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Queensland
STATE DEVELOPMENT AND
OTHER LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2000
Queensland
STATE DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ELECTRICITY ACT 1994
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 2, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Division 3--Limitation on restrictions and rationing
129A Limitation for Stanwell Magnesium Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
129B Expiry of div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ACT 1994
5 Act amended in pt 3 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6 Amendment of s 34 (When EIS process applies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7 Amendment of s 34AW (When process is completed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8 Amendment of s 34FD (Assessment level decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
9 Amendment of s 34FF (Decision about EIS requirement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
10 Amendment of s 34FG (Ministerial decision about assessment level) . . . . 9
11 Amendment of s 34GS (EMOS--content requirements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
12 Amendment of s 34GU (EMOS assessment report may be prepared) . . . . . 10
13 Amendment of s 34GV (Requirements for EMOS assessment report) . . . . 10
14 Amendment of s 34GY (Conditions--standard applications) . . . . . . . . . . . 11
15 Amendment of s 34GZ (Conditions--non-standard applications) . . . . . . . . 11
16 Amendment of s 34HF (Right to make objection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Amendment
17 Amendment of s 34HL (Nature of objections decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
18 Replacement of s 34HN (Advice from MRA Minister about
objections decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
34HN Advice from MRA and State Development Ministers
about objections decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
19 Amendment of s 34HO (EPA Minister's decision on application) . . . . . . . 13
20 Amendment of s 34KQ (Conditions that may be made) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
21 Insertion of new s 34KRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
34KRA Paramountcy of native title issues
decision conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
22 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF INTEGRATED PLANNING ACT
1997
23 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
24 Amendment of s 2.6.8 (Minister may proceed straight to
designation in certain circumstances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989
25 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
26 Amendment of s 276 (Conditions of mining lease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF STATE DEVELOPMENT AND
PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971
27 Act amended in pt 6 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
28 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
29 Amendment of s 29 (Definitions for pt 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
30 Amendment of s 29B (Declaration of significant project) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
31 Amendment of s 29K (Coordinator-General evaluates EIS,
submissions, other material and prepares report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
32 Insertion of new pt 4, div 4, sdiv 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
33 Amendment of s 29L (Application of div 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
34 Amendment of s 29M (Applications for material change of use or
requiring impact assessment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
35 Amendment of s 29O (Application of Coordinator-General's
report to IDAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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36 Insertion of new s 29PA and new pt 4, div 4, sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
29PA Assessing authority for conditions of development approval . . . . . . 21
Subdivision 2--Community infrastructure
29Q Application of Coordinator-General's report to designation . . . . . . . 21
37 Replacement of pt 4, div 5 (Relationship with Mineral Resources
Act 1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Division 5--Relationship with Mineral Resources Act
29R Application of div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
29S Application of Coordinator-General's report to proposed
mining lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
29T Coordinator-General's conditions override other conditions . . . . . . . 23
29U Paramountcy of native title issues decision conditions . . . . . . . . . . 23
Division 5A--Relationship with Environmental Protection Act
29V Application of div 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
29W Application of Coordinator-General's report to
environmental authority (mining lease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
38 Amendment of s 29W (Application of div 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
39 Amendment of s 29Y (Application of Coordinator-General's
report to other approval process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
40 Amendment of s 29ZA (Coordinator-General's report must be
taken into consideration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
41 Amendment of s 68 (Delegation of authority of Coordinator-General) . . . . 25
42 Insertion of new s 77B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
77B Project board is a statutory body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
43 Amendment of s 78 (Power of Coordinator-General to take land) . . . . . . . 25
