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Queensland
INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
Queensland
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Replacement of s 3 (Interpretation of terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 5 (Corporation of the Minister) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Insertion of new s 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5A Functions of the corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 6 (Functions of the corporation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Omission of ss 6A and 6B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Amendment of s 6C (Sale of surplus land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Replacement of ss 722 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7 Delegations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 Amendment of s 23 (Security) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Replacement of s 24 (Minister may provide land for industrial purpose) . . 8
24 Corporation may provide land for industrial purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Replacement of ss 2526 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
25 Estates Construction Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
14 Replacement of ss 2729 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
27 Regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
28 Existing arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SCHEDULE
DICTIONARY
2
Industrial Development Amendment
15 Insertion of new ss 29 and 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
29 Transitional provision for funds--Industrial Development
Amendment Act 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
30 Numbering and renumbering of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Industrial Development Act 1963
s1 4 s5
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Industrial Development Amendment Act 3
1998. 4
5
Commencement
Clause 2. Sections 13 and 15 commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 6
amended 7
Act
Clause 3. This Act amends the Industrial Development Act 1963. 8
of s 3 (Interpretation of terms) 9
Replacement
Clause 4. Section 3-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
12
`Dictionary
3. The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this 13
Act.'. 14
of s 5 (Corporation of the Minister) 15
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 5(2)(b), `under and within the meaning of this Act'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`administering this section'. 18
(2) Section 5(3), (4) and (5)-- 19
omit. 20
(3) Section 5(6), from `and of acquiring' to `and suffer'-- 21
omit. 22
s6 5 s7
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of new s 5A 1
Insertion
Clause 6. After section 5-- 2
insert-- 3
of the corporation 4
`Functions
`5A.(1) The primary function of the corporation is to deal in land to 5
facilitate the use of land for industrial purposes. 6
`(2) The functions of the corporation also include-- 7
(a) dealing in other property to facilitate the use of land or other 8
property for industrial purposes; and 9
(b) providing or contributing to the provision of infrastructure to 10
facilitate the use of land under the corporation's control, 11
including, for example, electricity, gas and water services, and 12
roads; and 13
(c) performing functions given to the corporation under another Act; 14
and 15
(d) performing functions incidental to the corporation's other 16
functions. 17
18
Examples of performing an incidental function--
19
1. Disposing of land when it is no longer required for industrial purposes.
20
2. Leasing land when it is not immediately required for industrial purposes.'.
of s 6 (Functions of the corporation) 21
Amendment
Clause 7.(1) Section 6, heading-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`General powers of the corporation'. 24
(2) Section 6(1) and (2)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`6.(1) The corporation has all the powers of an individual and may, for 27
example-- 28
(a) deal in land or other property; and 29
s7 6 s7
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(b) enter into agreements, arrangements, contracts and deeds; and 1
(c) enter into obligations as a purchaser or seller of a service; and 2
(d) appoint agents and attorneys; and 3
(e) engage consultants and contractors; and 4
(f) contribute to or undertake studies about land in the State that may 5
be used for an industrial purpose; and 6
(g) exercise powers given to it under another Act; and 7
(h) do anything else necessary or convenient to be done, for or in 8
connection with, the performance of its functions. 9
`(2) If the corporation deals in land or other property for industrial 10
purposes, the corporation may-- 11
(a) lend money, or enter into other financial arrangements, as part of 12
the dealing, including, for example, by providing finance to a 13
purchaser; and 14
(b) enter into instalment contracts or other deferred payment 15
arrangements as a creditor, including, for example, by 16
constructing a research facility for an entity and recovering the 17
costs of its construction by a lease of the facility to the entity; and 18
(c) enter into joint ventures or other cooperative arrangements, with 19
the Governor in Council's approval. 20
`(2A) However, the corporation may only exercise a power under 21
subsection (2)(a) or (b) if the corporation has considered a matter prescribed 22
under a regulation about lending money, entering into other financial 23
