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Queensland
Nature Conservation and
Other Legislation Amendment
Bill (No. 2) 2013
Queensland
Nature Conservation and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2013
Contents
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Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Part 2 Amendments commencing on assent
Division 1 Amendment of Aboriginal Land Act 1991
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Amendment of s 170 (Requirements for indigenous management
agreement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5 Amendment of s 284 (National park subject to lease to State etc.) 15
6 Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Division 2 Amendment of Civil Liability Act 2003
7 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8 Amendment of s 7 (Provisions relating to operation of Act) . . . . . 16
Division 3 Amendment of Forestry Act 1959
9 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10 Amendment of s 25 (Power to set apart and declare State forests) 16
11 Insertion of new s 25A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
25A Particular forest reserve land set apart and declared as
State forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
12 Amendment of s 28 (Power to set apart and declare timber reserves) 18
13 Omission of s 32AB (When setting apart and declaration, revocation or
amalgamation etc. takes effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
14 Replacement of s 96E (Protection from liability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
96E Protection from liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Division 4 Amendment of Marine Parks Act 2004
15 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
16 Amendment of s 29 (Approval of management plan) . . . . . . . . . . 22
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17 Amendment of s 31 (Public notice of draft plan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
18 Insertion of new s 32A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
32A Plan may be combined with another plan. . . . . . . . . . 23
19 Replacement of s 34 (Approval of amendment of management plan) 23
34 Approval of amendment of management plan . . . . . . 23
20 Amendment of s 36 (Public notice of draft amendment) . . . . . . . 23
21 Replacement of s 39 (Review of management plan) . . . . . . . . . . 24
39 Review of management plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
22 Amendment of s 147 (Protecting prescribed persons from liability) 25
Division 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992
23 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
24 Amendment of s 4 (Object of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
25 Amendment of s 5 (How object is to be achieved) . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
26 Amendment of s 14 (Classes of protected areas to which Act
applies) ....................................... 29
27 Amendment of s 15 (Management of protected areas) . . . . . . . . 29
28 Omission of ss 24-26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
29 Amendment of s 33A (Chief executive to lodge document for dedication,
revocation and amalgamation etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
30 Omission of s 33B (When dedication, revocation or amalgamation etc.
takes effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
31 Amendment of s 37A (Leases must be registered) . . . . . . . . . . . 31
32 Amendment of s 38 (Leases may be granted under Land Act 1994) 31
33 Amendment of s 40 (Dedication of national park as national park
(Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land)) . . 31
34 Amendment of s 41 (Dedication of Aboriginal land as national park
(Aboriginal land) or Torres Strait Islander land as national park (Torres
Strait Islander land)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
35 Amendment of s 42 (Dedication of leasehold land as national park
(Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land)) . . 32
36 Amendment of s 42AEA (Particular powers about permitted uses for
existing service facilities in national park (Cape York Peninsula
Aboriginal land)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
37 Amendment of s 42AO (Particular powers about permitted uses on land
in particular indigenous joint management areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
38 Amendment of s 42AOA (Particular powers about permitted uses for
existing service facilities on land in particular indigenous joint
management areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
39 Omission of s 42AR (When dedication etc. takes effect) . . . . . . . 34
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40 Replacement of pt 4, div 4, hdg (Nature refuges, coordinated
conservation areas and wilderness areas). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Division 4 Nature refuges and coordinated conservation
areas
41 Omission of s 43 (Meaning of protected area in division) . . . . . . 34
42 Amendment of s 44 (Proposal for declaration of protected area). 35
43 Amendment of s 45 (Conservation agreements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
44 Amendment of s 46 (Declaration of protected area) . . . . . . . . . . 36
45 Amendment of s 47 (Duration and termination of conservation
agreements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
46 Amendment of s 48 (Variation or replacement of conservation
agreements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
47 Amendment of s 51 (Conservation agreements and covenants
binding) ....................................... 38
