Local Law register

This local law only applies to:

• Local Law No. 3 (Libraries) 2003, and its subordinate local laws
• Local Law No. 4 (Animal Management) 2002, and its subordinate local laws
• Local Law No. 5 (Parks, Jetties and Boat Ramps) 2011, and its subordinate local laws
• Local Law No. 6 (Smoke Free Places) 2015, and its subordinate local laws
• Local Law No. 7 (Parking) 2003, and its subordinate local laws
• Local Law No. 8 (Waste Management) 2018, and its subordinate local laws
• Local Law No. 9 (Licensing) 1999, and it subordinate local laws
• Local Law No. 10 (Public Health) 1999, and its subordinate local laws
• Local Law No. 11 (Roads) 1999, and its subordinate local laws
• Local Law No. 12 (Council Property and Other Public Places) 2003, and its subordinate local laws
• Local Law No. 13 (On-Site Sewerage Facilities Operation and Servicing) 2012, and its subordinate local laws
• Local Law No 14 (Cemeteries) 2011, and its subordinate local laws.

This local law does not apply to a State-controlled road unless the chief executive of the department which administers Chapter 6 (Road Transport Infrastructure) of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 has given written approval to the local government to exercise all or any of the powers under this local law in respect of the State-controlled road.

This local law covers administration of library membership, use of library resources and library premises, and administrative provisions.

• The purpose of this local law is to:
• ensure a library and library resources effectively meet the needs of the community
• confer the necessary powers for the administration, management and control of the library, library resources and library premises
• provide for the protection of
  • library resources and the library premises
  • persons using library resources and library premises
  • council officers.

Libraries

This local law covers administration of management centre, keeping and control of animal, seizure impounding and destruction of animal, enforcement and administrative provisions.

The purpose of this local law is to regulate the keeping of animals:

• to protect the community against risk of injury and damage
• to ensure that animals do not create a nuisance or a risk to human health or safety 
• to prevent environmental harm and environment nuisance resulting from the keeping of animals and to protect the amenity of the local environment
• to ensure that animals are kept and used in a way that is consistent with the rights, expectations and enjoyment of the local community.

• Pets and animals
• Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008 (Qld)

This local law covers administration of parks, regulation of parks, regulation of public places other than parks, jetties and boat ramps, permits, enforcement and administrative provisions.

The purpose of this local law is to:

• ensure that public access and use of a park is in accordance with the preservation of public safety and amenity
• ensure the protection of the environment and the facilities of a park
• regulate the use of, and the conduct of persons in parks and on jetties and boat ramps
• regulate the construction and demolition of jetties and boat ramps.

Parks and community gardens

This local law covers regulation of smoke free places and signage.

The purpose of this local law is to regulate smoking in a smoke free place to promote a healthy environment and enhance the general amenity and appearance of the local government area by:

• establishing smoke free places
• specifying a penalty for offences in respect of smoking in a smoke free place.

• Beenleigh Town square non-smoking information
• Smoking laws in Queensland | Queensland Health

• Subordinate Local Law No. 7.1 (Regulated Parking) 2003(PDF, 600KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 7.2 (Heavy Vehicle Parking on a Road) 2003(PDF, 2MB)

This local law covers regulation of parking, heavy vehicle parking on a road or in a public place, enforcement and administrative provisions.

The purpose of this local law is to regulate parking in traffic areas, on roads and in off-street regulated parking areas in the local government area by:

• establishing and regulating parking in traffic areas, on roads and in offstreet regulated parking area
• fixing parking fees and regulating paid parking
• meeting the parking needs of people with disabilities
• giving the local government power to issue parking permits
• imposing temporary parking prohibitions and restrictions
• the regulation of heavy vehicle parking on roads and in public places in the local government area
• specifying, for the purposes of a parking infringement notice, penalties for certain offences under State laws in respect of traffic management in the local government area.

• Heavy vehicle parking on roads

For heavy vehicle parking on private premises, see Subordinate Local Law No. 9.4 (Heavy Vehicle Parking on Residential Premises) 2010(PDF, 342KB).

This local law covers waste management, waste receival and disposal, enforcement and administrative provisions.

The object of this local law is to protect the public health, safety and amenity related to waste management by:

• regulating the storage, servicing and removal of waste
• regulating the disposal of waste at a waste facility
• ensuring that an act or omission does not result in
  • harm to human health or safety or personal injury
  • property damage or loss of amenity
  • environmental harm or environmental nuisance.

