Queensland Consolidated Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION 2012 - REG 13

13 Changing classification of a local government area

(1) This section prescribes, for section 19 (2) (c) of the Act , the other matters to be considered by the change commission if a proposed local government change relates to a change of the classification of a local government area.

(2) The criteria for a local government area to be declared a city are that—

(a) the area is the centre of a region providing commercial, industrial, health and public sector services for the region; and

(b) the area has, for the 3 years immediately before the declaration, had—

(i) a population of at least 25,000; and

(ii) a population of at least 15,000 in its urban centre; and

(iii) a population density of at least 150 people for each square kilometre of its urban centre.

(3) The criteria for a local government area to be declared a town are that the area does not meet the criteria for being declared a city but is urban in character.

(4) The criterion for a local government area to be declared a shire is that the area is not urban in character.

(5) The criterion for a local government area to be declared a region is that the area be created as a result of the amalgamation of 2 or more local government areas of any class.