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Queensland
TRANSPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE
AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2)
1994
Queensland
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1994
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 20 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Insertion of new Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 6--FRANCHISED ROADS
61AA Objectives of Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
61AB Power to enter into road franchise agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
61AC Tabling of road franchise agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
61AD Report on operation of Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
61AE Recovery of money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
61AF Rateability of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
61AG Power of chief executive to lease or dispose of land to
franchisees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
61AH Application of other provisions of this Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
61AI Guarantees, undertakings and stamp duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
61AJ Franchised roads to be roads for other purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 Acts amended in Sch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7 Repeal of Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS OF
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 1994
2
Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS
ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
BUILDING ACT 1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF LAND REGISTER ACT 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . 16
INTEGRATED RESORT DEVELOPMENT ACT 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MARINE SAFETY ACT 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ACT 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SANCTUARY COVE RESORT ACT 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
STATE SERVICE SUPERANNUATION ACT 1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND ACT 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1944 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1994
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, and for other
purposes
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
1. This Act may be cited as the Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act 3
(No. 2) 1994. 4
5
Commencement
2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 6
Act 7
Amended
3. This Act amends the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994. 8
of s 20 (Definitions) 9
Amendment
4. Section 20(1)-- 10
insert-- 11
` "franchised road" means a road to which a road franchise agreement1 12
applies, and includes facilities identified in the road franchise 13
agreement that are on or adjacent to the road and relate to the operation 14
or servicing of the road or facilities for road users. 15
"franchisee" means a person with whom the Minister has entered into a 16
road franchise agreement. 17
"road franchise agreement" see section 61AB.'. 18
of new Part 19
Insertion
5. Chapter 5, after Part 5-- 20
insert-- 21
1 Road franchise agreements are entered into under section 61AB.
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`PART 6--FRANCHISED ROADS 1
of Part 2
`Objectives
`61AA. The objectives of this Part are-- 3
(a) to assist and encourage private investment in the construction, 4
maintenance and operation of road transport infrastructure; and 5
(b) by the involvement of private investment, to enable road transport 6
infrastructure projects to be undertaken at an earlier time than 7
would otherwise be possible; and 8
(c) to provide an appropriate management structure for the 9
construction, maintenance and operation of road transport 10
infrastructure on a commercial basis. 11
to enter into road franchise agreements 12
`Power
`61AB.(1) The Minister may, for the State, enter into an agreement (a 13
"road franchise agreement") with a person under which, or as part of 14
which, the person is to invest in the construction, maintenance or operation 15
of road transport infrastructure. 16
`(2) The agreement must be consistent with-- 17
(a) the Coordination Plan; and 18
(b) the objectives of this Act; and 19
(c) the current transport infrastructure strategies; and 20
(d) the obligations about government supported transport 21
infrastructure set out in section 10. 22
`(3) The agreement may include, for example-- 23
(a) provisions about the ownership of the road transport 24
infrastructure; or 25
(b) provisions about tolls for the use of the road transport 26
infrastructure. 27
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of road franchise agreements 1
`Tabling
`61AC. The Minister must table each road franchise agreement, and each 2
amendment of a road franchise agreement, in the Legislative Assembly as 3
soon as practicable after it is entered into. 4
on operation of Part 5
`Report
`61AD. Each annual report of the department must include a report on 6
the operation of this Part during the financial year to which the report 7
relates. 8
of money 9
`Recovery
`61AE. If a road franchise agreement provides that the Minister may 10
recover an amount from a franchisee, the amount may be recovered as a 11
debt payable by the franchisee to the State. 12
of land 13
`Rateability
`61AF.(1) In this section-- 14
"road franchise agreement land" means land on which is situated road 15
transport infrastructure to which a road franchise agreement applies. 16
`(2) A regulation may provide that land is not rateable under the Local 17
