2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Attachment 1 to Item 13 Updated Delegations of Authority - Council to CEO 2015-16

                                   Council to CEO Updated Delegations 15/16                  Attachment 1




                                                                         Delegation No: 2015-20

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                             LEGISLATION
Power to use all or part of any security given to the local government for the             Section 92(5)
carrying out of the building work.
Power to refund or release part of any security given to the local government for          Section 93(1)
the carrying out of the building work, at any time, having regard to the progress of
the building work.
Power to consult with a private certifier with regard to further extensions of the         Section 97(2)
period under SPA, s 341 (When approval lapses if development not started).
Power to grant or refuse BCA classification change or use change, if owner of              Section 111
building applies.
Power, as the assessment manager, to take enforcement action against an owner              Section 117
contravening section 114 of the Act.
Power to approve the use of a building, other than a class 1, 2, 3 or 4 building, for      Section 119
residential purposes.
Power to give the owner of a building a certificate of classification for the building     Section 123
if built before 30 April 1998 and the owner applies.
Power to give a building certifier a notice (‘show cause notice’).                         Section 206(1)
Power to consider any representations made under the show cause notice and                 Section 207
decide to take no further action, or apply to the Queensland Civil and
Administrative Tribunal to start a disciplinary proceeding against the building
certifier.
Power to apply to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal to conduct              Section 208(1)
disciplinary proceeding to determine whether there are proper grounds for taking
disciplinary action against a building certifier.
Power to notify the QBCC of its application to the Queensland Civil and                    Section 210
Administrative Tribunal.
Power to consult with any other entity considered appropriate in deciding an               Section 221(2)
application made by the owner of a budget accommodation building to approve a
period for the building under section 220(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) (longer periods for
approval).
Power to grant (including with reasonable conditions) or refuse an application             Section 221(3)
made by the owner of a budget accommodation building to approve a period for
the building under section 220(a)(ii) or (b)(ii) (longer periods for approval).
Power to, on written application from the owner, decide whether or not a building          Section 222(2)
conforms with fire safety standards and, if applicable, state what must be done to
make the building conform.
Power to inspect budget accommodation buildings at least once every 3 years.               Section 228
Power, as local government, to approve, with or without conditions, a later day for        Section 231AK
a residential care building to comply with section 231AK of the Building Act.              (a)(iii) and (b)(iii)
                                                                                           and section
                                                                                           231AL
Power, as local government, on an application by the owner of an RCB for a later           Section 231AL
day to obtain a fire safety compliance certificate or certificate of classification to:    and (b)(iii) and
(a)    consult on the application;                                                         section 231AL
(b)    decide the application;
(c)    impose conditions on the grant of an application;
(d)    give an information notice about the decision.
Power to, on application by a pool owner, decide an application for exemption Section 237
from complying with part of the pool safety standard relating to barriers for a
regulated pool due to disability (with or without conditions).
Power to give notice of each exemption granted under Chapter 8, Part 2, Division           Section 239
3 to the QBCC commissioner.
Power to give an applicant a show cause notice.                                            Section 242(2)
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