48 Amendment of s 52 (Liability of State) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
49 Omission of pt 4, divs 5 and 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
50 Renumbering of pt 4, divs 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
51 Omission of s 66 (Cancellation of licences etc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
52 Amendment of s 70A (Purpose of pt 4A and its achievement). . . 39
53 Amendment of s 70B (Definitions for pt 4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
54 Replacement of pt 4A, div 2, hdg (Dedication and revocation) . . 40
Division 2 Revocation of forest reserves
55 Omission of s 70C (Dedication of forest reserves) . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
56 Omission of s 70D (Naming of forest reserves) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
57 Amendment of s 70E (Revocation of forest reserves) . . . . . . . . . 40
58 Amendment of s 70EA (Chief executive to lodge document for
dedication or revocation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
59 Omission of s 70EB (When dedication, revocation or amalgamation
takes effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
60 Amendment of s 70M (When designation ends) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
61 Insertion of new s 88BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
88BA Restrictions relating to dugongs and marine turtles . . 42
62 Replacement of pt 7, hdg (Management and conservation plans) 43
Part 7 Management statements, management plans
and conservation plans
63 Insertion of new pt 7, div 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Division 1 Preliminary
64 Insertion of new pt 7, div 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Division 2 Preparing management statement or
management plan
65 Amendment of s 111 (Management plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
66 Amendment of s 112 (Conservation plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
67 Insertion of new s 112 and pt 7, div 3, hdg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
112 Minister may prepare management plan . . . . . . . . . . 46
Division 3 Making and implementing management
statements
68 Replacement of ss 113-116. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
113 Management statements to be consistent with management
principles etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
113A Notice of making of management statement . . . . . . . 48
113B When management statement has effect. . . . . . . . . . 48
113C Implementation of management statement . . . . . . . . 48
Division 4 Preparing, approving and implementing
management plans
114 Application of div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
115 Preparation of draft plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
115A Notice of draft plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
115B Obtaining copy of draft plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
116 Submissions to be considered when preparing final
management plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
69 Amendment of s 117 (Final management plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
70 Replacement of ss 118 and 119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
118 Approval of final management plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
119 Management plan may be combined with another plan 52
119A When management plan has effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
119B Management statement ceases to have effect if
management plan takes effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
71 Amendment of s 120 (Implementation of approved plan). . . . . . . 53
72 Insertion of new pt 7, divs 5-8 and pt 7, div 9, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Division 5 Amendment of management plans
120A Procedures for amending management plan . . . . . . . 53
120B Approval of amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
120C When amendment has effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Division 6 Publication of management statements and
management plans
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120D Publication and availability of management statements and
management plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
120E Obtaining copies of management statements or
management plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Division 7 Reviewing management statements and
management plans
120F Review of management statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
120G Review of management plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Division 8 Conservation plans
120I Conservation plans to be consistent with management
principles etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
120J Approval of conservation plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
120K Implementation of conservation plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Division 9 Miscellaneous provisions
73 Amendment of s 121 (Plan replaces interim or declared management
intent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
74 Omission of ss 124 and 125. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
75 Amendment of s 131 (Proof of authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
76 Amendment of s 132 (Advisory committees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
77 Amendment of s 133 (Chief executive to keep register). . . . . . . . 61
78 Amendment of s 137 (Licences to be consistent with management
