Local Law Public Notices


Southern Downs Regional Council (Making of Local Law) Notice No. 1 2011

Southern Downs Regional Council (Making of Local Law) Notice No. 2 2011


Council has in place a number of local laws which cover a broad range of issues.  Recently Southern Downs Regional Council undertook a review of all local laws and subordinate local laws that transitioned from predecessor Councils (ie. Warwick Shire Council and Stanthorpe Shire Council). This process included considerable public interest testing and public consultation. As a result, the following local laws and subordinate local laws for Southern Downs Regional Council commence on 1 January 2012:


Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.1 (Alteration or Improvement to Local Government Controlled Areas and Roads) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.2 (Commercial Use of Local Government Controlled Areas and Roads) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.3 (Establishment or Occupation of a Temporary Home) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.4 (Installation of Advertising Devices) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.5 (Keeping of Animals) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.6 (Operation of Camping Grounds) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.7 (Operation of Cane Railways) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.8 (Operation of Caravan Parks) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.9 (Operation of Cemeteries) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.10 (Operation of Public Swimming Pools) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.11 (Operation of Shared Facility Accommodation) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.12 (Operation of Temporary Entertainment Events) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.13 (Undertaking Regulated Activities regarding Human Remains) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.14 (Undertaking Regulated Activities on Local Government Controlled Areas and Roads) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.15 (Carrying out Works on a Road or Interfering with a Road or its Operation) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.16 (Gates and Grids) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.18 (Parking Contrary to an Indication on an Official Traffic Sign Regulating Parking by Time or Payment

of a Fee) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.19 (Rental Accommodation Other Than Excluded Accommodation) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 1.20 (Sale or Consignment of Stock at a Saleyard) 2011

Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2011

Local Law No. 4 (Local Government Controlled Areas, Facilities and Roads) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 4 (Local Government Controlled Areas, Facilities and Roads) 2011

Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2011

Subordinate Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2011

Local Law No. 6 (Rental Accommodation Other Than Shared Facility Accommodation) 2011

Local Law No. 9 (Operation of Saleyards) 2011


Two local laws from the former Warwick Shire Council were applied to the whole Southern Downs Regional Council local government area.  As a result, the following local laws and subordinate local laws for Southern Downs Regional Council commence on 22 December 2011:


Southern Downs Regional Council Control of Pests (Application of Continuing Local Law) Local Law 2011

Warwick Shire Council Local Law No. 7 (Control of Pests)

      Warwick Shire Council Subordinate Local Law No. 7 (Control of Pests)

Southern Downs Regional Council Overgrown and Unsightly Allotments (Application of Continuing Local Law) Local Law 2011

Local Law No. 8 (Overgrown and Unsightly Allotments) 2001