Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A regulation (a reform implementation regulation) may be made under this part to support the coming into effect of any reform matter.
(2) Part 1, division 10 applies to a reform implementation regulation as if it were a regulation implementing a reviewable local government matter under part 1.
(3) However, the following provisions do not apply under subsection (2)--
(a) section 157(2)(a), (b) and (j) and (3) to (6);
(b) section 158.
(4) For applying section 157(2)(g) and schedule 2, definition implementation issues, the reference in the definition to a reviewable local government matter mentioned in section 64(1)(a), (c), (e) or (f) may be taken to be a reference to any reform matter.
(5) Without limiting section 157(2)(k) or schedule 2, definition implementation issues, paragraph (e), as applied under subsections (1) to (4), a reform implementation regulation may include provision for any of the following--
(a) how and to what extent, from its changeover day--
(i) any new local government is the successor of any existing local government; and
(ii) any adjusted local government is the successor of any existing local government in relation to any transferring area;
(b) how and to what extent functions of any existing local governments are, from changeover day for a new or adjusted local government area, to be exercised by the new or adjusted local government or by any other entity;
(c) the continuing operation of delegations made by existing local governments;
(d) the continuation of employment of employees of existing local governments by new or adjusted local governments;
(e) requirements for the preparation of financial statements for existing local governments that under this part are merging local governments or become adjusted local governments and for the auditing of and reporting on the financial statements by the auditor-general;
(f) obligations of existing local governments that under this part become adjusted local governments relating to the transition of transferring areas;
(g) empowering and directing the Local Government Grants Commission to make decisions about the allocation of employees, assets, liabilities and property of any kind between local governments whose areas have a transferring area included in them or excluded from them;
(h) payment by an existing local government or a successor of an existing local government for a failure of the existing local government to adequately supply services and facilities in its local government area in the period between the commencement of this section and the changeover day for a new or adjusted local government;
(i) dealing with the custody of records under the control of existing local governments;
(j) references in documents to existing local governments;
(k) recording in registers kept under any Act the vesting of property affected by the regulation;
(l) dealing with legal proceedings by or against an existing local government.
(6) A reform implementation regulation under subsection (5)(g) may direct whether, and if so to what extent, part 3, divisions 3 to 5 applies to the commission for the purposes of making decisions under the regulation.