44 Amendment of s 84 (Power of Coordinator-General to negotiate
transfer of works undertaken by the Coordinator-General) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
45 Replacement of ss 95-101A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
95 The Coordinator-General is a statutory body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
46 Replacement of s 119 (Publication of orders in council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
119 Publication of document or information by Coordinator-General . . 26
47 Amendment of s 121 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
48 Amendment of s 123 (Studies being prepared are taken to be
EISs for this part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MINOR AMENDMENTS
2000
A BILL
FOR
An act to amend the State Development and Public Works Organisation
Act 1971, and for other purposes
s1 6 s3
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
ART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
P
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the State Development and Other Legislation 4
Amendment Act 2000. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) Sections 27 and 36, to the extent the sections insert section 29PA,1 7
are taken to have commenced on 16 June 1999. 8
(2) The remaining provisions commence on a day to be fixed by 9
proclamation. 10
(3) The Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 15DA(1) and (2),2 apply to 11
the remaining provisions as if the reference in the section 15DA(2) to 12
`1 year' were a reference to `2 years'. 13
(4) The Acts Interpretation Act 1954 sections 15DA(3) and (4) do not 14
apply to the remaining provisions. 15
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ELECTRICITY ACT 1994 16
amended in pt 2 17
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Electricity Act 1994. 18
1 Section 29PA (Assessing authority for conditions of development approval)
2 Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 15DA (Automatic commencement of
postponed law)
s4 7 s4
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
of new ch 5, pt 2, div 3 1
Insertion
Clause 4. Chapter 5, part 2-- 2
insert-- 3
3--Limitation on restrictions and rationing 4
`Division
for Stanwell Magnesium Plant 5
`Limitation
`129A.(1) This section applies if, apart from this section, an electricity 6
restriction regulation or emergency rationing order applies to the supply of 7
electricity to, or the use of electricity at, the Stanwell Magnesium Plant. 8
`(2) The regulation or rationing order applies only to the supply of 9
electricity to, or the use of electricity at, the plant that is more than the 10
demand prescribed under a regulation. 11
`(3) The prescribed demand-- 12
(a) must be at least 50 MW; but 13
(b) must not be more than 100 MW. 14
`(4) Subsection (2) applies despite any other provision of this part. 15
`(5) In this section-- 16
"Stanwell Magnesium Plant" means the magnesium production plant that 17
Australian Magnesium Operations Pty Ltd (ABN 38 058 918 175) has 18
built, or proposes to build, adjacent to the electricity generating facility 19
at Stanwell called the `Stanwell Power Station'. 20
of div 3 21
`Expiry
`129B. This division expires on 31 December 2033.'. 22
s5 8 s7
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 1
PROTECTION ACT 1994 2
amended in pt 3 and schedule 3
Act
Clause 5.(1) This part amends the Environmental Protection Act 1994. 4
(2) The schedule also includes amendments of the Environmental 5
Protection Act 1994. 6
of s 34 (When EIS process applies) 7
Amendment
Clause 6. Section 34(1), after `project', first mention-- 8
insert-- 9
`, other than a significant project,'. 10
of s 34AW (When process is completed) 11
Amendment
Clause 7.(1) Section 34AW-- 12
insert-- 13
`(1A) The process is taken to have been completed for a significant 14
project if the Coordinator-General's report for the project has been given to 15
the project's proponent.'. 16
(2) Section 34AW(2), words before paragraph (a)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(2) The process is taken to have been completed for another project 19
if--'. 20
(3) Section 34AW(2)(a), after `, however called,'-- 21
insert-- 22
`for the project'. 23
s8 9 s 10
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 34FD (Assessment level decision) 1
Amendment
Clause 8. Section 34FD(3)(a) and (b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(a) it is for a mining project and the authority decides any proposed 4
mining activity that forms part of the project is not a standard 5
mining activity; or 6
(b) it is for an environmental authority (mining lease) and a relevant 7
mining lease is, or is included in, a significant project.'. 8
of s 34FF (Decision about EIS requirement) 9
Amendment
Clause 9. Section 34FF-- 10
insert-- 11
`(1A) However, an EIS must not be required under subsection (1) for the 12
application if-- 13
(a) it is for an environmental authority (mining lease); and 14
(b) a relevant mining lease is, or is included in, a significant 15
project.3'. 16
of s 34FG (Ministerial decision about assessment level) 17
Amendment
Clause 10. Section 34FG(1)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`34FG(1) This section does not apply for an application if-- 20
(a) it is for an environmental authority (mining lease); and 21
(b) a relevant mining lease is, or is included in, a significant project. 22
`(1A) If the application is not an application mentioned in subsection (1), 23
this section applies despite any decision by the administering authority 24
under this division, other than under 34FD(3)(b).'. 25
3 For EISs for significant projects, see the State Development Act, section 29D
(Application of divs 3-6) and part 4, division 3 (EIS process).
