) on the local government’s website; or (ii) otherwise over the internet. Example — streaming over the internet via any website or a mobile communication service ‘(3) In this section— ordinary meeting , of a relevant local government, means an ordinary meeting of the local government and includes a meeting mentioned in section 175(1) of the Act. relevant local government means one of the following local governments— • Cairns Regional Council; • Fraser Coast Regional Council; • Gold Coast City Council; • Ipswich City Council; • Logan City Council; • Mackay Regional Council; • Moreton Bay Regional Council; • Redland City Council; • Rockhampton Regional Council; • Sunshine Coast Regional Council; • Toowoomba Regional Council; • Townsville City Council. special meeting see section 55(3).’. Page 4 2012 SL No. 43

Local Government Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 16 February 2012. 2 Notified in the gazette on 17 February 2012. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Local Government and Planning. © State of Queensland 2012 2012 SL No. 43 Page 5