principles, and management intent or plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
79 Amendment of s 141 (Delegation by chief executive) . . . . . . . . . 61
80 Replacement of s 142 (Protection from liability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
142 Protection from liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
81 Amendment of s 158 (False or misleading documents) . . . . . . . . 65
82 Insertion of new pt 12, div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Division 5 Transitional provisions for Nature Conservation
and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2)
2013
Subdivision 1 Provisions about management of protected
areas and conservation plans
189 Definitions for sdiv 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
190 Application of amended part 7 to existing dedications or
declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
191 Existing management statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
192 Preparation of other plans not completed at commencement
68
193 References to particular protected areas . . . . . . . . . . 69
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194 Existing leases must still be registered . . . . . . . . . . . 70
83 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Division 6 Amendment of Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
84 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
85 Amendment of s 19 (Public notice of draft management plan). . . 72
86 Insertion of new s 22A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
22A Management plan may form part of another document 72
87 Amendment of s 26 (Public notice of draft amendment) . . . . . . . 72
88 Amendment of s 27 (Exceptions from ss 25 and 26) . . . . . . . . . . 73
89 Replacement of s 29 (Approval of amendment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
29 Approval of amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
90 Replacement of s 31 (Reviewing management plans) . . . . . . . . . 74
31 Review of management plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
91 Insertion of new s 55A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
55A Form of commercial activity permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
92 Amendment of s 69 (Chief executive may enter into commercial activity
agreement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
93 Amendment of s 111 (Unlawfully conducting commercial activity) 75
94 Amendment of s 118 (Unauthorised feeding of animals) . . . . . . . 75
95 Amendment of s 120 (Food to be kept from animals) . . . . . . . . . 76
96 Amendment of s 121 (Restriction on animals in recreation area) 76
97 Amendment of s 228 (Protecting officials from liability) . . . . . . . . 76
98 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Part 3 Amendments about tenure commencing by proclamation
Division 1 Amendment of Forestry Act 1959
99 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
100 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Division 2 Amendment of Fossicking Act 1994
101 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
102 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Division 3 Amendment of Geothermal Energy Act 2010
103 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
104 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Division 4 Amendment of Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009
105 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
106 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Division 5 Amendment of Land Act 1994
107 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
108 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Division 6 Amendment of Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route
Management) Act 2002
109 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
110 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Division 7 Amendment of Mineral Resources Act 1989
111 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
112 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Division 8 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992
113 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
114 Amendment of s 14 (Classes of protected areas to which Act
applies) ....................................... 87
115 Omission of s 16 (Management principles of national parks
(scientific)) .................................... 87
116 Amendment of s 17 (Management principles of national parks) . 87
117 Replacement of ss 19A-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
21 Management principles of regional parks. . . . . . . . . . 89
118 Renumbering of s 19AA (Management principles of national parks
(Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
119 Amendment of s 27 (Prohibition on mining, geothermal activities and
GHG storage activities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
120 Amendment of s 28 (Meaning of protected area in division) . . . . 90
121 Amendment of pt 4, div 2, sdiv 2, hdg (Dedication, revocation and
amalgamation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
122 Replacement of s 29 (Dedication of protected areas) . . . . . . . . . 91
29 Dedication of protected areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
123 Amendment of s 31 (Trustees of protected areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
124 Amendment of s 34 (Leases etc. over protected areas). . . . . . . . 91
125 Amendment of s 35 (Chief executive's powers about permitted uses in
national parks or national parks (recovery)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
126 Amendment of s 35A (Chief executive's powers about permitted uses for
