Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1994 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1994 No. 100 Local Government Act 1936 LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MACKAY AND PIONEER) AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 2) 1994 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 5 (References in new Act adopted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 21 (Local laws for the new area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Amendment of s 42 (Joint Transitional Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Insertion of new Div 5 of Pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Division 5—Remuneration of councillors of new local government 57 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 58 Joint Transitional Committee deciding remuneration . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 59 New local government deciding remuneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 60 Remuneration of councillors of new local government . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Amendment (No. 2) No. 100, 1994 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1994 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer)Regulation 1993 . ˙ Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) 3.(1) Section 4 (definition “changeover day” )— omit ‘ the Local Government Act 1993 ’, insert ‘ the 1993 Act ’. ‘(2) Section 4— insert— ‘ “1993 Act” means the Local Government Act 1993 . ’. ˙ Amendment of s 5 (References in new Act adopted) 4. Section 5— omit ‘ the Local Government Act 1993 ’, insert ‘ the 1993 Act ’. ˙ Amendment of s 21 (Local laws for the new area) 5. Section 21(3)— omit ‘ the Local Government Act 1993 ’, insert ‘ the 1993 Act ’. ˙ Amendment of s 42 (Joint Transitional Committee) 6. Section 42(4)— omit, insert— ‘(4) The Committee may also— (a) nominate a person for appointment under section 12

3 Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Amendment (No. 2) No. 100, 1994 (Appointment and role of returning officer); or (b) nominate a person for appointment under section 35 (Appointment of interim chief executive officer); or (c) make a decision under section 58 (Joint Transitional Committee deciding remuneration). ’. ˙ Insertion of new Div 5 of Pt 5 7. After Part 5, Division 4— insert— ‘Division 5—Remuneration of councillors of new local government ˙ ‘Definitions ‘57. In this Division— “post-election meeting” means a meeting held under section 356 (Post- election meetings) of the 1993 Act; “remuneration resolution” means a resolution authorising the payment or provision of remuneration to councillors of a local government; “section 185 resolution” means a remuneration resolution under section 185 (Remuneration for service on local government and advisory committees) of the 1993 Act. ˙ ‘Joint Transitional Committee deciding remuneration ‘58.(1) The Joint Transitional Committee may make a decision authorising the payment or provision of remuneration to councillors of the new local government. ‘(2) The remuneration authorised must be equivalent to the remuneration that was authorised for 1 of the merging local governments immediately before the changeover day.

4 Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Amendment (No. 2) No. 100, 1994 ˙ ‘New local government deciding remuneration ‘59.(1) This section applies if the Joint Transitional Committee has not made a decision under section 58 (Joint Transitional Committee deciding remuneration) that is in force immediately before the changeover day. ‘(2) The local government may, at its post-election meeting or its next meeting after the post-election meeting, pass a remuneration resolution that is not a section 185 resolution. ‘(3) However, the remuneration authorised under the resolution must be equivalent to the remuneration that was authorised for 1 of the merging local governments immediately before the changeover day. ˙ ‘Remuneration of councillors of new local government ‘60.(1) From the changeover day, the councillors of the new local government must be remunerated under— (a) if the new local government passes a section 185 resolution at its post-election meeting or its next meeting—the resolution; or (b) if the new local government does not pass a section 185 resolution at its post-election meeting or its next meeting— (i) the decision of the Joint Transitional Committee under section 58 (Joint Transitional Committee deciding remuneration); or (ii) the resolution of the new local government under section 59 (New local government deciding remuneration). ‘(2) The remuneration of councillors under subsection (1)(b) applies until the earlier of— (a) 26 September 1994; or (b) the day a section 185 resolution passed by the new local government takes effect. ’.

5 Local Government (Mackay and Pioneer) Amendment (No. 2) No. 100, 1994 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 24 March 1994. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 25 March 1994. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning. © State of Queensland 1994