s 11 10 s 13
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 34GS (EMOS--content requirements) 1
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 34GS(1)-- 2
insert-- 3
`(ca) if a relevant mining lease is, or is included in, a significant 4
project--state whether an EIS under the State Development Act, 5
part 4, has been prepared for the project; and'. 6
of s 34GU (EMOS assessment report may be prepared) 7
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 34GU, before subsection (1)-- 8
insert-- 9
`(1A) This section does not apply for the application if-- 10
(a) a relevant mining lease is, or is included in, a significant project; 11
and 12
(b) an EMOS is included in the EIS for the project prepared under 13
the State Development Act, part 4; and 14
(c) the Coordinator-General's report for the project states the EMOS 15
complies, or substantially complies, with the content requirements 16
under section 34GS.'. 17
of s 34GV (Requirements for EMOS assessment report) 18
Amendment
Clause 13. Section 34GV(b)-- 19
insert-- 20
`(iia)if a relevant mining lease is, or is included in, a significant 21
project-- 22
(A) the EIS prepared under the State Development Act, 23
part 4, for the project; and 24
(B) the Coordinator-General's report for the project; and'. 25
s 14 11 s 16
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 34GY (Conditions--standard applications) 1
Amendment
Clause 14.(1) Section 34GY(2)(a) and (b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(a) either-- 4
(i) include the relevant standard environmental conditions; or 5
(ii) identify the conditions by reference to their gazettal or to a 6
code of environmental compliance in which they are 7
contained; and 8
(b) if a relevant mining lease is, or is included in, a significant 9
project--include any conditions for the draft stated in the 10
Coordinator-General's report for the project ("Coordinator- 11
General's conditions").'. 12
(2) Section 34GY(6)-- 13
insert-- 14
`(c) the condition is not inconsistent with a Coordinator-General's 15
condition.'. 16
of s 34GZ (Conditions--non-standard applications) 17
Amendment
Clause 15. Section 34GZ-- 18
insert-- 19
`(2A) However, if a relevant mining lease is, or is included in, a 20
significant project-- 21
(a) the administering authority must include in the draft any 22
conditions for the draft stated in the Coordinator-General's report 23
for the project ("Coordinator-General's conditions"); and 24
(b) any other condition included in the draft must not be inconsistent 25
with a Coordinator-General's condition.'. 26
of s 34HF (Right to make objection) 27
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) Section 34HF-- 28
s 17 12 s 18
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
insert-- 1
`(2A) Also, a Coordinator-General's condition included in the draft under 2
section 34GY or 34GZ can not be objected to by anyone.4'. 3
(2) Section 34HF-- 4
insert-- 5
`(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the reference to the 6
application in subsection (1) does not include a reference to any other 7
application document.'. 8
of s 34HL (Nature of objections decision) 9
Amendment
Clause 17. Section 34HL-- 10
insert-- 11
`(1A) However, if a relevant mining lease is, or is included in, a 12
significant project and, under section 34GY or 34GZ,5 Coordinator- 13
General's conditions were included in the draft, any stated conditions under 14
subsection (1)(b)-- 15
(a) must include the Coordinator-General's conditions; and 16
(b) must not be inconsistent with a Coordinator-General's 17
condition.'. 18
of s 34HN (Advice from MRA Minister about objections 19
Replacement
decision) 20
Clause 18. Section 34HN-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
4 Sections 34GY(2)(b) (Conditions--standard applications) and 34GZ
(Conditions--non-standard applications)
5 Sections 34GY(2)(b) (Conditions--standard applications) and 34GZ
(Conditions--non-standard applications)
s 19 13 s 20
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
from MRA and State Development Ministers about 1
`Advice
objections decision 2
`34HN.(1) After the objections decision for the application has been 3
made, the EPA Minister must seek advice about the decision from-- 4
(a) the MRA Minister; and 5
(b) if a relevant mining lease is, or is included in, a significant 6
project--the Minister for the time being administering the State 7
Development Act (the "State Development Minister"). 8
`(2) The advice may be sought at the time and in the way the EPA 9
Minister considers appropriate. 10
`(3) The MRA Minister or State Development Minister may give the 11
advice sought only within the later of the following periods to end-- 12
(a) 10 business days after the EPA Minister seeks the advice; 13
(b) if the MRA Minister and the EPA Minister have, within the 14
10 business days, agreed to a longer period--the longer period. 15
`(4) In giving the advice sought, the MRA Minister or State 16
Development Minister may seek advice from any entity.'. 17
of s 34HO (EPA Minister's decision on application) 18
Amendment
Clause 19. Section 34HO(3)(b)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(b) any Coordinator-General's conditions included in the draft 21
environmental authority under section 34GY or 34GZ.6'. 22
of s 34KQ (Conditions that may be made) 23
Amendment
Clause 20. Section 34KQ(1)(f)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
6 Sections 34GY (Conditions--standard applications) and 34GZ
(Conditions--non-standard applications)
s 21 14 s 22
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
`(f) stating, under the State Development Act, section 29W,7 1
conditions for a draft environmental authority for an 2
environmental authority (mining lease).'. 3
of new s 34KRA 4
Insertion
Clause 21. Chapter 2C, part 13, division 3, after section 34KR-- 5
insert-- 6
of native title issues decision conditions 7
`Paramountcy
`34KRA.(1) Subsection (2) applies if there is any inconsistency 8
between-- 9
(a) a native title issues condition; and 10
