Queensland Consolidated Acts

CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 2010 - SECT 217

217 Who is authorised to sign council documents

(1) The following persons may sign a document on behalf of the council—

(a) the head of the council;

(b) a delegate of the council;

(c) a councillor or council employee who is authorised by the head of the council, in writing, to sign documents.

Note—

See section 238 for the council’s power to delegate.

(2) The
"head of the council" is—

(a) the mayor; or

(b) if all of the councillors have been suspended or the council has been dissolved under the Local Government Act , section 123 and an interim administrator is appointed—the interim administrator; or

(c) if there are no councillors for any other reason and an interim administrator has not been appointed—the chief executive officer.