Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 181

181 Qualifications to be commissioner

(1) A person is qualified to be a commissioner only if the person—

(a) has extensive knowledge of, and experience in, any of the following—

(i) local government;

(ii) community affairs;

(iii) industrial relations;

(iv) public administration;

(v) public finance; or

(b) has other knowledge and experience the Governor in Council considers appropriate.

(2) However, a person is not qualified to be a commissioner if the person—

(a) is a councillor; or

(b) is a nominee for election as a councillor; or

(c) accepts appointment as a councillor; or

(d) is an employee of a local government; or

(e) is a contractor of a local government; or

(f) is a consultant engaged by a local government; or

(g) is a member of an Australian Parliament; or

(h) is a nominee for election as a member of an Australian Parliament; or

(j) has a conviction for an indictable offence, other than a spent conviction; or

(k) is an insolvent under administration; or

(l) is a person prescribed by regulation.