Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 10

10 Power includes power to conduct joint government activities

(1) A local government may exercise its powers by cooperating with 1 or more other local, State or Commonwealth governments to conduct a joint government activity.

(2) A
"joint government activity" includes providing a service, or operating a facility, that involves the other governments.

(3) The cooperation with another government may take any form, including for example—

(a) entering into an agreement; or

(b) creating a joint local government entity, or joint government entity, to oversee the joint government activity.

(4) A joint government activity may be set up for more than 1 purpose.

Example—

Three local governments may create a joint local government entity to manage an aerodrome that services each of their local government areas, and may also enter into an agreement to sell water in bulk to 1 of the local governments.

(5) A local government may exercise a power in another government’s area for the purposes of a joint government activity, in the way agreed by the governments.

(6) However, if the power is to be exercised under a local law, the local law must expressly state that it applies to the other government’s area.

Note—

See section 29 for more information about making local laws.