Delegations

Delegation Register - Council to CEO

In accordance with Section 260 of the Local Government Act 2009, Council is required to have in place a Register of Delegations. The Register of Delegations is reviewed annually and includes a complete list of delegations that have been delegated from Council to the Chief Executive Officer

Please see the link below to the Register of Delegations that was adopted on 16 June 2025.

Delegation Register(PDF, 6MB)


Matters that Require a Resolution of Council

Delegation under section 257 of the Act cannot occur for those powers that an Act states must be exercised by resolution (section 257(2)). As the term “adopt by local government” is defined in the Act to mean “adopt by resolution of the local government”, matters that cannot be delegated for the purposes of sections 175C(3) and 175E(6) include not only powers that must be exercised by way of resolution, but also powers that an Act specifies must be exercised by way of adoption.

Act Section Matters that require a resolution of Council 
(Cannot be delegated)


Local Government Act (LGA) 2009

LGA 2009

97(5)(b) Decision that the purpose of a tax included in an application fee referred to in section 97(2)(a) (cost-recovery fees) benefits the local government area
LGA 2009 99(3) Decision to levy a fee on the occupier of a structure referred to in section 99 (fees on occupiers of land below the high-water mark) for the use of the local government’s roads and other infrastructure
LGA 2009 100(2) Decision by an indigenous local government to levy a fee on residents of its local government area
LGA 2009 107A Approval and adoption of the budget presented by the mayor
LGA 2009 134 Approval of a systematic or selective inspection program
LGA 2009 165(2) Appointment of acting mayor
LGA 2009 165(3) Declaration that the office of deputy mayor is vacant
LGA 2009  166(2) Filling a vacancy in the office of a councillor (who is not the mayor) to which section 166(2) applies
LGA 2009 166(5) Filling a vacancy in the office of a councillor (who is not the mayor) to which section 166(5) applies
LGA 2009 170A(6) Adoption of “acceptable requests guidelines”
LGA 2009 175(2) Appointment of a deputy mayor at a post-election meeting
LGA 2009 196(1) Adoption of an appropriate organisational structure
LGA 2009 202(3)(b) Decision that authorised persons of another local government may be appointed as authorised persons of the local government (as the adopting local government)
LGA 2009 257 Delegation of local government powers
LGA 2009 268 Adoption of a process for resolving administrative action complaints
LGA 2009 276(4) Adoption or making of a local law to which transitional provisions 276(3) and (4) apply


Local Government Regulation (LGR) 2012
LGR 2012 29 Decision to convert a business unit to a commercial business unit
LGR 2012 30 Decision to create a commercial business unit
LGR 2012 55 Decision on whether to implement the recommendations in the Queensland Productivity Commission’s report
LGR 2012 74(3) Decision to use the value of land averaged over a number of financial years for the purpose of calculating the land’s rateable value
LGR 2012 81 Decision on categorisation of land for differential general rates
LGR 2012 94(2) Decision to levy special rates or charges
LGR 2012 94(6) Adoption of an annual implementation plan for an overall plan that is for more than 1 year
LGR 2012 94(9) Amendment to an overall plan or an annual implementation plan
LGR 2012 97(3)(a) Decision on the proportions in which the local government will pay current owners any surplus special rates or charges after an overall plan is cancelled
LGR 2012 102(2) Decision that a meter is taken to have been read during the period that starts from 2 weeks before, and ends 2 weeks after, the day on which the meter is actually read
LGR 2012 116(1) Decision to limit the increase in rates or charges
LGR 2012 118(3) Decision at the budget meeting on the date by which, or the period within which, rates or charges must be paid
LGR 2012 122 Granting of a concession referred to in section 121
LGR 2012 129(2) Decision at the budget meeting to allow ratepayers to pay rates or charges by instalments
LGR 2012 130(4) Decision at the budget meeting to allow a discount for payment of rates or charges before the end of the discount period
LGR 2012 130(7) Change to the discount period for payment of rates or charges
LGR 2012 140(2) Decision to sell land for overdue rates or charges
LGR 2012 149(1) Decision to acquire land
LGR 2012 165(2) Adoption of a 5-year corporate plan
LGR 2012
165(3) Amendment of the 5-year corporate plan
LGR 2012 167 Adoption of a long-term asset management plan
LGR 2012 170(1) Adoption of the budget for the financial year
(NB: For the contents of a budget, see section 169)
LGR 2012 170(3) Amendment to the budget
LGR 2012 173(2) Authorising unauthorised spending in circumstances of genuine emergency or hardship
LGR 2012 174(1) Adoption of an annual operational plan
LGR 2012 174(4) Amendment to the annual operational plan
LGR 2012 182(2) Adoption of an annual report
LGR 2012 191 Adoption of an investment policy
LGR 2012 192 Adoption of a debt policy
LGR 2012 195 Adoption of a community grants policy
LGR 2012 196 Adoption of an entertainment and hospitality policy
LGR 2012 197 Adoption of an advertising spending policy
LGR 2012 198 Adoption of a procurement policy
LGR 2012 201(3) Resolution that a purpose for which an amount of trust money was credited to the trust fund no longer exists
LGR 2012 206(2) Valuation of non-current physical assets
LGR 2012 218 Decision to apply the strategic contracting procedures to local government contracts
LGR 2012 219(6) Decision that Chapter 6, Part 2 (strategic contracting procedures) no longer applies to local government contracts
LGR 2012 220(2) Adoption of a contracting plan
LGR 2012 220(7) Amendment to a contracting plan
LGR 2012 221(5) Amendment of a significant contracting plan
LGR 2012 222 Adoption of a contracting manual
LGR 2012 228(3) Decision that it would be in the public interest to invite expressions of interest before inviting written tenders
LGR 2012 230(1)(a) Decision to prepare a quote or tender consideration plan
LGR 2012 230(1)(b) Adoption of a tender consideration plan
LGR 2012 235(a) Resolution that local government is satisfied that there is only 1 supplier who is reasonably available
LGR 2012 235(b) Resolution that, because of the specialised or confidential nature of the services sought, it would be impractical or disadvantageous for the local government to invite quotes or tenders
LGR 2012 236(2) Decision that an exception referred to in section 236(1)(a)-(e) may apply on the disposal of a valuable non-current asset other than by tender or auction
LGR 2012 247(2) Decision that the maximum amount of remuneration payable to a councillor is not payable to a particular councillor
LGR 2012 247(3) Decision on the amount payable to a councillor referred to in section 247(2)
LGR 2012 250(1) Adoption of an expenses reimbursement policy
LGR 2012 250(2) Amendment of an expenses reimbursement policy
LGR 2012 257(3) Decision to fix a place for a particular local government meeting at a place other than the local government’s public offices
LGR 2012 272(6) Decision to exempt a committee from the requirement to take minutes of its proceedings (and application of section 272)
LGR 2012 275(1) Decision to close a local government meeting to the public
LGR 2012 306(2) Adoption of a complaints management process