arrangements or entering into instalment contracts or other deferred 24
payment arrangements. 25
`(2B) If the corporation considers it appropriate for doing anything under 26
subsection (2), the corporation may take any form of security or charge 27
over land or other property. 28
`(2C) The corporation may charge a fee for dealing in land or other 29
property, providing services or otherwise exercising its powers.'. 30
(3) Section 6(3) to (7), `Minister'-- 31
omit, insert-- 32
s8 7 s9
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`corporation'. 1
(4) Section 6(3), `Minister's authority pursuant to his or her power'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`corporation's authority under the corporation's power'. 4
(5) Section 6(6), `order in council'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`gazette notice'. 7
(6) Section 6(8), `by order in council pursuant to'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`under'. 10
(7) Section 6-- 11
insert-- 12
`(9) In this section-- 13
"power" includes legal capacity.'. 14
mission of ss 6A and 6B 15
O
Clause 8. Sections 6A and 6B-- 16
omit. 17
of s 6C (Sale of surplus land) 18
Amendment
Clause 9.(1) Section 6C(2), from `Subject to' to `may'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`The corporation may, on sound commercial terms,'. 21
(2) Section 6C(2)(c)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(c) in any other way prescribed under a regulation.'. 24
(3) Section 6C(3) and (4)-- 25
omit. 26
s 10 8 s 12
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of ss 722 1
Replacement
Clause 10. Sections 7 to 22-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
4
`Delegations
`7.(1) The corporation may delegate its powers to the chief executive. 5
`(2) The delegation may permit the subdelegation of the power by the 6
chief executive to an appropriately qualified officer or employee of the 7
department. 8
`(3) In subsection (2)-- 9
"appropriately qualified", for an officer or employee to whom a power 10
under this Act may be delegated, includes having the qualifications, 11
experience or standing appropriate to exercise the power. 12
13
Example of standing--
14
A person's classification level in the department.'.
of s 23 (Security) 15
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Section 23, `Minister'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`corporation'. 18
(2) Section 23, `him or her'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`it'. 21
of s 24 (Minister may provide land for industrial 22
Replacement
purpose) 23
Clause 12. Section 24-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
may provide land for industrial purpose 26
`Corporation
`24. To help a person obtain land on which to establish and carry on, or 27
s 13 9 s 13
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expand, an undertaking for an industrial purpose, the corporation may enter 1
into arrangements with a person for the grant to the person of an appropriate 2
lease under the Land Act 1994 of unallocated State land available for the 3
undertaking.'. 4
of ss 2526 5
Replacement
Clause 13. Sections 25 to 26-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
states Construction Fund 8
`E
`25.(1) The corporation must establish and keep an Estates Construction 9
Fund. 10
`(2) The fund is a fund of the trust and special funds under the Financial 11
Administration and Audit Act 1977. 12
`(3) The corporation must credit to the fund-- 13
(a) amounts appropriated to the corporation by Parliament; and 14
(b) amounts for a lease arranged under section 24, or on the 15
conversion of the lease, that are received by the corporation; and 16
(c) other amounts received by the corporation, including, for 17
example, proceeds from a dealing in land, proceeds from a 18
borrowing and interest on the corporation's funds. 19
`(4) The amounts credited to the fund may be applied in payment of any 20
or all of the following-- 21
(a) the corporation's costs and expenses in performing its functions; 22
(b) principal and interest for a borrowing; 23
(c) an amount the Minister and the Treasurer direct the corporation, 24
in writing, to pay into the consolidated fund or departmental 25
accounts. 26
s 14 10 s 14
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`(5) In this section-- 1
"borrowing" means a borrowing by the corporation under the Statutory 2
Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982, section 34.1'. 3
of ss 2729 4
Replacement
Clause 14. Sections 27 to 29-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
power 7
`Regulation-making
`27. The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 8
arrangements 9
`Existing
`28.(1) This section applies to an arrangement entered into by the 10
corporation and in existence immediately before the commencement of this 11
section. 12
`(2) The arrangement continues to have effect after the commencement. 13
`(3) This Act as in force immediately before the commencement 14
continues to apply to the arrangement. 15
`(4) In this section-- 16
"arrangement" includes advances, advances by way of loan and 17
guarantees. 18
1 Section 34 (Statutory bodies may borrow with the Treasurer's approval)
s 14 11 s 14
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CHEDULE 1
`S
ICTIONARY 2
`D
section 3 3
"ancillary industry" includes-- 4
(a) an undertaking ancillary to, or associated with, an industry; and 5
(b) an undertaking that provides facilities or services to people 6
employed in an industry located on land dealt with by the 7
corporation. 8
9
Examples of paragraph (a)--
10
Business, education and training, professional, storage and transport services.