(b) a condition of an environmental authority (mining activities) or a 11
draft environmental authority for an environmental authority 12
(mining activities). 13
`(2) The native title issues condition prevails to the extent of the 14
inconsistency. 15
`(3) In this section-- 16
"native title issues condition" means a condition imposed or made under, 17
or as part of, the native title issues decision under the Mineral 18
Resources Act.'. 19
of sch 4 (Dictionary) 20
Amendment
Clause 22. Schedule 4-- 21
insert-- 22
` "Coordinator-General's report", for a significant project, means the 23
Coordinator-General's report under the State Development Act, 24
7 The State Development Act, section 29W (Application of Coordinator-General's
report to environmental authority (mining lease))
s 23 15 s 24
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
section 29K,8 evaluating the EIS for the project. 1
"significant project" means a project declared under the State 2
Development Act, section 29B, to be a significant project.'. 3
ART 4--AMENDMENT OF INTEGRATED 4
P
PLANNING ACT 1997 5
amended in pt 4 6
Act
Clause 23. This part amends the Integrated Planning Act 1997. 7
of s 2.6.8 (Minister may proceed straight to designation 8
Amendment
in certain circumstances) 9
Clause 24.(1) Section 2.6.8(a), before subparagraph (i)-- 10
insert-- 11
`(ia) the Coordinator-General has, under the State Development 12
and Public Works Organisation Act 1971, section 29A,9 13
carried out a coordination in relation to the community 14
infrastructure; or'. 15
(2) Section 2.6.8(a)(ia) to (ii)-- 16
renumber as section 2.6.8(a)(i) to (iv). 17
8 The State Development Act, section 29K (Coordinator-General evaluates EIS,
submissions, other material and prepares report)
9 State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971, section 29A
(Supervision of environment)
s 25 16 s 28
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
ART 5--AMENDMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES 1
P
ACT 1989 2
amended in pt 5 3
Act
Clause 25. This part amends the Mineral Resources Act 1989. 4
of s 276 (Conditions of mining lease) 5
Amendment
Clause 26. Section 276(5)-- 6
omit. 7
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF STATE DEVELOPMENT 8
AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 9
amended in pt 6 and schedule 10
Act
Clause 27.(1) This part amends the State Development and Public Works 11
Organisation Act 1971. 12
(2) The schedule also includes amendments of the State Development 13
and Public Works Organisation Act 1971. 14
of s 5 (Definitions) 15
Amendment
Clause 28.(1) Section 5, definition "local body"-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Section 5-- 18
insert-- 19
` "approval", for part 4, see section 29. 20
"assessment manager", for part 4, see section 29. 21
"Coordinator-General's report", for part 4, see section 29. 22
s 29 17 s 29
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
"development approval", for part 4, see section 29. 1
"EIS", for part 4, see section 29. 2
"environmental authority (mining lease)", for part 4, see section 29. 3
"Environmental Protection Act", for part 4, see section 29. 4
"EPA Minister", for part 4, see section 29. 5
"IDAS", for part 4, see section 29. 6
"Integrated Planning Act" means the Integrated Planning Act 1997. 7
"local body" means-- 8
(a) a government owned corporation; or 9
(b) a statutory body as defined under the Statutory Bodies Financial 10
Arrangements Act 1982; or 11
(c) another body established under an Act. 12
"Mineral Resources Act", for part 4, see section 29. 13
"MRA Minister", for part 4, see section 29. 14
"properly made submission", for part 4, see section 29. 15
"proponent", for part 4, see section 29. 16
"significant project", for part 4, see section 29. 17
"submission period", for part 4, see section 29.'. 18
of s 29 (Definitions for pt 4) 19
Amendment
Clause 29. Section 29-- 20
insert-- 21
` "approval" includes authority, lease, licence, permit or other approval. 22
"Coordinator-General's report", for an EIS, means the report the 23
Coordinator-General must prepare under section 29K(3). 24
"environmental authority (mining lease)" means an environmental 25
authority (mining lease) under the Environmental Protection Act. 26
"Environmental Protection Act" means the Environmental Protection 27
s 30 18 s 31
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
Act 1994. 1
"EPA Minister" means the Minister for the time being administering the 2
Environmental Protection Act. 3
"Mineral Resources Act" means the Mineral Resources Act 1989. 4
"MRA Minister" means the Minister for the time being administering the 5
Mineral Resources Act.'. 6
of s 29B (Declaration of significant project) 7
Amendment
Clause 30. Section 29B(4)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(4) If the project involves a proposed environmental authority (mining 10
lease), the Coordinator-General must give a copy of the gazette notice to the 11
EPA and MRA Ministers.'. 12
of s 29K (Coordinator-General evaluates EIS, 13
Amendment
submissions, other material and prepares report) 14
Clause 31. Section 29K(4)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(4) In evaluating the EIS, the Coordinator-General may-- 17
(a) evaluate the environmental effects of the project and any other 18
related matters; and 19
(b) state conditions under section 29O, 29S or 29W; and 20
(c) make recommendations under section 29Q or 29Y.10 21
`(5) After completing the report, the Coordinator-General must-- 22
10 Sections 29O (Application of Coordinator-General's report to IDAS), 29Q
(Application of Coordinator-General's report to designation), 29S (Application of
Coordinator-General's report to proposed mining lease), 29W (Application of
Coordinator-General's report to environmental authority (mining lease)) and 29Y
(Application of Coordinator-General's report to other approval process)
s 32 19 s 34
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
(a) give a copy of it to the proponent; and 1