Planning Act (PA) 2016
PA 2016 9(4) Resolution that the local government give a temporary local planning instrument, or amendment, and the request for an earlier effective day, to the Minister for approval
PA 2016 24(1) Repeal of a temporary local planning instrument or planning scheme policy
PA 2016 113 Adoption of charges for providing trunk infrastructure for development (a charges resolution)
PA 2016 Schedule 2 Fixing of a fee for an application or referral to a local government


Planning Regulation (PR) 2017
PR 2017 11(3) Setting of a fee for considering a superseded planning scheme request made under section 29 of the Planning Act
PR 2017 Schedule 6, Part 2(2)(e) Decision to apply sub-section 2(2)(e) (material change of use for particular buildings or structures) to a class 1(a)(ii) building made up of not more than 2 attached dwellings
PR 2017 Schedule 9, Part 3, Division 2, Table 1 Declaration that the form of a certain development may have an extremely adverse effect on the amenity, or likely amenity, of a locality, or would be in extreme conflict with the character of a locality (Building Work under Building Act, Referral agency assessment, Particular class 1 and 10 buildings and structures involving possible amenity and aesthetic impacts)


Minister’s Guidelines and Rules (MG&R)
MG&R Chapter 2, Part 1, 3.1 For the purposes of section 20 of the Planning Act (Amending planning schemes under Minister’s rules), adoption of a proposed administrative amendment to a planning scheme
MG&R Chapter 2, Part 2, 6.1 For the purposes of section 20 of the Planning Act (Amending planning schemes under Minister’s rules), adoption of a proposed minor amendment to a planning scheme
MG&R Chapter 2, Part 3, 14.1 For the purposes of section 20 of the Planning Act (Amending planning schemes under Minister’s rules), adoption of a proposed qualified state interest amendment to a planning scheme approved and notified by the Minister under section 13.5
MG&R Chapter 2, Part 4, 22.1 For the purposes of section 20 of the Planning Act (Amending planning schemes under Minister’s rules), adoption of a proposed major amendment to a planning scheme approved and notified by the Minister under section 21.5
MG&R Chapter 3, Part 1, 5.1 For the purposes of section 22 of the Planning Act (Making or amending planning scheme policies), adoption of a proposed planning scheme policy or planning scheme policy amendment
MG&R Chapter 3, Part 2, 9.1 For the purposes of section 23 of the Planning Act (Making or amending temporary local planning instruments), adoption of a proposed temporary local planning instrument or temporary local planning instrument amendment approved and notified by the Minister under section 8.5
MG&R Chapter 5, Part 2, 10.1 For the purposes of sections 25(3) and (4) of the Planning Act (Reviewing a local government infrastructure plan) and making or amending an LGIP, or making an interim LGIP amendment, adoption of a proposed LGIP or amendment approved and notified by the Minister under section 9.7


Environment Protection Act (EPA) 1994
EPA 1994 514(5) Setting of fees payable to the local government for a matter devolved to it
EPA 1994 518(1)(b) Delegation of the local government’s powers under the Environment Protection Act to an appropriately qualified entity


Waste Reduction and Recycling Act (WRRA) 2011
WRRA 2011 125 Adoption of a waste reduction and recycling plan
WRRA 2011 127 Amendment of a waste reduction and recycling plan


Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation (WRRR) 2011
WRRR 2011 7(a) Designation of areas within the local government area in which the local government may conduct general waste or green waste collection