Making of Local Laws Website Notice (No. 7) 2023

Published on 22 December 2023

Local Government Act 2009
Fraser coast regional council
Making of local laws website notice (no. 7) 2023

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1. This notice may be cited as the Fraser Coast Regional Council Making of Local Laws Website Notice (No. 7) 2023 which has been issued pursuant to section 29B of the Local Government Act 2009 (Qld).
   
   

   Making of local laws

2. Fraser Coast Regional Council (the Council) has, by resolution dated the 13 December 2023, made:
   1. Administration (Amendment) Local Law (No. 1) 2023 (the Amending Local Law); and
   2. Administration (Amendment) Subordinate Local Law (No. 1) 2023 (the Amending Subordinate Local Law).
      (collectively, the Amending Local Laws).
3. Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2011 authorises the Amending Subordinate Local Law to be made.
4. Upon making the Amending Local Law, Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2011 was amended.
5. Upon making the Amending Subordinate Local Law, Subordinate Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2019 was amended.
   
   

   Purpose and general effect of local laws

6. The purpose of the Amending Local Laws is to:
   • Allow Council officers to assess if mobile food vendors could trade near similar businesses in certain circumstances, such as markets or major events. Under current rules, mobile food vendors can’t operate within 200 metres of a similar business;
   • Remove the requirement for neighbours’ consent for applications for an additional pet and instead leaving the discretion to Council officers to consider the circumstances of each application;
   • Amendments around public place activities which require approvals and setting stringent guidelines for camping grounds and tourist parks, with a new reference to nature-based tourism facilities in recognition of the growing interest in eco-tourism in the region; and
   • Amendments to pave the way for residents to plant small shrubs or other certain types of vegetation on their nature strips without a permit in preparation for new Council guidelines currently in development.
   
   

   Commencement

7. The Amending Local Laws commenced on 22 December 2023.
   
   

   Anti-competitive provisions

8. The Amending Local Laws contain anti-competitive provisions.
   
   

   Adoption of consolidated versions

9. Council has prepared and adopted consolidated versions of each of Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2011 and Subordinate Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2019 by resolution dated 13 December 2023 (the Consolidated Local Laws).
   
   

   Inspection

10. Copies of the Amending Local Laws and Consolidated Local Laws may be—
    3. inspected at Council’s public offices;
    4. purchased at Council’s public offices; and
    5. viewed by the public on Council's website and the website of the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning.

Gerard Carlyon
Chief executive officer (Acting)