Queensland Consolidated Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION 2012 - REG 309

309 Recommendations

(1) In preparing recommendations to the Minister about the allocation of the financial assistance amount, the grants commission may inform itself in any way it considers appropriate.

(2) The
"financial assistance amount" is the amount the State is entitled to receive from the Commonwealth under the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act for financial assistance for local government purposes.

(3) The grants commission may ask for submissions from any local governing body within the meaning of section 228 (5) of the Act .

(4) When the grants commission makes a recommendation to the Minister, the Minister may—

(a) accept the recommendation; or

(b) refer the recommendation back to the grants commission and ask it—

(i) to reconsider its recommendation or a part of it; or

(ii) to consider a matter raised by the Minister about the recommendation.

(5) The Minister must give the grants commission reasons for asking it to do something under subsection (4) (b) .

(6) After doing what it is asked to do under subsection (4) (b) , the grants commission must consider whether any change should be made to its recommendation and resubmit its recommendation to the Minister with or without change.

(7) A member of the grants commission may submit a minority recommendation to the Minister.