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Queensland
ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1995
Queensland
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1995
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ACT 1994
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 42 (Public notice of applications for licences) . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 48 (Refusal of application for environmental
authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 58 (Refusal of application for transfer of licence) . . . . . . 5
6 Amendment of s 106 (Authority may apply to court for order
setting aside immunity from prosecution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Replacement of pt 3 heading (Part 3--Other enforcement powers
of authorised persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Amendment of s 144 (Power to require name and address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF MARINE PARKS ACT 1982
10 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Amendment of s 9 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF NATURE CONSERVATION ACT
1992
12 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
13 Amendment of s 35 (Chief executive's powers about permitted
uses in National Parks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
14 Amendment of s 37 (Chief executive's powers to renew existing
authorities for National Parks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2
Environmental Legislation Amendment
15 Amendment of s 112 (Conservation plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
16 Amendment of s 123 (Local governments' decisions to be
consistent with plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
17 Amendment of s 124 (Amendment of plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF QUEENSLAND HERITAGE ACT
1992
18 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
19 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
20 Amendment of s 11 (Terms and conditions of membership) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
21 Amendment of s 23 (Criteria for entry in the Register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
22 Amendment of ss 4446 and 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
23 Replacement of ss 68 and 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF RECREATION AREAS
MANAGEMENT ACT 1988
24 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
25 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF WET TROPICS WORLD
HERITAGE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 1993
26 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
27 Amendment of s 41 (Preparation of plans by Authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
28 Amendment of s 47 (Approval of final plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
29 Omission of s 48 (Compliance with plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
30 Amendment of s 52 (Amendment of plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1995
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend legislation about the environment
s1 4 s4
Environmental Legislation Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Environmental Legislation Amendment 4
Act 1995. 5
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 6
P
PROTECTION ACT 1994 7
amended 8
Act
Clause 2. This part amends the Environmental Protection Act 1994. 9
of s 42 (Public notice of applications for licences) 10
Amendment
Clause 3. Section 42(3)(a)(ii), `paragraph (a)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`subparagraph (i)'. 13
of s 48 (Refusal of application for environmental 14
Amendment
authority) 15
Clause 4.(1) Section 48(1), definition"environmental authority"-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Section 48(1)-- 18
insert-- 19
` "interstate environmental authority" means a licence, permit or other 20
s5 5 s6
Environmental Legislation Amendment
authority that-- 1
(a) is issued under an interstate law; and 2
(b) is prescribed under a regulation to be an environmental authority 3
for this section.'. 4
(3) Section 48(4), `if the authority'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`if it'. 7
(4) Section 48(4)(a) and (b), after `environmental authority'-- 8
insert-- 9
`or interstate environmental authority'. 10
of s 58 (Refusal of application for transfer of licence) 11
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 58(1), definition "environmental authority"-- 12
omit. 13
(2) Section 58(1)-- 14
insert-- 15
` "interstate environmental authority" means a licence, permit or other 16
authority that-- 17
(a) is issued under an interstate law; and 18
(b) is prescribed under a regulation to be an environmental authority 19
for this section.'. 20
(3) Section 58(3)(a) and (b), after `environmental authority'-- 21
insert-- 22
`or interstate environmental authority'. 23
of s 106 (Authority may apply to court for order setting 24
Amendment
aside immunity from prosecution) 25
Clause 6. Section 106(1), `103(1)'-- 26
s7 6 s9
Environmental Legislation Amendment
omit, insert-- 1
`104(1)'. 2
of pt 3 heading (Part 3--Other enforcement powers of 3
Replacement
authorised persons) 4
Clause 7. Chapter 4, part 3, heading-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`PART 3--OTHER ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF 7
AUTHORISED PERSONS AND POLICE OFFICERS'. 8
of s 144 (Power to require name and address) 9
Amendment
Clause 8. Section 144(4), `an authorised person who is'-- 10
omit. 11
of sch 4 (Dictionary) 12
Amendment
Clause 9.(1) Schedule 4, definition "approval"-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
` "approval" means an approval under chapter 3, part 4 to carry out a 15
level 2 environmentally relevant activity.1'. 16
(2) Schedule 4, definition "noise abatement direction"-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
` "noise abatement direction" see section 150(3)(b).'. 19
(3) Schedule 4-- 20
insert-- 21
` "engaging" in conduct includes failing to engage in conduct. 22
"interstate environmental authority" see sections 48 and 58.'. 23
1 Chapter 3 (Environmental management), part 4 (Environmental authorities)
s 10 7 s 14
Environmental Legislation Amendment