Government Act 1993 or the City of Brisbane Act 1924. 18
of chief executive to lease or dispose of land to franchisees 19
`Power
`61AG.(1) In this section-- 20
"required land" means land that-- 21
(a) has been acquired for transport purposes or an incidental purpose; 22
and 23
(b) is required for road transport infrastructure for a road to which a 24
road franchise agreement applies. 25
`(2) The chief executive may, for the State, lease, sell or otherwise 26
dispose of the required land to the franchisee of the road franchise 27
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agreement. 1
`(3) This section has effect despite the Acquisition of Land Act 1967. 2
of other provisions of this Chapter 3
`Application
`61AH.(1) The provisions of the other Parts of this Chapter, and of 4
regulations made for this Chapter, apply to a franchised road as if it were a 5
State-controlled road. 6
`(2) A regulation may-- 7
(a) prescribe changes to the way the provisions apply to a particular 8
franchised road; or 9
(b) declare that some of the provisions do not apply to a particular 10
franchised road. 11
undertakings and stamp duty 12
`Guarantees,
`61AI. For the purpose of giving guarantees, undertakings or stamp duty 13
exemptions to a franchisee, the following sections of the Statutory Bodies 14
Financial Arrangements Act 1982 apply, with all necessary changes and 15
any changes prescribed by regulation, to the franchisee as if the franchisee 16
were a statutory body within the meaning of the Act-- 17
· section 16 (Treasurer's guarantee) 18
· section 18 (Requirement for security) 19
· section 19 (Guarantee not affected by transfer of liability) 20
· section 20 (Recovery of moneys paid under guarantee) 21
· section 21 (This Part does not relieve statutory bodies from 22
conditions precedent) 23
· section 38 (Exemption from stamp duty). 24
roads to be roads for other purposes 25
`Franchised
`61AJ. A franchised road is a road for the purposes of the Transport 26
Infrastructure (Roads) Act 1991.'. 27
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amended in Sch 2 1
Acts
6. Schedule 2 amends the Acts mentioned in it. 2
of Acts 3
Repeal
7. The following Acts are repealed-- 4
· Gateway Bridge Agreement Act 1980 No. 10 5
· Gateway Bridge Agreement Act Amendment Act 1986 No. 85 6
· Motorways Agreements Act 1987 No. 39 7
· Logan Motorway Agreement Act Amendment Act 1988 No. 71. 8
9
Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
CHEDULE 1 1
¡S
MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS OF 2
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 1994 3
section 3 4
1. Section 4(1)-- 5
insert-- 6
` "transport purpose" includes any purpose for which the Minister is 7
responsible.'. 8
2. Section 4(2)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(2) Additional definitions are located in the following provisions-- 11
(a) for Chapter 5 (Road transport infrastructure)-- 12
· Part 1--section 20 13
· Part 4--sections 38(11) and 39(9) 14
· Part 5, Division 2, Subdivision 2--section 47; 15
(b) for Chapter 5A (Port infrastructure)--section 61A; 16
(c) for Chapter 6 (General provisions)--section 64; 17
(d) for Chapter 7 (Savings and transitional provisions, amendments 18
and repeals)-- 19
· Part 1--section 70 20
· Part 2--section 90.'. 21
3. Section 71(1)-- 22
omit. 23
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Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
4. Section 71-- 1
insert-- 2
`(3) Subsection (2) and this subsection expire 1 year after the 3
commencement of the Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act 4
(No. 2) 1994.'. 5
5. Section 72-- 6
insert-- 7
`(4) Subsections (1) to (3) are laws to which section 20A of the Acts 8
Interpretation Act 1954 applies. 9
`(5) This section expires 2 years after the commencement of the 10
Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994.'. 11
6. Section 73-- 12
insert-- 13
`(2) Subsection (1) is a law to which section 20A of the Acts 14
Interpretation Act 1954 applies. 15
`(3) This section expires 2 years after the commencement of the 16
Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994.'. 17
7. Section 74-- 18
insert-- 19
`(2) This section expires 2 years after the commencement of the 20
Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994.'. 21
8. Section 75-- 22
omit. 23
11
Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
9. Section 76-- 1
insert-- 2
`(2) This section expires 2 years after the commencement of the 3
Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994.'. 4
10. Sections 77 to 80-- 5
omit. 6
11. After section 80-- 7
insert-- 8
`Subdivision of land contiguous to State-controlled roads 9
`80A.(1) A consent, and a requirement of a consent, of the Corporation 10
in force under section 3.16(1) of the Transport Infrastructure (Roads) 11
Act 1991 immediately before 15 April 1994 has effect, and is taken to have 12
had effect, as if it were an approval, or a condition of an approval, by the 13
chief executive under section 38(1) (Impact of certain local government 14
decisions on State-controlled roads) of this Act. 15
`(2) This section expires 6 months after it commences.'. 16
12. Section 81-- 17
insert-- 18
`(4) This section expires 1 year after the commencement of the 19
Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994.'. 20
13. Section 82-- 21
omit. 22
12
Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
14. Section 83-- 1
insert-- 2
`(2) This section expires 2 years after the commencement of the 3
Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994.'. 4
15. Section 84-- 5
omit. 6
16. Section 85-- 7
insert-- 8
`(2) This section expires 2 years after the commencement of the 9
Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994. 10
