Local Government Legislation (Boundary Changes and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2019


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Part 1 Preliminary

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Local Government Legislation (Boundary Changes and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2019.

2Commencement

(1)Part 3 commences on 20 January 2020.
(2)The following provisions commence on 28 March 2020—
(a)part 2, division 3;
(b)part 4, division 3.

Division 1 Preliminary

3Regulation amended

This part amends the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012.

Division 2 Amendments commencing on notification

4Insertion of new ch 10, pt 7

Chapter 10
insert—

Part 7 Transitional provision for Local Government Legislation (Boundary Changes and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2019

295Wards of Brisbane for 2020 quadrennial elections—Act, s 17

(1)For the purpose of the 2020 quadrennial elections—
(a)the wards of Brisbane are named in schedule 1A; and
(b)the boundaries of each ward are shown on map LGB 1 edition 3, sheets 2 to 27; and
(c)the boundaries of each ward are shown on the sheet number of map LGB 1 edition 3 stated in schedule 1A opposite the ward’s name.
(2)To remove any doubt, it is declared that—
(a)for the purpose of the 2020 quadrennial elections, the name and boundaries of each ward of Brisbane are as stated in schedule 1A instead of schedule 1; and
(b)for all other purposes, the name and boundaries of each ward of Brisbane are as stated in schedule 1.
(3)This section applies despite section 4.
(4)In this section—
2020 quadrennial elections means the quadrennial elections held in 2020.

5Insertion of new sch 1A

After schedule 1
insert—

Schedule 1A 2020 quadrennial elections—electoral ward boundaries

section 295

Electoral ward

Map LGB 1 edition 3

Bracken Ridge

Sheet 2

Calamvale

Sheet 3

Central

Sheet 4

Chandler

Sheet 5

Coorparoo

Sheet 6

Deagon

Sheet 7

Doboy

Sheet 8

Enoggera

Sheet 9

Forest Lake

Sheet 10

Hamilton

Sheet 11

Holland Park

Sheet 12

Jamboree

Sheet 13

Macgregor

Sheet 14

Marchant

Sheet 15

McDowall

Sheet 16

Moorooka

Sheet 17

Morningside

Sheet 18

Northgate

Sheet 19

Paddington

Sheet 20

Pullenvale

Sheet 21

Runcorn

Sheet 22

Tennyson

Sheet 23

The Gabba

Sheet 24

The Gap

Sheet 25

Walter Taylor

Sheet 26

Wynnum-Manly

Sheet 27

Division 3 Amendments commencing on 28 March 2020

6Amendment of s 3 (Boundaries of Brisbane—Act, s 7(4))

Section 3(1), ‘edition 2’—
omit, insert—

edition 3

7Amendment of s 4 (Wards of Brisbane—Act, s 17(2))

Section 4(2) and (3), ‘edition 2’—
omit, insert—

edition 3

8Amendment of s 5 (Availability of map of Brisbane)

Section 5(1)(a) and (2), ‘edition 2’—
omit, insert—

edition 3

9Replacement of ch 10, pt 7, hdg (Transitional provision for Local Government Legislation (Boundary Changes and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2019)

Chapter 10, part 7, heading, as inserted by this regulation—
omit, insert—

Part 7 Transitional provisions for Local Government Legislation (Boundary Changes and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2019

Division 1 Wards of Brisbane for 2020 quadrennial elections

10Insertion of new ch 10, pt 7, div 2

Chapter 10, part 7, as inserted by this regulation—
insert—

Division 2 Continuation of wards after 2020 quadrennial elections

296Temporary continuation of wards

(1)Section 4 and schedule 1, as in force immediately before the commencement, continue to apply until the conclusion of the 2020 quadrennial elections.
(2)This section applies despite section 4 and schedule 1.
(3)In this section—
2020 quadrennial elections means the quadrennial elections held in 2020.

11Replacement of sch 1 (City of Brisbane—electoral ward boundaries)

Schedule 1
omit, insert

Schedule 1 City of Brisbane—electoral ward boundaries

section 4

Electoral ward

Map LGB 1 edition 3

Bracken Ridge

Sheet 2

Calamvale

Sheet 3

Central

Sheet 4

Chandler

Sheet 5

Coorparoo

Sheet 6

Deagon

Sheet 7

Doboy

Sheet 8

Enoggera

Sheet 9

Forest Lake

Sheet 10

Hamilton

Sheet 11

Holland Park

Sheet 12

Jamboree

Sheet 13

Macgregor

Sheet 14

Marchant

Sheet 15

McDowall

Sheet 16

Moorooka

Sheet 17

Morningside

Sheet 18

Northgate

Sheet 19

Paddington

Sheet 20

Pullenvale

Sheet 21

Runcorn

Sheet 22

Tennyson

Sheet 23

The Gabba

Sheet 24

The Gap

Sheet 25

Walter Taylor

Sheet 26

Wynnum-Manly

Sheet 27

12Omission of sch 1A (2020 quadrennial elections—electoral ward boundaries)

Schedule 1A, as inserted by this regulation—
omit.