11
Examples of paragraph (b)--
12
Child care centres, convenience stores, food outlets, public parks and swimming
13
pools and tennis courts.
"corporation" see section 5. 14
"deal", in land or other property, includes-- 15
(a) acquire, develop, dispose of, hold, lease, license the use or 16
occupation of, manage, sublease and otherwise deal in or with the 17
land or other property, or interests in the land or other property; 18
and 19
(b) if the land or other property is contaminated by a hazardous 20
contaminant--remediate the land or other property. 21
"hazardous contaminant" see Environmental Protection Act 1994, 22
s 14 12 s 14
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schedule 4.2 1
"industrial purposes" means purposes of an industry or ancillary 2
industry. 3
"industry" includes an undertaking in one or more of the following 4
areas-- 5
(a) information technology and communications, including, for 6
example, producing circuit boards; 7
(b) manufacturing, including, for example, textile production and 8
cabinet making; 9
(c) processing or reprocessing, including, for example, aluminium 10
smelting and refining and making herbal medicines; 11
(d) research and development, including, for example, medical and 12
pharmaceutical research and designing aircraft. 13
"land" means-- 14
(a) land; or 15
(b) land and improvements on the land; or 16
(c) improvements on land. 17
"remediate" land or other property means-- 18
(a) rehabilitate the land or other property; or 19
(b) restore the land or other property; or 20
(c) take other action to prevent or minimise serious environmental 21
harm being caused by the hazardous contaminant contaminating 22
the land or other property. 23
2 Schedule 4 is the dictionary and hazardous contaminant is defined in it as
follows--
` "hazardous contaminant" means a contaminant that, if improperly treated,
stored, disposed of or otherwise managed, is likely to cause serious or material
environmental harm because of--
(a) its quantity, concentration, acute or chronic toxic effects, carcinogencity,
teratogenicity, mutagenicity, corrosiveness, explosiveness, radioactivity
or flammability; or
(b) its physical, chemical or infectious characteristics.'.
s 15 13 s 15
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"serious environmental harm" see the Environmental Protection Act 1
1994, section 17.3'. 2
of new ss 29 and 30 3
Insertion
Clause 15. After section 28-- 4
insert-- 5
provision for funds--Industrial Development 6
`Transitional
Amendment Act 1998 7
`29.(1) This section applies to each amount that, immediately before the 8
commencement of the Industrial Development Amendment Act 1998, 9
section 13, was the balance credited to each of the following funds-- 10
(a) the Assistance to Industries Fund; 11
(b) the Industrial Estates Construction Fund; 12
(c) the Estates Maintenance Fund. 13
3 Section 17 reads as follows--
`Serious environmental harm
17.(1) "Serious environmental harm" is environmental harm (other than
environmental nuisance)--
(a) that causes actual or potential harm to environmental values that is
irreversible, of a high impact or widespread; or
(b) that causes actual or potential harm to environmental values of an area of
high conservation value or special significance; or
(c) that causes actual or potential loss or damage to property of an amount
of, or amounts totalling, more than the threshold amount; or
(d) that results in costs of more than the threshold amount being incurred in
taking appropriate action to--
(i) prevent or minimise the harm; and
(ii) rehabilitate or restore the environment to its condition before the
harm.
(2) In this section--
"threshold amount" means $50 000 or, if a greater amount is prescribed by
regulation, the greater amount.'.
s 15 14 s 15
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`(2) The corporation must transfer each of the amounts to the estates 1
construction fund established under section 25. 2
and renumbering of Act 3
`Numbering
`30. In the next reprint of this Act produced under the Reprints Act 1992, 4
the provisions of this Act must be numbered and renumbered as permitted 5
by the Reprints Act 1992, section 43.'. 6
7
© State of Queensland 1998
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