Local Government Reform Implementation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 (Qld)

Queensland Local Government Reform Implementation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 Subordinate Legislation 2008 No. 47 made under the Local Government Act 1993 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new pt 2A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Part 2A Special caretaker period arrangements for new local governments 56A Application of pt 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 56B Application of Act, ch 5, pt 9, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 56C Caretaker period for new local government . . . . . . . . 3 56D Major policy decision for new local government . . . . . 3

Local Government Reform Implementation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Local Government Reform Implementation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 15 March 2008. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the LocalGovernmentReformImplementation Regulation 2008. 4 Insertion of new pt 2A After section 56— insert — ‘Part 2A Special caretaker period arrangements for new local governments ‘56A Application of pt 2A ‘This part applies to each new local government. ‘56B Application of Act, ch 5, pt 9, div 3 ‘Chapter 5, part 9, division 3, other than section 441F, of the Act applies to a new local government as if— (a) the reference in the division to the caretaker period for an election for a local government were a reference to the caretaker period for the new local government provided for under section 56C; and (b) the reference in the division to a major policy decision for a local government were a reference to a major policy decision for the new local government provided for under section 56D. Page 2 2008 SL No. 47

Local Government Reform Implementation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 [s 4] ‘56C Caretaker period for new local government ‘The caretaker period for the new local government is the period— (a) starting at the beginning of the changeover day for the new local government’s local government area; and (b) finishing at the end of the day that is the conclusion of the last 2008 quadrennial election held for any councillor for the new local government under chapter 3, part 1B, division 8 of the Act. ‘56D Major policy decision for new local government ‘(1) A major policy decision for the new local government is— (a) a decision that is a major policy decision under section 441C, definition major policy decision of the Act; or (b) a decision that provides for any of the following— (i) a permanent appointment to the organisational structure of the new local government; (ii) a temporary appointment to the executive organisational structure of the new local government that is for a period of more than 1 month; (iii) the remuneration of any member of the staff of the new local government; (iv) the entering into of a contract of employment between the new local government and another person; (v) the termination of the employment of any member of the staff of the new local government; (vi) the corporate structure of the new local government; (vii) the amendment of a budget that under section 31(1) is taken to have been adopted by the new local government. 2008 SL No. 47 Page 3

Local Government Reform Implementation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2008 [s 4] ‘(2) For applying, under subsection (1)(a), paragraph (d) of the definition major policy decision , the paragraph is taken to refer only to entering into a contract the total value of which is more than $150000.’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 6 March 2008. 2 Notified in the gazette on 7 March 2008. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Local Government, Sport and Recreation. © State of Queensland 2008 Page 4 2008 SL No. 47