2022-02-08 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                          8 FEBRUARY 2022




           LGAQ via King and Company makes updates to its Delegation Registers.




              Governance Branch reviews LGAQ updates and determines in consultation with relevant operational
              teams, Directors and CEO whether the update is required and apprioriate timing.



               Where changes to the register are appropriate for Noosa Council, a new Delegation of Authority or
               an updated Delegation of Authority is prepared, which outlines the relevant powers to be delegated,
               and is reported to Council for approval.


          Once the delegation is approved by Council, the CEO, where relevant and appropritate, will on delegate
          the authority to exercise that power to various positions within the organisational structure.




3.   Outcomes of 2021 Delegations Review

New Delegations

The delegation review has identified that the following new delegations registers are applicable to
Council’s operations:

•    Human Rights (Human Rights Act 2019);
•    Land Regulation (Land Regulation 2020);
•    Nature Conservation (Animals) (Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020);
•    Nature Conservations (Plants) (Nature Conservations (Plants) Regulation 2020).

Copies of the complete new Delegations of Authority to be delegated by Council to the CEO are
provided at Attachment 1.

Required Updates to Current Delegations

The delegation review has identified a number of required amendments to the current Council to
CEO delegations relating to the following Acts and Regulations:

•    Building (Building Act 1975 & Building Regulation 2006);
•    Environmental Protection (Environmental Protection (Water & Wetlands Biodiversity);
•    Policy 2019, Environmental Protection Act 1994 & Environmental Protection Regulation
     2019);
•    Industrial Relations (Industrial Relations Act 2016 & Industrial Regulation 2018);
•    Land Act (Land Act 1994);
•    Planning (Planning Act 2016, Planning Regulation 2017 & Development Assessment
     Rules);
•    Work Health and Safety (Work Health and Safety Act 2011 & Work Health and Safety
     Regulation 2011);
•    Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation (Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation
     Act 2003 & Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2014).

The updated Delegations of Authority relating to the above are provided at Attachment 2. The
changes to the delegations are highlighted yellow for identification.

Summary of Current Delegations not Requiring Changes

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