(b) publicly notify the report.'. 2
of new pt 4, div 4, sdiv 1, hdg 3
Insertion
Clause 32. Part 4, division 4-- 4
insert-- 5
`Subdivision 1--Development approvals'. 6
of s 29L (Application of div 4) 7
Amendment
Clause 33.(1) Section 29L, heading, `div 4'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`sdiv 1'. 10
(2) Section 29L, `division'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`subdivision'. 13
of s 29M (Applications for material change of use or 14
Amendment
requiring impact assessment) 15
Clause 34. Section 29M(1)(d)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(d) despite paragraph (b), until the development approval applied for 18
has effect-- 19
(i) the Coordinator-General's report is taken to be a concurrence 20
agency's response for the application under IDAS; and 21
(ii) the Coordinator-General may exercise any power of the 22
entity that, other than for paragraph (b), would have been the 23
concurrence agency for the application.'. 24
s 35 20 s 35
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 29O (Application of Coordinator-General's report to 1
Amendment
IDAS) 2
Clause 35.(1) Section 29O(1)(a) and (b), `any development approval'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`the development approval'. 5
(2) Section 29O(1)(c), `any approval'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`the approval'. 8
(3) Section 29O(2)(b), `a development approval'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`the development approval'. 11
(4) Section 29O-- 12
insert-- 13
`(2A) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (1)(a) does not 14
limit the assessment manager's power under the Integrated Planning Act 15
to-- 16
(a) assess the development application; and 17
(b) impose conditions not inconsistent with conditions that must be 18
attached under subsection (1)(a).'. 19
(5) Section 29O-- 20
insert-- 21
`(5) If the Coordinator-General's report provides for a condition that 22
must be attached to any development approval-- 23
(a) the report may state the entity that is to have jurisdiction for the 24
condition after the development approval has taken effect under 25
the Integrated Planning Act, section 3.5.19; and 26
(b) the condition is taken to be a concurrence agency condition under 27
the Integrated Planning Act.'. 28
s 36 21 s 36
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
of new s 29PA and new pt 4, div 4, sdiv 2 1
Insertion
Clause 36. In part 4, division 4, after section 29P-- 2
insert-- 3
authority for conditions of development approval 4
`Assessing
`29PA.(1) This section applies if-- 5
(a) the development approval application is approved subject to a 6
condition; and 7
(b) the development approval has taken effect under the Integrated 8
Planning Act, section 3.5.19. 9
`(2) An entity is taken to be an assessing authority for the condition for 10
applying the Integrated Planning Act, chapter 4,11 if-- 11
(a) the report states the entity is to have jurisdiction for the condition; 12
or 13
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, other than for section 29M-- 14
(i) the entity would have been the referral agency for the 15
application; and 16
(ii) the condition would have been a matter within the entity's 17
jurisdiction. 18
`(3) This section applies despite section 29M(1)(b). 19
2--Community infrastructure 20
`Subdivision
of Coordinator-General's report to designation 21
`Application
`29Q.(1) This section applies if the project involves land for which a 22
designation as community infrastructure under the Integrated Planning Act, 23
section 2.6.8 may be made. 24
`(2) The Coordinator-General's report may recommend requirements for 25
11 The Integrated Planning Act 1997, chapter 4 (Appeals, offences and
enforcement)
s 37 22 s 37
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
inclusion in the designation under the Integrated Planning Act, 1
section 2.6.4(a).12 2
`(3) In making the designation, the designator may have regard to the 3
recommendation.'. 4
of pt 4, div 5 (Relationship with Mineral Resources Act 5
Replacement
1989) 6
Clause 37. Part 4, division 5-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Division 5--Relationship with Mineral Resources Act 9
of div 5 10
`Application
`29R. This division applies if the project involves a proposed mining 11
lease under the Mineral Resources Act. 12
of Coordinator-General's report to proposed mining 13
`Application
lease 14
`29S.(1) The Coordinator-General's report may state conditions 15
("Coordinator-General's conditions") for the proposed mining lease. 16
`(2) If Coordinator-General's conditions are included in the report-- 17
(a) the report must state reasons for their inclusion; and 18
(b) the Coordinator-General must give the MRA Minister a copy of 19
the report; and 20
(c) the conditions of the proposed mining lease are, subject to 21
section 29U, taken to include the Coordinator-General's 22
conditions. 23
12 The Integrated Planning Act, sections 2.6.4 (What designations may include) and
2.6.8 (Minister may proceed straight to designation in certain circumstances)
s 37 23 s 37
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
conditions override other conditions 1
`Coordinator-General's
`29T.(1) This section applies if-- 2
(a) the proposed mining lease is granted; and 3
(b) the conditions of the mining lease include a 4
Coordinator-General's condition; and 5
(c) there is any inconsistency between the Coordinator-General's 6
condition and another condition of the mining lease. 7
`(2) Subject to section 29U, the Coordinator-General's condition prevails 8
to the extent of the inconsistency. 9
`(3) In this section-- 10
"Coordinator-General's condition" means-- 11
(a) a Coordinator-General's condition that, under section 29S, is 12
taken to have been included in the proposed mining lease; or 13
(b) a condition that is substantially the same as a condition mentioned 14
in paragraph (a). 15
of native title issues decision conditions 16
`Paramountcy
