sec.71Requirements for a local government

sec.71 Requirements for a local government

A local government is an elected body that is charged with the good rule and local government of a part of Queensland allocated to the body. Another Act, whenever made, may provide for the way in which a local government is constituted and the nature and extent of its functions and powers. Despite subsection (1) , another Act, whenever made, may provide for the appointment of 1 or more bodies or persons to perform all or any of a local government’s functions and to exercise all or any of a local government’s powers and to be taken to be a local government— during a suspension of a local government’s councillors under section 74 ; or if a local government is dissolved or unable to be properly elected—until a local government has been properly elected. s 71 amd 2009 No. 17 s 331 sch 1 (sec.71-ssec.1) A local government is an elected body that is charged with the good rule and local government of a part of Queensland allocated to the body. (sec.71-ssec.2) Another Act, whenever made, may provide for the way in which a local government is constituted and the nature and extent of its functions and powers. (sec.71-ssec.3) Despite subsection (1) , another Act, whenever made, may provide for the appointment of 1 or more bodies or persons to perform all or any of a local government’s functions and to exercise all or any of a local government’s powers and to be taken to be a local government— during a suspension of a local government’s councillors under section 74 ; or if a local government is dissolved or unable to be properly elected—until a local government has been properly elected.

• (a) during a suspension of a local government’s councillors under section 74 ; or
• (b) if a local government is dissolved or unable to be properly elected—until a local government has been properly elected.