`(3) However, a regulation made within 2 years after the Transport 11
Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994 commences may extend the 12
operation of the section for a specified period (not longer than 5 years after 13
the commencement of that Act).'. 14
17. Section 86-- 15
omit. 16
18. Section 87-- 17
insert-- 18
`(3) This section expires 2 years after the commencement of the 19
Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994. 20
`(4) However, a regulation made within 2 years after the Transport 21
Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994 commences may extend the 22
operation of the section for a specified period (not longer than 5 years after 23
the commencement of that Act).'. 24
13
Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
19. Section 88-- 1
insert-- 2
`(3) This section expires 2 years after the commencement of the 3
Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994.'. 4
20. Section 89-- 5
insert-- 6
`(2) This section expires 2 years after the commencement of the 7
Transport Infrastructure Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994.'. 8
21. Part 1, after section 89-- 9
insert-- 10
`Existing franchised road 11
`89A.(1) In this section-- 12
"repealed Act" means-- 13
(a) the Gateway Bridge Agreement Act 1980; or 14
(b) the Motorways Agreements Act 1987. 15
`(2) An agreement in force under a repealed Act immediately before the 16
commencement has effect under this Act as if it were a road franchise 17
agreement. 18
`(3) However, section 61AC (Tabling of road franchise agreements) 19
does not apply to the agreement. 20
`(4) A by-law in force under a repealed Act immediately before the 21
commencement-- 22
(a) remains in force for the purposes of this Act, subject to 23
amendment or repeal by a regulation under this Act; and 24
(b) is to be read with the changes necessary to make it consistent with 25
this Act and adapt its operation to the provisions of this Act. 26
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Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
`(5) This section expires 1 year after it commences or, if an earlier date is 1
prescribed by regulation, on that date. 2
`Application of s 20A of Acts Interpretation Act 3
`89B.(1) Section 20A applies to the following provisions (as in force 4
immediately before the commencement of this section)-- 5
· section 71(1) (State-controlled roads) 6
· section 75 (Arrangements with local governments and others) 7
· section 76 (Naturally occurring materials) 8
· section 77 (Approvals and determinations under s 3.6 of the 9
Transport Infrastructure (Roads) Act 1991) 10
· section 78 (Works by local governments) 11
· section 79 (Construction and maintenance by others) 12
· section 80 (Works joining State-controlled roads) 13
· section 80A (Subdivision of land contiguous to State-controlled 14
roads) 15
· section 82 (Ancillary works and encroachments) 16
· section 84 (Continuation of contracts). 17
`(2) This section expires 6 months after it commences.'. 18
22. After section 131-- 19
insert-- 20
`Numbering and renumbering of Act 21
`131A. In the next reprint of the Act produced under the Reprints 22
Act 1992, section 43 (Numbering and renumbering of provisions) of that 23
Act must be used.'. 24
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Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
23. Schedule 1, item 1, after `motorways'-- 1
insert-- 2
`or access-limited roads'. 3
24. Schedule 1, item 10(c)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(c) franchised roads; or 6
(d) other roads with the agreement of the relevant local government.'. 7
25. Schedule 2-- 8
insert-- 9
`38(8) Decision of chief executive about District or
amount of compensation Magistrates'.
10
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CHEDULE 2 1
¡S
AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS 2
section 6 3
BORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 4
´A
1. Section 2.15(2), after `Harbours Act 1955'-- 5
insert-- 6
`(as continued in effect under section 103 of the Transport Infrastructure 7
Act 1994)'. 8
BUILDING ACT 1975 9
´
1. Section 4(5)(a)(ii)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(ii) a port authority within the meaning of the Transport 12
Infrastructure Act 1994 that is not a GOC under the 13
Government Owned Corporations Act 1993, in respect of 14
the carrying out of building work not being a building 15
classified in Part A3 of the Building Code of Australia as 16
forming part of the Standard Building Law;'. 17
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF LAND REGISTER 18
´
ACT 1988 19
1. Section 4(1), definition "interest in land", paragraph (d), after 20
`Harbours Act 1955'-- 21
insert-- 22
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Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
`(as continued in effect under section 104(2) of the Transport 1
Infrastructure Act 1994)'. 2
2. Section 4(1), definition "interest in land", paragraph (m), after 3
`Harbours Act 1955'-- 4
insert-- 5
`(as continued in effect under section 104(2) of the Transport 6
Infrastructure Act 1994)'. 7
3. Section 4(1), definition "registering authority"-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
` "registering authority", for a particular interest in land, includes the 10
following-- 11
(a) the Registrar of Titles; 12
(b) the Queensland Housing Commission; 13
(c) the relevant port authority (within the meaning of the Transport 14
Infrastructure Act 1994); 15
(d) the relevant warden or mining registrar appointed under the 16
Mining Act 1968; 17
as the tenure and location of the particular interest in land may 18
require.'. 19
NTEGRATED RESORT DEVELOPMENT ACT 1987 20
´I
1. Section 114(2)-- 21
omit. 22
18
Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
2. Section 114(3)-- 1
renumber as section 114(2). 2
3. Section 149(3)-- 3
omit. 4
4. Schedule, Part A, clause 11, after `Harbours Act 1955'-- 5
insert-- 6
`(including provisions of that Act as continued in effect under the 7
Transport Infrastructure Act 1994)'. 8
OCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 9
´L
1. Section 530(2), `harbour under the Harbours Act 1955'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`port under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994'. 12
2. Section 530(5), `Harbours Act 1955'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Transport Infrastructure Act 1994'. 15
MARINE SAFETY ACT 1994 16
´
1. Section 3(6), `Part 2'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Part 3'. 19
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Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
2. Section 4, definition "port"-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
` "port" has the same meaning as in the Transport Infrastructure 3
Act 1994.'. 4
3. Section 31(4), `by regulation'-- 5
omit. 6
4. Section 45(2) and (3)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(2) A standard is subordinate legislation. 9
`(3) A standard is not effective until it is approved by the Governor in 10
Council.'. 11
5. Section 52-- 12
omit. 13
6. Section 53(2)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(2) Subsection (1) applies whether the standard was made before or 16
after the regulation.'. 17
IXED USE DEVELOPMENT ACT 1993 18
´M
1. Section 164(3)-- 19
omit. 20
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Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
SANCTUARY COVE RESORT ACT 1985 1
´
1. Section 98-- 2
omit. 3
2. Sections 99 to 102-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Obligation of authorities to maintain or undertake works 6
`99. An authority having jurisdiction over banks and foreshores of tidal 7
waters is obliged to maintain or undertake works (including dredging) in 8
relation to land within the site or tidal waters above land within the site, or 9
for the Coomera River or the banks or foreshores of that river, only to the 10
extent (if any) that it agrees in writing to accept the obligation.'. 11
`Movement of vessels on tidal waters 12
`100.(1) The proprietor of land within the site has the right to restrict, 13
regulate or prohibit the use or movement of vessels on, over, through or 14
beneath tidal waters above the land if the waters are not beyond the quay 15
line. 16
`(2) If the proprietor of land within the site permits the mooring of a 17
vessel in waters above the land, the proprietor of other land within the site 18
must not restrict or prohibit the movement of the vessel over the 19
proprietor's land that is beyond the quay line to-- 20
(a) the mooring; or 21
(b) the Coomera River; or 22
(c) another place for which permission to moor the vessel has been 23
given; or 24
(d) tidal waters outside the site.'. 25
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Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
`State not to grant lease etc. within site etc. 1
`101. The State may not grant a lease, a licence to use and occupy, or a 2
permit to use and occupy, any foreshore, tidal lands or tidal waters within 3
the site.'. 4
`Construction of floating dwelling houses and special dwelling houses 5
`102.(1) The construction of a floating dwelling house or a special 6
dwelling house within the site is not-- 7
(a) the construction of a vessel, harbour works or other works of any 8
kind; or 9
(b) the placing of a pile or another structure; 10
in, on, over, through or across land that is submerged or subject to 11
inundation or tidal influence. 12
`(2) Subsection (1) has effect only for purposes prescribed by 13
regulation.'. 14
6. Section 104(1), (3), (4) and (5), `Harbours Corporation or its 15
delegate'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`chief executive'. 18
7. Section 104(2), `Harbours Corporation'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`chief executive'. 21
8. Section 104(7), `A delegate of the Harbours Corporation'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`The chief executive'. 24
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Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
9. Section 104(8), `a delegate of the Harbours Corporation'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`the chief executive'. 3
10. Section 104(8), `the delegate'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`the chief executive'. 6
11. Section 104(8), `delegate's'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`chief executive's'. 9
12. After section 105-- 10
insert-- 11
`Delegation by chief executive 12
`105A. The chief executive may delegate the chief executive's powers 13
under this Act to an officer or employee of the public service.'. 14
STATE SERVICE SUPERANNUATION ACT 1972 15
´
1. Section 4, definition "officer", paragraph (bb)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(bb)any person employed full-time in a permanent capacity by the 18
Port of Brisbane Corporation;'. 19
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Transport Infrastructure Amendment (No. 2)
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND ACT 1991 1
´
1. Section 2.12(2), after `Harbours Act 1955'-- 2
insert-- 3
`(as continued in effect under section 103 of the Transport Infrastructure 4
Act 1994)'. 5
VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1944 6
´
1. Section 7(2)(e)(ii)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(ii) a port authority within the meaning of the Transport 9
Infrastructure Act 1994;'. 10
11
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