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Strategic Cropping Land Bill 2011
Laid before the Legislative Assembly on 18 November 2011
Record of Proceedings (Hansard 29 November 2011)
Strategic Cropping Land Bill 2011
Erratum to Explanatory Notes
Title of the Bill
Strategic Cropping Land Bill 2011
Reason for Erratum
The parts of the Explanatory Notes for achieving the policy objectives;
Clause 22 (References for applications and applicants); Clause 135 (What
are them mitigation criteria); Clause 266 (No compensation because of the
Act); and Schedule 1 (Zonal criteria for original zones), have been found to
contain some errors.
Notes on Provisions
Achievement of policy objectives [page 4 of the Explanatory Notes]-after
"These include:" bullet point following 3 sentences.
Clause 22 [page 17 of the Explanatory Notes]-Insert the following
paragraphs after the first paragraph starting with "Clause 22 defines
how..."
The effect of clause 22 is that all new applications relating to existing
source authorities, subject to the transitional arrangements established
under Chapter 9, will be assessed against the Act. However, to clarify, the
assessment will only relate to the matters applied for in the application.
For example, if a resource development submits an application for an
amendment to the environmental authority to increase the level of
discharge into a local waterway, the application will be assessed to
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determine if the proposal will have any impacts on SCL or potential SCL.
If there are no impacts, the chief executive can make a decision to that
effect under section 90 of the Act. In this instance the consideration would
not look into the entire resource development activities.
Alternatively, where the application relates to a renewal or re-grant of an
authority, the application would be assessed in relation to any future
impacts that would require a new or amended environmental authority that
the development is likely to have on SCL or potential SCL. Current or past
impacts will not be considered in these assessments.
This provision also has the potential effect of requiring a validation
application over any potential SCL requiring assessment.
Clause 135 [page 52 of the Explanatory Notes] -replace numbered list with
bulleted list.
Clause 266 [page 91 of the Explanatory Notes] -replace numbered list with
bulleted list.
Schedule 1 Zonal Criteria for original zones [page 100 of the Explanatory
Notes] -Amend formatting of Schedule title.
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