Local Government (Dissolution of Ipswich City Council) Bill 2018 (Qld)

An Act to dissolve the Ipswich City Council and provide for the appointment of an interim administrator to act in place of the councillors of the Ipswich City Council and for related purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Dissolution of Ipswich City Council) Act 2018.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3 Definitions In this Act— conclusion, of the election of a councillor, see the Local Government Electoral Act 2011, section 7. councillor means a councillor of a local government under the Local Government Act 2009. ICC councillor means a person who, immediately before the commencement of section 4, held office as a councillor, including as mayor, of the Ipswich City Council. interim administrator see section 5(1). interim period means the period— (a) starting when the interim administrator is appointed under section 5(1); and (b) ending at the conclusion of the quadrennial election of councillors for the Ipswich local government area held in 2020. quadrennial election see the Local Government Electoral Act 2011, schedule.

4 Dissolution of Ipswich City Council and end of term of ICC councillors (1) On the commencement— (a) the Ipswich City Council is dissolved; and (b) despite the Local Government Act 2009, section 160, each ICC councillor's term ends. (2) If an ICC councillor was, immediately before the commencement, suspended under the Local Government Act 2009, chapter 6, part 2, division 7, the suspension ends when the councillor's term ends under this section. (3) The ending of the term of an ICC councillor does not give rise to a vacancy in the office of the councillor for the Local Government Act 2009, chapter 6, part 2, division 3.