Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A local government may dispose of land (including an interest in land), or other non-current assets mentioned in section 491(1)(b), without complying with section 491 if--
(a) the disposal is to--
(i) the State; or
(ii) a government entity; or
(iii) a local government owned corporation; or
(iv) another local government; or
(v) a community organisation; or
(vi) another Australian government, an entity of another Australian government or a local government of another State or a Territory; or
(b) for land--the land would not be rateable land after the disposal; or
(c) for any non-current asset other than land--the local government has--
(i) decided by resolution, to prepare, for the disposal, a plan that complies with subsection (2); and
(ii) prepared the plan; or
(d) for a disposal of a non-current asset other than land by way of a trade-in for the supply of goods or services to the local government--
(i) the supply is, or is to be, made under subdivision 2; and
(ii) the disposal is, or is to be, part of the contract for the supply; or
(e) the Minister exempts the local government from complying with the section; or
(f) the land or other non-current assets were previously offered for sale under section 491 and were not sold; or
(g) the disposal is declared by regulation to be a disposal to which this division does not apply.
(2) For subsection (1)(c), the plan must state--
(a) the objectives of the disposal; and
(b) how the objectives are to be achieved; and
(c) how achievement of the objectives will be measured; and
(d) any alternative ways of achieving the objectives, and why the alternative ways were not adopted; and
(e) proposed contractual arrangements for the disposal; and
(f) a risk analysis of the market in which the disposal is to take place.
(3) An exemption under subsection (1)(e) may be given subject to conditions.
(4) If subsection (1)(f) applies, the land or other non-current assets must not be sold for less than the highest bid or tender received.
(5) In this section--
community organisation means an entity that is a non-profit entity or otherwise exists for a public purpose.