existing service facilities in national parks or national parks
(recovery)) ..................................... 92
127 Amendment of s 36 (Authorities for new national park or national park
(recovery)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
128 Amendment of s 39D (Definition for sdiv 4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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129 Amendment of s 41 (Dedication of Aboriginal land as national park
(Aboriginal land) or Torres Strait Islander land as national park (Torres
Strait Islander land)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
130 Amendment of s 42 (Dedication of leasehold land as national park
(Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land)) . . 94
131 Amendment of s 42AB (Dedication of Aboriginal land as national park
(Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
132 Amendment of s 42AC (Dedication of other land as national park (Cape
York Peninsula Aboriginal land)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
133 Amendment of s 42AEA (Particular powers about permitted uses for
existing service facilities in national park (Cape York Peninsula
Aboriginal land)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
134 Amendment of s 42AI (Declaration of Aboriginal land as indigenous joint
management area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
135 Amendment of s 42AJ (Declaration of other land as an indigenous joint
management area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
136 Amendment of s 42AO (Particular powers about permitted uses on land
in particular indigenous joint management areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
137 Amendment of s 42AOA (Particular powers about permitted uses for
existing service facilities on land in particular indigenous joint
management areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
138 Amendment of s 42AP (Authorities for new national park or national
park (recovery) that is an indigenous joint management area) . . 95
139 Replacement of pt 4, div 3A (Regeneration plans for national parks
(recovery)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Division 3A Special management areas and resource use
areas
42A Declaration of special management area . . . . . . . . . . 96
42B When declaration of special management area ends 97
42C Declaration of resource use area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
140 Amendment of s 46 (Declaration of nature refuges) . . . . . . . . . . 98
141 Amendment of s 61 (Property in cultural and natural resources) . 98
142 Amendment of s 62 (Restriction on taking etc. of cultural and natural
resources of protected areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
143 Amendment of s 67 (Compensation when protected area declared) 99
144 Replacement of s 69 (Preservation of landholders' interests) . . . 100
69 Preservation of landholders' interests . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
145 Amendment of s 70 (Unlawful use of certain words) . . . . . . . . . . 100
146 Insertion of new s 70AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
70AA Regulations may define extent of area . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
147 Amendment of s 70B (Definitions for pt 4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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148 Amendment of s 111 (Chief executive to prepare management
statement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
149 Amendment of s 134 (Records to be maintained by registrar) . . . 102
150 Amendment of s 141 (Delegation by chief executive) . . . . . . . . . 103
151 Amendment of s 142 (Protection from liability). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
152 Omission of s 173R (Provision for stock grazing in particular national
parks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
153 Insertion of new pt 12, div 5, sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Subdivision 2 Provisions about classes of protected areas
195 Definitions for sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
196 National parks (scientific) taken to be national parks and
special management areas (scientific) . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
197 National parks (recovery) taken to be national parks and
special management areas (controlled action). . . . . . 105
198 Conservation parks taken to be regional parks . . . . . 106
199 Resources reserves taken to be regional parks and regional
park (resource use area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
200 References to particular protected areas . . . . . . . . . . 106
201 Trustees of conservation parks and resources reserves
continue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
202 Change in class does not affect instruments applying to an
area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
203 Particular previous use authorities continue. . . . . . . . 108
204 Deciding application for lease etc. for a protected area of an
old class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
205 Transitional regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
154 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Division 9 Amendment of Petroleum Act 1923
155 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
156 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Division 10 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety)
Act 2004
157 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
158 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Division 11 Amendment of Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003
