This regulation may be cited as the Local Government Legislation (Boundary Changes and Other Matters) Amendment Regulation 2019.
(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.
Part 2 Amendment of City of Brisbane Regulation 2012
This part amends the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012.
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—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
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—
10Insertion of new ch 10, pt 7, div 2
Chapter 10, part 7, as inserted by this regulation—
insert—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—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.
Part 3 Amendment of Local Government Electoral Regulation 2012
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
Part 4 Amendment of Local Government Regulation 2012
This part amends the Local Government Regulation 2012.
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.
After schedule 1—
insert—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
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—
20Insertion of new ch 18, pt 2
Chapter 18, as inserted by this regulation—
insert—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—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.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.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.