• Wheelie bins - complying with local law
• Waste and recycling

• Subordinate Local Law No. 9.2 (Election Signs) 1999(PDF, 355KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 9.3 (Itinerant Vending) 1999(PDF, 141KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 9.4 (Heavy Vehicle Parking on Residential Premises) 2010(PDF, 342KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 9.8 (Events) 1999(PDF, 248KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 9.10 (Accommodation Premises) 1999(PDF, 173KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 9.11 (Advertisement) 1999(PDF, 284KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 9.15 (Kennels and Cattery) 1999(PDF, 196KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 9.17 (Relocatable Home Parks) 1999(PDF, 234KB)

This local law covers licensing, enforcement and administrative provisions.

The purpose of this local law is to ensure that:

• a prescribed activity does not result in
  • harm to human health or safety or personal injury
  • property damage or a loss of amenity
  • environmental harm or environmental nuisance
• the operation of a prescribed activity complies with the Local Government Acts that regulate the prescribed activity by subjecting the prescribed activity to an inspection, monitoring and enforcement regime.

• Business licensing (including permits for roadside vending non-food, heavy vehicle parking on residential premises, temporary signs on a public place, film production, stalls / busking)
• Heavy vehicle parking on residential premises
• Roadside vending (food)
• Temporary signs in a public place(PDF, 467KB)
• Temporary signs on private premises(PDF, 390KB)
• Election signs.

For heavy vehicle parking on roads, see Subordinate Local Law No. 7.2 (Heavy Vehicle Parking on a Road) 2003

This local law covers nuisances, nuisance complaints, regulation of shopping trolleys, enforcement and administrative provisions.

The purpose of this local law is to:

• protect public health and safety by ensuring the proper management and control of acts and omissions that result in
  • harm to human health or safety or personal injury
  • property damage or a loss of amenity
  • environmental harm or environmental nuisance
• provide a mechanism for the assessment and resolution of nuisance complaints.

• Abandoned and impounded vehicles
• Animal noise nuisance and barking dogs
• Dangerous fencing
• Health
• Noise and pollution nuisances (dust, light, odour and smoke)
• Overgrown and unsightly premises
• Temporary signs on private premises(PDF, 390KB)

• Subordinate Local Law No. 11.1 (Interference with Local Government Roads) 2003(PDF, 381KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 11.3 (Gates and Grids) 2011(PDF, 95KB)

This local law covers construction, maintenance and improvement of roads, management powers, control of local government roads, enforcement, internal review and administrative provisions.

The purpose of this law is to:

• ensure that the local government has the necessary powers to construct, maintain and improve roads within its local government area
• provide for the naming of roads and the numbering of adjoining premises
• ensure that roads and associated structures and vegetation are in harmony with their natural and built environment
• regulate the use of roads to prevent
  • harm to human health or safety or personal injury
  • property damage or a loss of amenity
  • environmental harm or environmental nuisance
  • a nuisance
  • interference with the safe movement of traffic or the safe use of a footpath
  • damage to roads.

• Subordinate Local Law No. 12.1 (Business on Public Places Other Than Council Facilities and Community Facilities) 2003(PDF, 494KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 12.2 (Administration Centres) 2003(PDF, 293KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 12.4 (Community and Major Venues) 2003(PDF, 216KB) 
• Subordinate Local Law No. 12.5 (Waste Management Facilities) 2003(PDF, 206KB) 
• Subordinate Local Law No. 12.7 (Depots) 2003 (PDF 464 KB(PDF, 464KB)
• Subordinate Local Law No. 12.8 (Aquatic Centres) 2011(PDF, 96KB)

This local law covers administration of council property, regulation of council property and other public places, permits and enforcement.

The purpose of this local law is to:

• provide for the establishment of council property
• provide for the protection of council property
• confer the necessary powers for the management and control of council property
• protect the safety of persons using council property
• regulate activities in and on council property and ensure appropriate standards of conduct
• provide for appropriate public access to council property.

• Camping on Council owned or controlled land
• Temporary signs and advertisements on a public place(PDF, 689KB)

This local law covers operation of on-site sewerage facilities, enforcement and administrative provisions.

The purpose of this local law is to regulate the operation and servicing of on-site sewerage facilities so as to protect public health and the environment.

This local law covers local government cemetery, cemeteries generally, permits, enforcement and administration.

The purpose of this local law is to:

• provide for the proper management and control of a cemetery in the local government area
• regulate the disposal of human remains in the local government area within and outside a cemetery
• ensure proper records are kept about the disposal of human remains within and outside a cemetery.

Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld)

Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld)

• Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008 (Qld)
• Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 (Qld)
• Illegal dumping