159 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
160 Amendment of s 66 (Non-application of sdivs 2 to 4 to particular
land) ......................................... 113
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161 Amendment of s 95 (Non-application of sdivs 2 to 4 to particular
land) ......................................... 113
Division 12 Amendment of Vegetation Management Act 1999
162 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
163 Amendment of s 7 (Application of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Part 4 Amendments about forest reserves commencing by
proclamation
Division 1 Amendment of Forestry Act 1959
164 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
165 Amendment of s 25 (Power to set apart and declare State forests) 115
Division 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992
166 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
167 Omission of pt 4A (Forest reserves). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
168 Insertion of s 183A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
183A Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Division 3 Amendment of Petroleum Act 1923
169 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
170 Replacement of s 4 (Relationship with Nature Conservation Act
1992) ........................................ 116
4 Relationship with Nature Conservation Act 1992 . . . . 116
Division 4 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety)
Act 2004
171 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
172 Replacement of s 6A (Relationship with Nature Conservation Act
1992) ......................................... 117
6A Relationship with Nature Conservation Act 1992 . . . . 117
Division 5 Amendment of Sustainable Planning Act 2009
173 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
174 Amendment of s 10 (Definitions for terms used in development) . 118
Part 5 Consequential and minor amendments
175 Acts amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Schedule 1 Consequential and minor amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Part 1 Consequential and minor amendments commencing on
assent
Environmental Protection Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Land Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Marine Parks Act 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Nature Conservation Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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Part 2 Consequential and minor amendments about tenure
commencing by proclamation
Aboriginal Land Act 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Biodiscovery Act 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Environmental Protection Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Forestry Act 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Land Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002 . 126
Liquor Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Mineral Resources Act 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Petroleum Act 1923 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004. . . . . . . . . 127
Part 3 Consequential and minor amendments about forest
reserves commencing by proclamation
Environmental Protection Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Geothermal Energy Act 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Land Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Nature Conservation Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Petroleum Act 1923 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004. . . . . . . . . 132
Recreation Areas Management Act 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Vegetation Management Act 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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2013
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Aboriginal Land Act 1991, the Civil
Liability Act 2003, the Environmental Protection Act 1994, the
Forestry Act 1959, the Fossicking Act 1994, the Geothermal
Energy Act 2010, the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009, the
Land Act 1994, the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route
Management) Act 2002, the Marine Parks Act 2004, the Mineral
Resources Act 1989, the Nature Conservation Act 1992, the
Petroleum Act 1923, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and
Safety) Act 2004, the Recreation Areas Management Act 2006,
the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003, the
Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and the Vegetation Management
Act 1999 for particular purposes, and to make consequential or
minor amendments to the Acts as stated in schedule 1 for
purposes related to those particular purposes
Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2013
Part 1 Preliminary
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Nature Conservation and Other 4
Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2013. 5
Clause 2 Commencement 6
Parts 3 and 4 and schedule 1, parts 2 and 3 commence on a 7
day to be fixed by proclamation. 8
Part 2 Amendments commencing on 9
assent 10
Division 1 Amendment of Aboriginal Land Act 11
1991 12
Clause 3 Act amended 13
This division amends the Aboriginal Land Act 1991. 14
Note-- 15
See also the amendments in schedule 1, part 2. 16
Clause 4 Amendment of s 170 (Requirements for indigenous 17
management agreement) 18
(1) Section 170(1)(d) and (g), before `management plan'-- 19
insert-- 20
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management statement or 1
