2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   18 AUGUST 2015



Section 41ZM Power to prepare an emergency plan and keep it up to date.

Fire and Rescue Services Delegations under the Fire and Emergency Services Act
1990
Updated item

Section 126 Power to engage a debt collector (authorised to perform a debt collection
activity under the Debt Collectors (Field Agents and Collection Agents) Act 2014) to collect
any arrears of annual contribution payable by an owner of prescribed property, and to
require by notice in writing the owner to pay an amount by way of a collection fee.

Workers’ Compensation, Rehabilitation and Work Health and Safety Delegation under
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Workers Compensation Rehabilitation Act

New items – Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011
Section 43 Power, as a person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace, to
prepare, maintain and implement an emergency plan.
Section 85(4) Power, as a person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace, to
maintain a written record of the evidence provided under subsections (1), (2) and (3).
Section 422 Power to ensure that all asbestos or asbestos contaminated material at a
workplace is identified by a competent person.
Section 425 and 426 Power to prepare, maintain and review an asbestos register for each
workplace.
Section 429 and 430 Power to prepare, maintain and review an asbestos management plan
for each workplace.

Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, and Workers Compensation and
Rehabilitation Regulation 2014
Removed items

This delegation can be shortened significantly by removing the powers relating specifically to
WorkCover as Council is not in an arrangement with WorkCover Queensland.

The Regulation delegation has also been updated to reflect the recent commencement of
the Workers Compensation Rehabilitation Regulation 2014.



Table 2: New Council to CEO Delegations of Authority 2015-16

The table below provides a summary of the new listed delegations provided by LGAQ for the
2015/16 period, which Council has not previously delegated.

Environmental Offset Delegation under the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 and Environmental
Offsets Regulation 2014


The Local Government powers under the following provisions can be delegated to the CEO, if
desired:

Environmental Offsets Act 2014



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