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City of Brisbane Act 2010
sec.91Ferry services
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### sec.91 Ferry services
The council has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across a watercourse if the land that forms both banks of the watercourse is in Brisbane.
A watercourse is a river, creek or channel where water flows naturally.
The council may—
lease the right to provide a ferry service across a watercourse that it has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and
make local laws for managing and regulating the use of ferries operated or leased by it.
A regulation may—
declare another watercourse that the council has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and
provide for any other matter connected with the provision of ferry services (including declaring the approaches to a ferry as being under the control of the council, for example).
(sec.91-ssec.1) The council has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across a watercourse if the land that forms both banks of the watercourse is in Brisbane.
(sec.91-ssec.2) A watercourse is a river, creek or channel where water flows naturally.
(sec.91-ssec.3) The council may— lease the right to provide a ferry service across a watercourse that it has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and make local laws for managing and regulating the use of ferries operated or leased by it.
(sec.91-ssec.4) A regulation may— declare another watercourse that the council has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and provide for any other matter connected with the provision of ferry services (including declaring the approaches to a ferry as being under the control of the council, for example).
- (a) lease the right to provide a ferry service across a watercourse that it has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and
- (b) make local laws for managing and regulating the use of ferries operated or leased by it.
- (a) declare another watercourse that the council has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and
- (b) provide for any other matter connected with the provision of ferry services (including declaring the approaches to a ferry as being under the control of the council, for example).