`29U.(1) If there is any inconsistency between a Coordinator-General's 17
condition under section 29S or 29T and a native title issues condition, the 18
native title issues condition prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. 19
`(2) In this section-- 20
"native title issues condition" means a condition imposed or made under, 21
or as part of, the native title issues decision under the Mineral 22
Resources Act. 23
`Division 5A--Relationship with Environmental Protection Act, ch 2C 24
of div 5A 25
`Application
`29V. This division applies if the project involves a proposed 26
environmental authority (mining lease). 27
s 38 24 s 39
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
of Coordinator-General's report to environmental 1
`Application
authority (mining lease) 2
`29W.(1) The Coordinator-General's report may state conditions for any 3
draft environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act for 4
the proposed environmental authority (mining lease). 5
`(2) If conditions under subsection (1) are included in the report-- 6
(a) the report must state reasons for their inclusion; and 7
(b) the Coordinator-General must give the EPA Minister a copy of 8
the report.'. 9
of s 29W (Application of div 6) 10
Amendment
Clause 38.(1) Section 29W, `Mineral Resources Act 1989'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Environmental Protection Act, chapter 2C,13'. 13
(2) Section 29W-- 14
renumber as section 29WA. 15
of s 29Y (Application of Coordinator-General's report to 16
Amendment
other approval process) 17
Clause 39. Section 29Y(1)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`29Y.(1) The Coordinator-General's report may recommend to the 20
person who may give an approval required for the project that-- 21
(a) the approval be refused; or 22
(b) stated conditions be imposed on the approval.'. 23
13 The Environmental Protection Act, chapter 2C (Environmental authorities for
mining activities)
s 40 25 s 43
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 29ZA (Coordinator-General's report must be taken 1
Amendment
into consideration) 2
Clause 40. Section 29ZA, from `required'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`who may give an approval required for the project.'. 5
of s 68 (Delegation of authority of Coordinator-General) 6
Amendment
Clause 41.(1) Section 68(2)(b), after `local body'-- 7
insert-- 8
`or the chief executive of a department'. 9
(2) Section 68(3), after `local body'-- 10
insert-- 11
`or chief executive'. 12
of new s 77B 13
Insertion
Clause 42. In part 6, division 4, after section 77A-- 14
insert-- 15
board is a statutory body 16
`Project
`77B.(1) A project board is a statutory body for the Statutory Bodies 17
Financial Arrangements Act 1982. 18
`(2) The Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982, part 2B sets 19
out the way in which a project board's powers under this Act are affected by 20
the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982.'. 21
of s 78 (Power of Coordinator-General to take land) 22
Amendment
Clause 43. Section 78(1), `an estate in fee simple in'-- 23
omit. 24
s 44 26 s 46
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 84 (Power of Coordinator-General to negotiate 1
Amendment
transfer of works undertaken by the Coordinator-General) 2
Clause 44. Section 84(1)-- 3
insert-- 4
`(c) with any entity established under an Act;'. 5
of ss 95-101A 6
Replacement
Clause 45. Sections 95 to 101A-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
Coordinator-General is a statutory body 9
`The
`95.(1) The Coordinator-General is a statutory body for the Statutory 10
Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982. 11
`(2) The Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982, part 2B sets 12
out the way in which the Coordinator-General's powers under this Act are 13
affected by the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982.'. 14
of s 119 (Publication of orders in council) 15
Replacement
Clause 46. Section 119-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
of document or information by Coordinator-General 18
`Publication
`119.(1) This section applies if a provision of this Act requires the 19
Coordinator-General to publicly notify a document or information. 20
`(2) The notification must be made by placing a link to a record or 21
register of the document or information on-- 22
(a) the department's web site on the internet; or 23
(b) another web site the Coordinator-General considers appropriate. 24
`(3) However, the document or information may also be publicly notified 25
in any other way decided by the Coordinator-General.'. 26
s 47 27 s 48
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 121 (Regulations) 1
Amendment
Clause 47.(1) Section 121(1)(e), after `or under this Act,'-- 2
insert-- 3
`authorised works or'. 4
(2) Section 121(1)(f), after `use by the public of'-- 5
insert-- 6
`authorised works or of'. 7
(3) Section 121(1)(i), `$50'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`20 penalty units'. 10
(4) Section 121(1)-- 11
insert-- 12
`(fa) environmental impact assessments, reports, statements or studies; 13
(fb) requirements for environmental impact statements or the process 14
under part 4, division 3, to allow-- 15
(i) the process to be accredited under the Environment 16
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth); 17
or 18
(ii) the making of a bilateral agreement under that Act to which 19
the State is proposed as a party; or 20
(iii) the State to meet its obligations under a bilateral agreement 21
under that Act to which the State is a party;'. 22
of s 123 (Studies being prepared are taken to be EISs for 23
Amendment
this part) 24
Clause 48. Section 123(1)(a)(ii)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`(ii) mining; or 27
s 48 28 s 48
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
(iii) land that the Minister proposes to designate under the 1
Integrated Planning Act 1997, section 2.6.8, as community 2
infrastructure; and'. 3
29
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 1