13Regulation amended

This part amends the Local Government Electoral Regulation 2012.

14Amendment of s 4 (Approval of procedure for electronically assisted voting—Act, s 75A(3)(a))

Section 4, from ‘‘‘Electronically’ to ‘2016’—
omit, insert—

‘Procedure for electronically assisted voting for local government elections’, version 2.0, made by the electoral commission on 1 November 2019

15Amendment of s 10 (Approval of procedures for electronic lodgement of returns—Act, s 132A)

Section 10, from ‘‘Procedure’ to ‘2017’—
omit, insert—

‘Procedure for electronic lodgement of returns’, version 2.0, made by the electoral commission on 1 November 2019

Division 1 Preliminary

16Regulation amended

This part amends the Local Government Regulation 2012.

Division 2 Amendments commencing on notification

17Insertion of new ch 18

After section 353
insert—

Chapter 18 Transitional provision for Local Government Legislation (Boundary Changes and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2019

355Local government areas and divisions for 2020 quadrennial election—Act, s 8

(1)For the purpose of the 2020 quadrennial election—
(a)sections 6 and 7 apply as if a reference to schedule 1 in section 6 or 7 were a reference to schedule 1A; and
(b)lot 155 on plan FY2699 (otherwise included in the South Burnett Regional Council’s local government area) is taken to be included in the Toowoomba Regional Council’s local government area.
(2)To remove any doubt, it is declared that for all purposes other than the 2020 quadrennial election, schedule 1 continues to state the prescribed information for local governments.
(3)This section applies despite sections 6 and 7.
(4)In this section—
2020 quadrennial election means the quadrennial election held in 2020.

18Insertion of new sch 1A

After schedule 1
insert—

Schedule 1A 2020 quadrennial election—local government areas and divisions

sections 6, 7 and 355

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Name of local government area

Class

Area map

Number of councillors assigned to each division

Total number of councillors (including mayor)

