Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A regulation may declare the class of a local government area.
(2) The class of a local government area may be 1 of the following--
region
city
town
shire
another class prescribed under a regulation.
(3) A local government area may be declared to be a region, city or town, or another class prescribed under a regulation, only if it satisfies the criteria prescribed by regulation.
(4) A provision of this Act that makes a reference generally to the 4 classes of region, city, town or shire is taken also to include a similar reference to any other class prescribed under a regulation under subsection (2).