¡
MINOR AMENDMENTS 2
sections 5 and 27 3
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 4
1. Section 34BE(1)(a), `of this part'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`under the EIS process'. 7
2. Section 34BE(1)(b), `under this part'-- 8
omit. 9
3. Section 34BE(2)(a), `process under this part' 10
omit, insert-- 11
`EIS process'. 12
4. Section 34BG(1), `process under part 1'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`EIS process'. 15
5. Section 34BH(2)(b) `process under part 1 of this chapter'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`EIS process'. 18
30
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
6. Section 34BH(2)(c) `part 1'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`the EIS process'. 3
7. Section 34CV(3), `licence holder'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`approval holder'. 6
8. Section 34DA, `activity', first mention-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`environmentally relevant activity to which the licence relates'. 9
9. Section 34DA(b)(ii), `licensed activity'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`activity'. 12
10. Section 34DD, `activity', first mention-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`environmentally relevant activity to which the licence relates'. 15
11. Section 34DD(d)(ii), `licensed activity'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`activity'. 18
31
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
12. Section 34ER(g), `or include'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`or is included in'. 3
13. Section 34FE(2), `standard authority'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`standard environmental authority (mining activities)'. 6
14. Section 34FE(3), `non-standard authority'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`non-standard environmental authority (mining activities)'. 9
15. Section 34GS(2)(c), after `strategies', second mention-- 10
insert-- 11
`for the following'. 12
16. Section 34HG(1)(c), `name of and an address for'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`name and address of'. 15
17. Section 200(1)(a)(ii), `environmental authority'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`authority'. 18
32
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
18. Schedule 1, heading, `sections 200 and 203'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`sections 200, 203 and 203A'. 3
19. Schedule 4, definition "owner", `Commonwealth Native Title 4
Act'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth)'. 7
20. Schedule 4, definition "refusal period", paragraphs (a) and (b), 8
`for'-- 9
omit. 10
21. Schedule 4, definition "replacement environmental authority", 11
`same or replaces'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`same as, or replaces,'. 14
STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS 15
ORGANISATION ACT 1971 16
1. Section 4-- 17
omit. 18
33
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
2. Section 10(1), after `his or her office'-- 1
insert-- 2
`in the following circumstances'. 3
3. Sections 13(1) and 15(2), `order in council'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`regulation'. 6
4. Sections 16(2)(a) and (b), 28(g)(i) and (ii), 45(1)(a), 51(1)(a) and (b), 7
54(1)(a), 68(2)(a), 77(4)(a) and (b), 87(2)(a) and (b), 90(4)(b)(i) and (ii), 8
91(1)(a), 105(1)(a) and 109(1)(a) and (b), `;'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`; and'. 11
5. Section 17, from `, by order' to `Minister,'-- 12
omit. 13
6. Section 24(2), `make an order in council'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`publish a notice in the gazette'. 16
7. Section 24(2A), `order in council in the gazette'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`notice'. 19
34
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
8. Section 25(2), from `by the Governor'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`under a regulation.'. 3
9. Sections 29, 29M, 29N, 29W, 55C(2) and 123(4)(a), `Integrated 4
Planning Act 1997'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Integrated Planning Act'. 7
10. Part 4, division 4, heading, `1997'-- 8
omit. 9
11. Section 29O(2A) to (5)-- 10
renumber as section 29O(3) to (6). 11
12. Section 32(2), from `The' to `council,'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`A regulation may'. 14
13. Section 32(2), `or may refuse to so declare'-- 15
omit. 16
14. Section 32(3), from `The' to `whereupon'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`If the declaration is revoked,'. 19
35
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
15. Section 36(1), `in consultation with the appropriate officers of 1
Treasury'-- 2
omit. 3
16. Section 46(1), `order in council'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`gazette notice'. 6
17. Section 48(1), from `The' to `Minister,'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`A regulation may'. 9
18. Sections 48(1)(a) and (2)(a), 53(1)(a), 59(a), 87(1), 88(a), 89(1)(a) 10
and (c), 90(3)(a), 106(1)(a), 108(a) and 112(2)(b), `;'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`; or'. 13
19. Section 48(1)(b), from `any order'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the declaration.'. 16
20. Section 48(2)(a), from `any order' to `revoked'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`the declaration is revoked,'. 19
36
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
21. Section 57(1)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`57.(1) A regulation may direct the local body or local bodies concerned 3
to undertake the works recommended.'. 4
22. Section 57(2), from `, the Governor' to `subsequent order'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`, the regulation may'. 7
23. Section 57(2)(a), `directed by the Governor in Council'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`stated in the regulation'. 10
24. Section 57(2)(b), `local body specified by the Governor in 11