Aurukun

shire

LGB 2

area not divided

5

Balonne

shire

LGB 3 edition 3

area not divided

7

Banana

shire

LGB 4 edition 2

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Barcaldine

region

LGB 5

area not divided

7

Barcoo

shire

LGB 6 edition 2

area not divided

5

Blackall-Tambo

region

LGB 8

area not divided

7

Boulia

shire

LGB 9

area not divided

5

Bulloo

shire

LGB 10 edition 2

area not divided

5

Bundaberg

region

LGB 11 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

11

Burdekin

shire

LGB 12

area not divided

7

Burke

shire

LGB 13

area not divided

5

Cairns

region

LGB 14 edition 4

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

10

Carpentaria

shire

LGB 15

area not divided

7

Cassowary Coast

region

LGB 16 edition 2

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Central Highlands

region

LGB 25 edition 2

area not divided

9

Charters Towers

region

LGB 17

area not divided

7

Cherbourg

shire

LGB 18

area not divided

5

Cloncurry

shire

LGB 19

area not divided

5

Cook

shire

LGB 20 edition 2

area not divided

7

Croydon

shire

LGB 21

area not divided

5

Diamantina

shire

LGB 23

area not divided

5

Doomadgee

shire

LGB 24

area not divided

5

Douglas

shire

LGB 75

area not divided

5

Etheridge

shire

LGB 26

area not divided

5

Flinders

shire

LGB 27

area not divided

7

Fraser Coast

region

LGB 28 edition 5

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

11

Gladstone

region

LGB 29

area not divided

9

Gold Coast

city

LGB 30 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

division 11—1

division 12—1

division 13—1

division 14—1

15

Goondiwindi

region

LGB 31 edition 2

area not divided

7

Gympie

region

LGB 32 edition 4

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

9

Hinchinbrook

shire

LGB 33

area not divided

7

Hope Vale

shire

LGB 34

area not divided

5

Ipswich

city

LGB 35 edition 5

division 1—2

division 2—2

division 3—2

division 4—2

9

Isaac

region

LGB 36 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

9

Kowanyama

shire

LGB 37

area not divided

5

Livingstone

shire

LGB 76

area not divided

7

Lockhart River

shire

LGB 38 edition 2

area not divided

5

Lockyer Valley

region

LGB 39

area not divided

7

Logan

city

LGB 40 edition 4

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

division 11—1

division 12—1

13

Longreach

region

LGB 41

area not divided

7

Mackay

region

LGB 42

area not divided

11

Mapoon

shire

LGB 43

area not divided

5

Maranoa

region

LGB 59 edition 3

area not divided

9

Mareeba

shire

LGB 77 edition 2

area not divided

7

McKinlay

shire

LGB 44

area not divided

5

Moreton Bay

region

LGB 50 edition 5

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

division 11—1

division 12—1

13

Mornington

shire

LGB 45

area not divided

5

Mount Isa

city

LGB 46

area not divided

7

Murweh

shire

LGB 47

area not divided

5

Napranum

shire

LGB 48

area not divided

5

Noosa

shire

LGB 78

area not divided

7

North Burnett

region

LGB 49

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Northern Peninsula Area

region

LGB 51

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

6

Palm Island

shire

LGB 52

area not divided

5

Paroo

shire

LGB 53 edition 2

area not divided

5

Pormpuraaw

shire

LGB 54

area not divided

5

Quilpie

shire

LGB 55 edition 2

area not divided

5

Redland

city

LGB 56 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

11

Richmond

shire

LGB 57

area not divided

6

Rockhampton

region

LGB 58 edition 4

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

8

Scenic Rim

region

LGB 7 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Somerset

region

LGB 60 edition 2

area not divided

7

South Burnett

region

LGB 61 edition 2

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Southern Downs

region

LGB 62 edition 2

area not divided

9

Sunshine Coast

region

LGB 63 edition 5

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

11

Tablelands

region

LGB 64 edition 4

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Toowoomba

region

LGB 65 edition 3

area not divided

11

Torres

shire

LGB 66

area not divided

5

Torres Strait Island

region

LGB 67

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

division 11—1

division 12—1

division 13—1

division 14—1

division 15—1

16

Townsville

city

LGB 68 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

11

Western Downs

region

LGB 22 edition 3

area not divided

9

Whitsunday

region

LGB 69 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Winton

shire

LGB 70

area not divided

6

Woorabinda

shire

LGB 71

area not divided

5

Wujal Wujal

shire

LGB 72

area not divided

5

Yarrabah

shire

LGB 73

area not divided

5

Division 3 Amendments commencing on 28 March 2020

19Replacement of ch 18, hdg (Transitional provision for Local Government Legislation (Boundary Changes and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2019)

Chapter 18, heading, as inserted by this regulation—
omit, insert—

Chapter 18 Transitional provisions for Local Government Legislation (Boundary Changes and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2019

Part 1 Local government areas and divisions for 2020 quadrennial election

20Insertion of new ch 18, pt 2

Chapter 18, as inserted by this regulation—
insert—

Part 2 Continuation of local government areas and divisions after 2020 quadrennial election

356Temporary continuation of local government areas and divisions

(1)Sections 6 and 7 and schedule 1, as in force immediately before the commencement, continue to apply for a local government until the conclusion of the 2020 quadrennial election for the local government.
(2)However, if a place is excluded from a local government’s local government area and included in another local government’s local government area because of a boundary change, the inclusion and exclusion take effect at the earlier conclusion of the 2020 quadrennial election for either local government.
(3)This section applies despite sections 6 and 7 and schedule 1.
(4)In this section—
2020 quadrennial election means the quadrennial election held in 2020.
boundary change means a change from the boundaries shown on a local government’s area map mentioned in former schedule 1 to the boundaries shown on the local government’s area map mentioned in new schedule 1.
former schedule 1 means schedule 1 as in force immediately before the commencement.
new schedule 1 means schedule 1 as in force immediately after the commencement.

21Replacement of sch 1 (Prescribed information about local governments)

Schedule 1
omit, insert

Schedule 1 Prescribed information about local governments

sections 4 to 7

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Name of local government area

Class

Area map

Number of councillors assigned to each division

Total number of councillors (including mayor)

