Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act--
building work--
1 Building work means--
(a) building, repairing, altering, underpinning (whether by vertical or lateral support), moving or demolishing a building or other structure; or
(b) work regulated under the building assessment provisions under the Building Act 1975 other than IDAS; or
(c) excavating or filling--
(i) for, or incidental to, the activities mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(ii) that may adversely affect the stability of a building or other structure, whether on the land on which the building or other structure is situated or on adjoining land; or
(d) supporting (whether vertically or laterally) land for activities mentioned in paragraph (a).
2 Building work, for administering IDAS under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 in relation to a Queensland heritage place, includes any of the following--
(a) altering, repairing, maintaining or moving a built, natural or landscape feature on the place;
(b) excavating, filling or other disturbances to land that damage, expose, or move archaeological artefacts, as defined under that Act, on the place;
(c) altering, repairing or removing artefacts on the place that contribute to its cultural heritage significance, including, for example, furniture and fittings;
(d) altering, repairing or removing building finishes that contribute to the place's cultural heritage significance, including, for example, paint, wallpaper and plaster.
3 Building work, for administering IDAS under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992, does not include development for which an exemption certificate has been issued under that Act.
4 Building work does not include undertaking--
(a) operations of any kind and all things constructed or installed that allow taking, or interfering with, water (other than using a water truck to pump water) under the Water Act 2000; or
(b) tidal works.
lot means--
(a) a lot under the Land Title Act 1994; or
(b) a separate, distinct parcel of land for which an interest is recorded in a register under the Land Act 1994; or
(c) common property for a community titles scheme under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997; or
(d) a lot or common property to which the Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980 continues to apply; or
(e) a community or precinct thoroughfare under the Mixed Use Development Act 1993; or
(f) a primary or secondary thoroughfare under the Integrated Resort Development Act 1987 or the Sanctuary Cove Resort Act 1985.
material change of use, of premises, means--
(a) generally--
(i) the start of a new use of the premises; or
(ii) the re-establishment on the premises of a use that has been abandoned; or
(iii) a material change in the intensity or scale of the use of the premises; or
(b) for administering IDAS under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 for environmentally relevant activities (other than for a mining activity, a petroleum activity or a mobile and temporary environmentally relevant activity)--
(i) the start of a new environmentally relevant activity on the premises; or
(ii) an increase in the threshold of an environmentally relevant activity on the premises; or
(iii) the re-establishment on the premises of an environmentally relevant activity that has been abandoned; or
(iv) a material change in the intensity or scale of an environmentally relevant activity on the premises; or
(c) the continuation of an environmentally relevant activity on the premises if--
(i) an approval for the activity ceases to have effect because of the operation of the Environmental Protection Act 1994, section 619(2)(e) or 624(2)(b); or
(ii) there is no development approval for the activity and it was, at any time before 4 October 2004, carried out without an environmental authority as required under the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
operational work--
1 Operational work means--
(a) extracting gravel, rock, sand or soil from the place where it occurs naturally; or
(b) conducting a forest practice; or
(c) excavating or filling that materially affects premises or their use; or
(d) placing an advertising device on premises; or
(e) undertaking work in, on, over or under premises that materially affects premises or their use; or
(f) clearing vegetation, including vegetation to which VMA applies; or
(g) undertaking operations of any kind and all things constructed or installed that allow taking, or interfering with, water (other than using a water truck to pump water) under the Water Act 2000; or
(h) undertaking--
(i) tidal works; or
(ii) work in a coastal management district; or
(i) constructing or raising waterway barrier works; or
(j) performing work in a declared fish habitat area; or
(k) removing, destroying or damaging a marine plant; or
(l) undertaking roadworks on a local government road.
2 Operational work does not include--
(a) for items 1(a) to (f) and (j), any element of the work that is--
(i) building work other than building work for reconfiguring a lot; or
Example of building work for reconfiguring a lot--
building a retaining wall
(ii) drainage work; or
(iii) plumbing work; or
(b) clearing vegetation on--
(i) a forest reserve under the Nature Conservation Act 1992; or
(ii) a protected area under the Nature Conservation Act 1992, section 28; or
(iii) an area declared as a state forest or timber reserve under the Forestry Act 1959; or
(iv) a forest entitlement area under the Land Act 1994.
reconfiguring a lot means--
(a) creating lots by subdividing another lot; or
(b) amalgamating 2 or more lots; or
(c) rearranging the boundaries of a lot by registering a plan of subdivision; or
(d) dividing land into parts by agreement (other than a lease for a term, including renewal options, not exceeding 10 years, or an agreement for the exclusive use of part of the common property for a community titles scheme under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997) rendering different parts of a lot immediately available for separate disposition or separate occupation; or
(e) creating an easement giving access to a lot from a constructed road.
(2) For the definition of building work in subsection (1), paragraph (b), work includes a management procedure or other activity relating to a building or structure even though the activity does not involve a structural change to the building or structure.
Example--
a management procedure under the fire safety standard under the Building Act 1975 relating to a budget accommodation building