What it does
The City of Brisbane Act 2010 (Qld) is the purpose-built governing statute for Brisbane City Council, Australia's largest local government by population. It sits alongside, and in many respects overrides, the Local Government Act 2009 (Qld), giving Brisbane City Council a range of powers and structures specifically tailored to the demands of managing Queensland's capital city.
The Act's core functions are: establishing the council as a body corporate; defining the city's boundaries; constituting the council's governing bodies (Lord Mayor and divisional councillors); conferring powers to make local laws, levy rates and charges, manage roads and infrastructure, and conduct beneficial enterprises; setting out a detailed framework for councillor qualifications, elections, conduct, and financial accountability; and providing monitoring, enforcement, and investigation powers to ensure compliance with the Act and local laws.
Section 7 declares that the area of Brisbane continues as a city under the name 'City of Brisbane', that its boundaries are those in place immediately before 1 July 2010 (as subsequently varied under the Act), and that Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland.