42CID entity operation

42 CID entity operation

42 CID entity operation

(1) A CID entity must not undertake the following in a CID—

(a) a service, activity or project that replaces a service, activity or project undertaken in the CID, without charge to members of the public, by—

(i) a local council, the Government or the Government of the Commonwealth, or

(ii) a body that receives funding to deliver the service, activity or project from a local council, the Government or the Government of the Commonwealth,

(b) a service, activity or project that, in the Authority’s opinion, would unreasonably exclude the public from spaces or areas where the public would otherwise have a right of access,

(c) a service, activity or project that promotes a business land owner or CID business to the exclusion of others.

(2) A CID entity must not engage in the following—

(a) lobbying as or for a third-party lobbyist,

(b) lobbying for purposes unrelated to the CID entity’s objects,

(c) donating to political parties.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), in subsection (2)—

lobbying has the same meaning as in the Lobbying of Government Officials Act 2011.

objects has the same meaning as in the Associations Incorporation Act 2009.

third-party lobbyist has the same meaning as in the Lobbying of Government Officials Act 2011.

(4) For the definitions of lobbying and third-party lobbyist, Government official includes a person referred to in the Act, section 17(3).

(5) To avoid doubt, a service, activity or project undertaken by a CID entity does not replace a service, activity or project undertaken by another body unless the other body ceases undertaking the service, activity or project.

s 42: Ins 2025 (622), Sch 1[2].