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BRISBANE CASINO AGREEMENT BILL
1992
EXPLANATORY NOTES
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
This Part should be read in conjunction with the Acts Interpretation Act
1954 to obtain the proper meaning and interpretations of terms used in this
Act.
Clause 1 states the short title of the Act.
Clause 2 defines terms used in the Act.
Clause 3 defines "development".
PART 2--AUTHORITY TO AGREE TO DEVELOP
AND OPERATE BRISBANE CASINO
Clause 4 authorises the Minister, for and on behalf of the State, to enter
into an agreement with a person for the development and operation of the
Brisbane Casino.
Clause 5 provides that the casino agreement when made has effect as if it
were an enactment of the Act. Where the casino agreement is inconsistent
with any Act the casino agreement shall prevail.
Clause 6 specifies the procedure to be followed to vary the casino
agreement.
PART 3--APPLICATION OF OTHER ACTS
Clause 7 specifies that any proposal that the Brisbane Casino be
developed in relation to a registered place under the Heritage Act is a Crown
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development for the purposes of that Act. In this situation the Minister
responsible for this Act is declared to be the Minister responsible for the
proposed development or works under section 37 of the Heritage Act. The
Judicial Review Act is specified as not applying to a decision under section
37 of the Heritage Act in relation to a proposal that the Brisbane Casino be
developed in relation to a registered place.
Clause 8 specifies various matters which may be dealt with in the casino
agreement in relation to the permit to occupy and special lease to be issued
under the Land Act for the purposes of the Brisbane Casino.
Clause 9 provides that the casino agreement may provide for the site of
the Brisbane Casino to be zoned as a particular development (Brisbane
Casino) zone for the purposes of any planning scheme approved for the
City of Brisbane.
Clause 10 provides that the casino agreement may provide for the
granting of special facility licence under the Liquor Act to the Brisbane
Casino. The hours during which liquor may be sold in the casino part of the
complex are to be in accordance with the hours of operation for the casino
as determined under the Control Act.
Clause 11 provides that the casino agreement is taken to be ratified by
Parliament for the purposes of the Control Act.
Clause 12 specifies that nothing in Part 3 by implication limits what may
be contained in the casino agreement.
PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS
Clause 13 provides for the making of regulations.
© The State of Queensland 1992