2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                18 AUGUST 2015


Section 431U(2) Power to consult with the Minister about whether Council wishes to be the
manager of a declared beach area.

Section 431U(3) Power to consult with the public and the owner of the lot about the use
conditions to be contained in a local law applying to a declared beach area.

Plumbing and Drainage Delegation under the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002
New powers

The following provisions provide new powers, which can be delegated under the Act.

Section 86(10) Power to give a copy of a compliance assessable certificate to:
(a) The owner of premises to which a permit relates; and
(b) The water services provided, where Council is not the provider, and the work involves
     the installation of water meters.

Section 86(12) Power upon refusal to give a compliance certificate to give the person who
made the request an information notice about the decision.

Section 107(1) Power to appoint those individuals that have the qualifications and
experience prescribed under the Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 as an
inspector for the purposes of the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002.

Section 107(2) Power to notify the QBCC commissioner of the appointment of an inspector
and to give the commissioner a list of Council’s inspectors.

TORUMS Delegation under the Transport Operations Road Use Management Act 1995
Updated powers

The following power has been updated in accordance with a minor change in the legislation
as follows.

Section 100 Power to remove and detain at a place for safe keeping any vehicles, trams
and animals and any good, equipment or thing contained in, on or about the vehicle, tram or
animal, where the requirements of section 100((1) are satisfied.

Sustainable Planning Delegation under Sustainable Planning Act 2009
Removed powers

The following powers have been removed from the delegation on account of changes to the
Act resulting in the powers no longer being contained within those provisions:

Section 626 Power, as a local government, to impose a condition in relation to non-trunk
infrastructure.

Section 626A Power, as a local government, to impose a condition for supplying
development infrastructure for 1 or more of the following:
(a) Networks internal to a premises;
(b) Connecting a premises to external infrastructure networks;
(c) Protecting or maintaining the safety or efficiency of the infrastructure network of which
     the development infrastructure is a component.

Section 629 Power, as a local government, to levy a charge for supplying trunk
infrastructure.


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