2019-02-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               12 FEBRUARY 2019


circumstances, the CEO in consultation with the relevant Department will arrange for a report to
be brought to Council for a decision on the matter.
The diagram below obtained from the Local Government Association of Queensland’s (LGAQ)
publication titled ‘Local Government Delegations’ provides an illustrative overview of the
Queensland delegations model.

Queensland Delegations Model1




Diagram 1: Queensland Delegations Model

As a general guide, where a legislative instrument refers to a particular power of a ‘Local
Government’ this is a power of Council and therefore, that power is technically only able to be
exercised by Council unless that power has been appropriately delegated to the CEO and then
on delegated to employees (where appropriate).

In some instances, the CEO will have particular powers provided by legislation by virtue of
holding the position of CEO within the Local Government. Such powers can be identified where
the legislative instrument refers to a particular power of a “Chief Executive Officer’ as opposed to
a ‘Local Government’.

It is important to note that if the CEO or Local Government delegates a particular power, they can
still utilise this power and if required, retract a delegated power from a person to whom they have
delegated the power, or amend or condition the delegation as desired.



1 Local Government Association of Queensland ‘Local Government Delegations Guideline’.


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