Council'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`stated local body'. 14
25. Section 57(2)(b), from `such shares'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`the shares stated in the regulation.'. 17
26. Sections 58, 59(a), 60 and 61(1), `an order'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`a regulation'. 20
37
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
27. Section 59, heading, `Orders'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Direction'. 3
28. Section 59, `to whom is directed an order'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`mentioned in a regulation'. 6
29. Sections 59, 59(b) and 60 `the order'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`the regulation'. 9
30. Section 61(3), `the Governor in Council may, by order in 10
council,'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`a regulation may'. 13
31. Section 62, `this Act'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982'. 16
32. Sections 62 and 63(1), `an order in council'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`a regulation'. 19
38
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
33. Section 66, from `the Governor in Council,' to `council,'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`a regulation may'. 3
34. Sections 67(2), `Land Act 1962 be deemed to be public'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Land Act 1994 be taken to be community'. 6
35. Section 72, after `as a member'-- 7
insert-- 8
`in the following circumstances'. 9
36. Section 77(1), `order in council'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`regulation'. 12
37. Section 77(3), `order in council.'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`the regulation.'. 15
38. Section 77(4), from `An' to `board--'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`The regulation--'. 18
39. Section 77(4)(a)-- 19
omit. 20
39
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
40. Section 77(4)(c), `thereby or by another order in council'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`by the regulation'. 3
41. Section 77(4)(b) and (c)-- 4
renumber as section 77(4)(a) and (b). 5
42. Section 77(5), from `An' to `shall'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`The regulation must'. 8
43. Section 77(5)(a)-- 9
omit. 10
44. Section 77(5)(b) and (d), `order in council'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`regulation'. 13
45. Section 77(5)(b) to (d)-- 14
renumber as section 77(5)(a) to (c). 15
46. Section 78(1)(d), `schedule 2'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`the schedule'. 18
40
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
47. Section 78(5), definition "infrastructure facility", paragraph (g), 1
after "a"-- 2
insert-- 3
`dam,' 4
48. Section 79(2), from `The' to `Minister,'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`A regulation may'. 7
49. Section 81, `Land Act 1962, in the name of Her Majesty,'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Land Act 1994'. 10
50. Section 82, `order in council'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`gazette notice'. 13
51. Sections 84(2), `an order in council'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`regulation'. 16
52. Sections 84(5), 105(1A), `Land Act 1962'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Land Act 1994'. 19
41
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
53. Section 85-- 1
omit. 2
54. Sections 86(2) and 91(1), from `The' to `council,'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`A regulation may'. 5
55. Section 86(2), `the order in council'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`the regulation'. 8
56. Section 91(1), from `may,' to `council--'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`may--'. 11
57. Section 91(1)(a) and (b) and (1A), `order in council'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`regulation'. 14
58. Section 91(1B),`Governor in Council'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`regulation'. 17
59. Section 92(1), from `the Governor' to `require'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`a regulation may direct'. 20
42
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
60. Section 92(1), `the order'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`the regulation'. 3
61. Section 92(2), `Governor in Council may'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`regulation may'. 6
62. Section 92(2), from `in such' to `just'-- 7
omit. 8
63. Section 92(3)(b)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(b) under the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982, 11
sections 24 to 28, as if a reference in the sections to-- 12
(i) the recovery amounts were a reference to moneys to be paid 13
and unpaid under this section; and 14
(ii) a statutory body were a reference to a local body.'. 15
64. Section 105(1), from `made the Governor' to `council close'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`made, a regulation may close'. 18
65. Section 105(1), `in the Governor in Council's opinion'-- 19
omit. 20
43
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
66. Section 105(1)(b), `Governor in Council in the order in council'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`regulation'. 3
67. Section 105(1)(b), `Governor in Council directs'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`regulation directs'. 6
68. Section 105(1A), `an order in council'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`a regulation'. 9
69. Section 105(2), after `may'-- 10
insert-- 11
`do 1 or more of the following'. 12
70. Section 116-- 13
omit. 14
71. Section 121, heading-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Regulation-making power'. 17
72. Section 121(1), after `respect to'-- 18
insert-- 19
`the following'. 20
44
State Development and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
73. Section 121(1)(fa) to (k)-- 1
renumber as section 121(1)(g) to (l). 2
74. Schedule-- 3
omit. 4
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