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF MARINE PARKS ACT 1
1982 2
amended 3
Act
Clause 10. This part amends the Marine Parks Act 1982. 4
of s 9 (Definitions) 5
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 9-- 6
insert-- 7
` "fee" includes tax.'. 8
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF NATURE 9
CONSERVATION ACT 1992 10
amended 11
Act
Clause 12. This part amends the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 12
of s 35 (Chief executive's powers about permitted uses in 13
Amendment
National Parks) 14
Clause 13. Section 35(1)(a)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(a) the use under the authority is prescribed under a regulation made 17
for this section to be a permitted use for the area; and'. 18
of s 37 (Chief executive's powers to renew existing 19
Amendment
authorities for National Parks) 20
Clause 14. Section 37(2)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
s 15 8 s 17
Environmental Legislation Amendment
`(2) The chief executive may renew, or consent to the renewal of, an 1
authority for the national park if the use under the authority is prescribed 2
under a regulation made for this section to be a permitted use for the area.'. 3
of s 112 (Conservation plans) 4
Amendment
Clause 15. Section 112(5)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(5) A conservation plan may make provision about the following 7
matters-- 8
(a) any matter for which a regulation may be made under this Act, 9
including, for example, prescribing offences for contraventions of 10
the plan, and fixing a maximum penalty of a fine of not more 11
than 165 penalty units for the contravention; 12
(b) the use or development of land, and activities, in an area identified 13
under the plan as, or including, a critical habitat or an area of 14
major interest.'. 15
of s 123 (Local governments' decisions to be consistent 16
Amendment
with plans) 17
Clause 16. Section 123(2), `development on'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`use of, or a development on,'. 20
of s 124 (Amendment of plans) 21
Amendment
Clause 17. Section 124-- 22
insert-- 23
`(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to the amendment of a 24
management or conservation plan to-- 25
(a) correct an error in the plan; or 26
(b) make a change (other than a change of substance) in the plan; or 27
(c) if the plan or a regulation provides that an amendment of a stated 28
s 18 9 s 21
Environmental Legislation Amendment
type may be made to the plan by amendment under this 1
subsection--make an amendment of that type.'. 2
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF QUEENSLAND 3
HERITAGE ACT 1992 4
amended 5
Act
Clause 18. This part amends the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. 6
of s 4 (Definitions) 7
Amendment
Clause 19.(1) Section 4, definition"cultural heritage significance"-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 4-- 10
insert-- 11
` "aesthetic significance", of a place or object, includes its visual merit or 12
interest. 13
"cultural heritage significance", of a place or object, includes its aesthetic, 14
architectural, historical, scientific, social or technological significance to 15
the present generation or past or future generations.'. 16
of s 11 (Terms and conditions of membership) 17
Amendment
Clause 20. Section 11(3)-- 18
omit. 19
of s 23 (Criteria for entry in the Register) 20
Amendment
Clause 21. Section 23(1)(e)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(e) the place is important because of its aesthetic significance;'. 23
s 22 10 s 25
Environmental Legislation Amendment
of ss 4446 and 50 1
Amendment
Clause 22. Sections 44 to 46 and 50, `order in council'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`regulation'. 4
of ss 68 and 69 5
Replacement
Clause 23. Sections 68 and 69-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Regulation making power 8
`68. The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.'. 9
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF RECREATION AREAS 10
MANAGEMENT ACT 1988 11
amended 12
Act
Clause 24. This part amends the Recreation Areas Management Act 1988. 13
of s 5 (Interpretation) 14
Amendment
Clause 25. Section 5-- 15
insert-- 16
` "fee" includes tax.'. 17
s 26 11 s 28
Environmental Legislation Amendment
ART 7--AMENDMENT OF WET TROPICS WORLD 1
P
HERITAGE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT 2
ACT 1993 3
amended 4
Act
Clause 26. This part amends the Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and 5
Management Act 1993. 6
of s 41 (Preparation of plans by Authority) 7
Amendment
Clause 27. Section 41(4) and (5)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(4) A management plan may make provision for any matter for which a 10
regulation may be made under this Act, including, for example-- 11
(a) prescribing offences for contraventions of the plan, and fixing a 12
maximum penalty of a fine of not more than 165 penalty units for 13
the contravention; and 14
(b) exempting and prescribing acts for section 56(3), definition 15
`prohibited act'. 16
`(5) A regulatory impact statement under the Statutory Instruments Act 17
1992 need not be prepared for the first management plan for the wet tropics 18
area.'. 19
of s 47 (Approval of final plan) 20
Amendment
Clause 28.(1) Section 47(1)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`47.(1) A final management plan does not have effect until approved by 23
the Governor in Council.'. 24
(2) Section 47(3)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`(3) A final management plan is subordinate legislation.'. 27
s 29 12 s 30
Environmental Legislation Amendment
of s 48 (Compliance with plan) 1
Omission
Clause 29. Section 48-- 2
omit. 3
of s 52 (Amendment of plans) 4
Amendment
Clause 30. Section 52-- 5
insert-- 6
`(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to the amendment of a 7
management plan to-- 8
(a) correct an error in the plan; or 9
(b) make a change (other than a change of substance) in the plan; or 10
(c) if the plan or a regulation provides that an amendment of a stated 11
type may be made to the plan by amendment under this 12
subsection--make an amendment of that type.'. 13
14
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