sec.13Changing classification of a local government area

### sec.13 Changing classification of a local government area This section prescribes, for section 19 (2) (c) of the Act , the other matters to be considered by the change commission if a proposed local government change relates to a change of the classification of a local government area. The criteria for a local government area to be declared a city are that— the area is the centre of a region providing commercial, industrial, health and public sector services for the region; and the area has, for the 3 years immediately before the declaration, had— a population of at least 25,000; and a population of at least 15,000 in its urban centre; and a population density of at least 150 people for each square kilometre of its urban centre. The criteria for a local government area to be declared a town are that the area does not meet the criteria for being declared a city but is urban in character. The criterion for a local government area to be declared a shire is that the area is not urban in character. The criterion for a local government area to be declared a region is that the area be created as a result of the amalgamation of 2 or more local government areas of any class. (sec.13-ssec.1) This section prescribes, for section 19 (2) (c) of the Act , the other matters to be considered by the change commission if a proposed local government change relates to a change of the classification of a local government area. (sec.13-ssec.2) The criteria for a local government area to be declared a city are that— the area is the centre of a region providing commercial, industrial, health and public sector services for the region; and the area has, for the 3 years immediately before the declaration, had— a population of at least 25,000; and a population of at least 15,000 in its urban centre; and a population density of at least 150 people for each square kilometre of its urban centre. (sec.13-ssec.3) The criteria for a local government area to be declared a town are that the area does not meet the criteria for being declared a city but is urban in character. (sec.13-ssec.4) The criterion for a local government area to be declared a shire is that the area is not urban in character. (sec.13-ssec.5) The criterion for a local government area to be declared a region is that the area be created as a result of the amalgamation of 2 or more local government areas of any class. - (a) the area is the centre of a region providing commercial, industrial, health and public sector services for the region; and - (b) the area has, for the 3 years immediately before the declaration, had— (i) a population of at least 25,000; and (ii) a population of at least 15,000 in its urban centre; and (iii) a population density of at least 150 people for each square kilometre of its urban centre. - (i) a population of at least 25,000; and - (ii) a population of at least 15,000 in its urban centre; and - (iii) a population density of at least 150 people for each square kilometre of its urban centre. - (i) a population of at least 25,000; and - (ii) a population of at least 15,000 in its urban centre; and - (iii) a population density of at least 150 people for each square kilometre of its urban centre.