(2) Section 170(5)-- 2
insert-- 3
management statement means a management 4
statement under the Nature Conservation Act 5
1992. 6
Clause 5 Amendment of s 284 (National park subject to lease to 7
State etc.) 8
(1) Section 284(7), from `required'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
prepared under section 112 of that Act. 11
(2) Section 284(12)-- 12
insert-- 13
management plan, for national park land, means 14
a statement of specific objectives and policies 15
relating to the planning, use, development and 16
management of the national park land. 17
Clause 6 Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary) 18
Schedule 1, definition management plan-- 19
omit. 20
Division 2 Amendment of Civil Liability Act 21
2003 22
Clause 7 Act amended 23
This division amends the Civil Liability Act 2003. 24
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Clause 8 Amendment of s 7 (Provisions relating to operation of 1
Act) 2
Section 7(2)-- 3
insert-- 4
Note-- 5
See, for example, the following provisions giving protection 6
from civil liability to particular persons-- 7
· the Forestry Act 1959, section 96E 8
· the Marine Parks Act 2004, section 147 9
· the Nature Conservation Act 1992, section 142 10
· the Recreation Areas Management Act 2006, section 11
228. 12
Division 3 Amendment of Forestry Act 1959 13
Clause 9 Act amended 14
This division amends the Forestry Act 1959. 15
Note-- 16
See also the amendments in-- 17
· part 3, division 1 18
· part 4, division 1 19
· schedule 1, part 2. 20
Clause 10 Amendment of s 25 (Power to set apart and declare State 21
forests) 22
Section 25, `forest any Crown land, or any land or part thereof 23
which may then be a timber reserve.'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
forest-- 26
(a) any Crown land; or 27
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(b) any land that is, or is part of, a timber 1
reserve; or 2
(c) any land that is, or is part of, a forest reserve 3
under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 4
Clause 11 Insertion of new s 25A 5
After section 25-- 6
insert-- 7
25A Particular forest reserve land set apart and 8
declared as State forest 9
(1) This section applies if forest reserve land is set 10
apart and declared as a State forest. 11
(2) The land ceases to be land in a forest reserve 12
under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 13
(3) On the setting apart and declaring of the land as 14
State forest-- 15
(a) this Act applies to the land and its 16
management; and 17
(b) the Nature Conservation Act 1992, section 18
70G does not apply to the land. 19
(4) This section applies despite the Nature 20
Conservation Act 1992, section 70G(4). 21
(5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the 22
setting apart and declaration of the land as a State 23
forest does not extinguish or affect native title or 24
native title rights and interests in relation to the 25
land. 26
(6) In this section-- 27
forest reserve land means land that-- 28
(a) is, or is part of, a forest reserve under the 29
Nature Conservation Act 1992; and 30
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(b) is land to which the Nature Conservation 1
Act 1992, section 70G applies. 2
Clause 12 Amendment of s 28 (Power to set apart and declare 3
timber reserves) 4
Section 28(1), after `regulation'-- 5
insert-- 6
made before 30 June 2014 7
Clause 13 Omission of s 32AB (When setting apart and declaration, 8
revocation or amalgamation etc. takes effect) 9
Section 32AB-- 10
omit. 11
Clause 14 Replacement of s 96E (Protection from liability) 12
Section 96E-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
96E Protection from liability 15
(1) An official is not civilly liable for an act done, or 16
omission made, honestly and without negligence 17
under this Act. 18
(2) If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability 19
attaching to an official, the liability attaches 20
instead to the State. 21
(3) Also, the State or an official is not civilly liable in 22
a proceeding for an act done, or omission made, 23
in-- 24
(a) the performance or purported performance 25
of a function under this Act; or 26
(b) the exercise or purported exercise of a 27
power under this Act; or 28
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(c) the management or operation of a State 1
forest or timber reserve. 2
Note-- 3
Land in a State forest could be a State plantation 4
forest under section 32A. 5
(4) However, subsection (3) does not apply to any 6
liability of the State or an official arising from the 7
State's or official's-- 8
(a) construction, installation or maintenance of 9
a State fixture, or State road, that is 10
defective other than because of a natural 11
event; or 12
(b) failure to give adequate notice of a State 13
fixture, or State road, that is defective other 14
than because of a natural event; or 15
(c) carrying out of a State management activity. 16
Examples of a natural event for paragraphs (a) and (b)-- 17
a storm, flood, period of heavy rain 18
(5) Also, subsection (3) does not apply in relation 19
to-- 20
(a) any liability of the State or an official for an 21
MAIA injury incurred by the State or 22
official as an insured person; or 23
(b) any liability of the State or an official for an 24
injury for which compensation is payable 25
under the Workers' Compensation and 26
Rehabilitation Act 2003 incurred by the 27
State or official in the State's or official's 28
capacity as an employer. 29
(6) For subsection (5)(b), the following is 30
immaterial-- 31
(a) whether compensation for the injury is 32
actually claimed under the Workers' 33
Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003; 34
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(b) whether the entitlement to seek damages for 1
the injury is regulated under that Act. 2
(7) In this section-- 3
compensation see the Workers' Compensation 4
and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 9. 5
damages includes any form of monetary 6
compensation. 7
defective includes damaged or destroyed. 8
insured person see the Motor Accident Insurance 9
Act 1994, section 4. 10
MAIA injury means a personal injury to which 11
the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 applies. 12
official means each of the following persons-- 13
(a) the Minister; 14
(b) the chief executive; 15
(c) a forest officer, plantation officer or other 16
officer appointed under section 17; 17
(d) a public service employee or another 18
employee of the State; 19
(e) a person acting under a delegation under 20
section 96B; 21
(f) an employee of a person mentioned in 22
paragraph (e); 23
(g) a person acting, on a voluntary basis 24
(irrespective of whether the person receives 25
out-of-pocket expenses), under the direction 26
of a person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), 27
(c), (d), (e) or (f). 28
personal injury see the Civil Liability Act 2003, 29
schedule 2. 30
proceeding means a proceeding for damages 31
based on a liability for personal injury, damage to 32
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property or economic loss resulting from 1
personal injury or damage to property, and, for a 2
fatal injury, includes a proceeding for the 3
deceased's dependants or estate. 4
State fixture means a building, structure or other 5
thing constructed or installed by the State 6
including, for example, the following-- 7
(a) a lookout or boardwalk; 8
(b) a stairway; 9
(c) a fence or other barrier; 10
(d) a thing used for a recreational purpose. 11
Examples for paragraph (d)-- 12
· a flying fox ride or zipline ride 13
· a rope or swing over a river or waterhole 14
· a ramp or jump on a mountain bike trail 15
· an anchor point for rock climbing 16
State management activity means-- 17
(a) programmed shooting or poisoning of 18
animals; or 19
(b) programmed burning or poisoning of 20
vegetation. 21
State road means-- 22
(a) a State-controlled road within the meaning 23
of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, 24
schedule 6; or 25
(b) another road, within the meaning of the 26
Transport Operations (Road Use 27
Management) Act 1995, constructed by the 28
State. 29
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Division 4 Amendment of Marine Parks Act 1
2004 2
Clause 15 Act amended 3
This division amends the Marine Parks Act 2004. 4
Note-- 5
See also the amendments in schedule 1, part 1. 6
Clause 16 Amendment of s 29 (Approval of management plan) 7
Section 29(2) to (4)-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 17 Amendment of s 31 (Public notice of draft plan) 10
(1) Section 31, heading, `Public notice'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
Notice 13
(2) Section 31(1)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
(1) The Minister must publish a notice about the 16
draft plan on the department's website. 17
(3) Section 31(3), `public notice is given'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
notice is published 20
Clause 18 Insertion of new s 32A 21
After section 32-- 22
insert-- 23
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32A Plan may be combined with another plan 1
A management plan may be combined with 1 or more 2
of the following-- 3
(a) a management plan for another marine park; 4
(b) a management plan for an area dedicated or 5
declared under the Nature Conservation Act 6
1992; 7
(c) a management plan for a recreation area 8
under the Recreation Areas Management 9
Act 2006. 10
Clause 19 Replacement of s 34 (Approval of amendment of 11
management plan) 12
Section 34-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
34 Approval of amendment of management plan 15
(1) If an amendment of a management plan has been 16
prepared under sections 35 to 37, the following 17
person may, by gazette notice, approve the final 18
amendment-- 19
(a) if the amendment is of a type mentioned in 20
section 36(5) or (6)--the Minister; or 21
(b) otherwise--the Governor in Council. 22
(2) The gazette notice must state where a copy of the 23
approved amendment is available for inspection. 24
Clause 20 Amendment of s 36 (Public notice of draft amendment) 25
(1) Section 36, heading, `Public notice'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
Notice 28
(2) Section 36(1)-- 29
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omit, insert-- 1
(1) The Minister must publish a notice about the 2
draft amendment on the department's website. 3
(3) Section 36(3), `public notice is given'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
notice is published 6
(4) Section 36(5)-- 7
insert-- 8
(c) to make a change to ensure the plan is 9
consistent with State government policy. 10
(5) Section 36-- 11
insert-- 12
(6A) If subsection (5)(c) applies for an amendment, 13
the Minister must publish a notice on the 14
department's website stating-- 15
(a) the amendments made to the plan; and 16
(b) the reasons for the amendments. 17
(6) Section 36(6A) and (7)-- 18
renumber as section 36(7) and (8). 19
Clause 21 Replacement of s 39 (Review of management plan) 20
Section 39-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
39 Review of management plan 23
(1) The Minister must review the operation of the 24
management plan for each marine park not later 25
than 10 years after its approval. 26