Aurukun

shire

LGB 2

area not divided

5

Balonne

shire

LGB 3 edition 3

area not divided

7

Banana

shire

LGB 4 edition 2

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Barcaldine

region

LGB 5

area not divided

7

Barcoo

shire

LGB 6 edition 2

area not divided

5

Blackall-Tambo

region

LGB 8

area not divided

7

Boulia

shire

LGB 9

area not divided

5

Bulloo

shire

LGB 10 edition 2

area not divided

5

Bundaberg

region

LGB 11 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

11

Burdekin

shire

LGB 12

area not divided

7

Burke

shire

LGB 13

area not divided

5

Cairns

region

LGB 14 edition 4

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

10

Carpentaria

shire

LGB 15

area not divided

7

Cassowary Coast

region

LGB 16 edition 2

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Central Highlands

region

LGB 25 edition 2

area not divided

9

Charters Towers

region

LGB 17

area not divided

7

Cherbourg

shire

LGB 18

area not divided

5

Cloncurry

shire

LGB 19

area not divided

5

Cook

shire

LGB 20 edition 2

area not divided

7

Croydon

shire

LGB 21

area not divided

5

Diamantina

shire

LGB 23

area not divided

5

Doomadgee

shire

LGB 24

area not divided

5

Douglas

shire

LGB 75

area not divided

5

Etheridge

shire

LGB 26

area not divided

5

Flinders

shire

LGB 27

area not divided

7

Fraser Coast

region

LGB 28 edition 5

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

11

Gladstone

region

LGB 29

area not divided

9

Gold Coast

city

LGB 30 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

division 11—1

division 12—1

division 13—1

division 14—1

15

Goondiwindi

region

LGB 31 edition 2

area not divided

7

Gympie

region

LGB 32 edition 4

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

9

Hinchinbrook

shire

LGB 33

area not divided

7

Hope Vale

shire

LGB 34

area not divided

5

Ipswich

city

LGB 35 edition 5

division 1—2

division 2—2

division 3—2

division 4—2

9

Isaac

region

LGB 36 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

9

Kowanyama

shire

LGB 37

area not divided

5

Livingstone

shire

LGB 76

area not divided

7

Lockhart River

shire

LGB 38 edition 2

area not divided

5

Lockyer Valley

region

LGB 39

area not divided

7

Logan

city

LGB 40 edition 4

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

division 11—1

division 12—1

13

Longreach

region

LGB 41

area not divided

7

Mackay

region

LGB 42

area not divided

11

Mapoon

shire

LGB 43

area not divided

5

Maranoa

region

LGB 59 edition 3

area not divided

9

Mareeba

shire

LGB 77 edition 2

area not divided

7

McKinlay

shire

LGB 44

area not divided

5

Moreton Bay

region

LGB 50 edition 5

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

division 11—1

division 12—1

13

Mornington

shire

LGB 45

area not divided

5

Mount Isa

city

LGB 46

area not divided

7

Murweh

shire

LGB 47

area not divided

5

Napranum

shire

LGB 48

area not divided

5

Noosa

shire

LGB 78

area not divided

7

North Burnett

region

LGB 49

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Northern Peninsula Area

region

LGB 51

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

6

Palm Island

shire

LGB 52

area not divided

5

Paroo

shire

LGB 53 edition 2

area not divided

5

Pormpuraaw

shire

LGB 54

area not divided

5

Quilpie

shire

LGB 55 edition 2

area not divided

5

Redland

city

LGB 56 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

11

Richmond

shire

LGB 57

area not divided

6

Rockhampton

region

LGB 58 edition 4

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

8

Scenic Rim

region

LGB 7 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Somerset

region

LGB 60 edition 2

area not divided

7

South Burnett

region

LGB 61 edition 2

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Southern Downs

region

LGB 62 edition 2

area not divided

9

Sunshine Coast

region

LGB 63 edition 5

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

11

Tablelands

region

LGB 64 edition 4

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Toowoomba

region

LGB 65 edition 3

area not divided

11

Torres

shire

LGB 66

area not divided

5

Torres Strait Island

region

LGB 67

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

division 11—1

division 12—1

division 13—1

division 14—1

division 15—1

16

Townsville

city

LGB 68 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

division 7—1

division 8—1

division 9—1

division 10—1

11

Western Downs

region

LGB 22 edition 3

area not divided

9

Whitsunday

region

LGB 69 edition 3

division 1—1

division 2—1

division 3—1

division 4—1

division 5—1

division 6—1

7

Winton

shire

LGB 70

area not divided

6

Woorabinda

shire

LGB 71

area not divided

5

Wujal Wujal

shire

LGB 72

area not divided

5

Yarrabah

shire

LGB 73

area not divided

5

22Omission of sch 1A (2020 quadrennial election—local government areas and divisions)

Schedule 1A, as inserted by this regulation—
omit.

23Amendment of sch 3 (Implementing local government changes relating to changes of the boundaries of local government areas)

Schedule 3, part 1—
insert—

1HChange in boundaries affecting both South Burnett Regional Council and Toowoomba Regional Council

(1)Lot 155 on plan FY2699 is—
(a)excluded from the South Burnett Regional Council’s local government area; and
(b)included in the Toowoomba Regional Council’s local government area.
(2)The local government change mentioned in subsection (1) takes effect at the earlier conclusion of the 2020 quadrennial election for either local government.

Example—

If the South Burnett Regional Council’s 2020 quadrennial election concludes before the Toowoomba Regional Council’s election concludes, the local government change mentioned in subsection (1) takes effect at the conclusion of the South Burnett Regional Council’s 2020 quadrennial election.
(3)In this section—
2020 quadrennial election means the quadrennial election held in 2020.

Note—

A copy of the change commission’s report titled ‘Review of external boundaries—2018 final determination—Toowoomba Regional and South Burnett Regional local government areas’ dated December 2018 can be viewed on the electoral commission’s website.