(2) On completion of the review, the Minister may-- 27
(a) prepare a new management plan for the 28
marine park; or 29
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(b) amend the existing management plan for the 1
marine park; or 2
(c) leave the existing management plan for the 3
marine park unchanged. 4
Clause 22 Amendment of s 147 (Protecting prescribed persons from 5
liability) 6
(1) Section 147-- 7
insert-- 8
(2A) Also, the State or a prescribed person is not 9
civilly liable in a proceeding for an act done, or 10
omission made, in-- 11
(a) the performance or purported performance 12
of a function under this Act; or 13
(b) the exercise or purported exercise of a 14
power under this Act; or 15
(c) the management or operation of a marine 16
park. 17
(2B) However, subsection (3) does not apply to any 18
liability of the State or a prescribed person 19
arising from the State's or prescribed person's-- 20
(a) construction, installation or maintenance of 21
a State fixture, or State road, that is 22
defective other than because of a natural 23
event; or 24
(b) failure to give adequate notice of a State 25
fixture, or State road, that is defective other 26
than because of a natural event; or 27
(c) carrying out of a State management activity. 28
Examples of a natural event for paragraphs (a) and (b)-- 29
a storm, flood, period of heavy rain 30
(2C) Also, subsection (3) does not apply in relation 31
to-- 32
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(a) any liability of the State or a prescribed 1
person for an MAIA injury incurred by the 2
State or prescribed person as an insured 3
person; or 4
(b) any liability of the State or a prescribed 5
person for an injury for which compensation 6
is payable under the Workers' 7
Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 8
incurred by the State or prescribed person in 9
the State's or prescribed person's capacity as 10
an employer. 11
(2D) For subsection (5)(b), the following is 12
immaterial-- 13
(a) whether compensation for the injury is 14
actually claimed under the Workers' 15
Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003; 16
(b) whether the entitlement to seek damages for 17
the injury is regulated under that Act. 18
(2) Section 147(3), definition prescribed person, paragraph (e)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
(e) a person acting under-- 21
(i) the authority, under this Act, of a 22
person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), 23
(c) or (d); or 24
(ii) a direction given under this Act by a 25
person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), 26
(c) or (d). 27
(3) Section 147(3)-- 28
insert-- 29
compensation see the Workers' Compensation 30
and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 9. 31
damages includes any form of monetary 32
compensation. 33
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defective includes damaged or destroyed. 1
insured person see the Motor Accident Insurance 2
Act 1994, section 4. 3
MAIA injury means a personal injury to which 4
the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 applies. 5
personal injury see the Civil Liability Act 2003, 6
schedule 2. 7
proceeding means a proceeding for damages 8
based on a liability for personal injury, damage to 9
property or economic loss resulting from 10
personal injury or damage to property, and, for a 11
fatal injury, includes a proceeding for the 12
deceased's dependants or estate. 13
State fixture means a building, structure or other 14
thing constructed or installed by the State 15
including, for example, the following-- 16
(a) a boardwalk, jetty, lookout or mooring; 17
(b) a stairway; 18
(c) a fence or other barrier; 19
(d) a thing used for a recreational purpose. 20
Examples for paragraph (d)-- 21
· a flying fox ride or zipline ride 22
· a rope or swing over a river or waterhole 23
· a pontoon 24
· an anchor point for rock climbing 25
State management activity means-- 26
(a) programmed shooting or poisoning of 27
animals; or 28
(b) programmed burning or poisoning of 29
vegetation. 30
State road means-- 31
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(a) a State-controlled road within the meaning 1
of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, 2
schedule 6; or 3
(b) another road, within the meaning of the 4
Transport Operations (Road Use 5
Management) Act 1995, constructed by the 6
State. 7
(4) Section 147(2A) to (3)-- 8
renumber as section 147(3) to (7). 9
Division 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation 10
Act 1992 11
Clause 23 Act amended 12
This division amends the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 13
Note-- 14
See also the amendments in-- 15
· part 3, division 8 16
· part 4, division 2 17
· schedule 1, parts 1 and 3. 18
Clause 24 Amendment of s 4 (Object of Act) 19
Section 4, `nature.'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
nature while allowing for the following-- 22
(a) the involvement of indigenous people in the 23
management of protected areas in which 24
they have an interest; 25
(b) the use and enjoyment of protected areas by 26
the community; 27
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(c) the social, cultural and commercial use of 1
protected areas in a way consistent with the 2
natural and cultural and other values of the 3
areas. 4
Clause 25 Amendment of s 5 (How object is to be achieved) 5
(1) Section 5, `The conservation of nature'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
The object of this Act 8
(2) Section 5(c), dot point, subparagraph (iii), `the'-- 9
omit. 10
(3) Section 5(c), after dot point-- 11
insert-- 12
· the management of protected areas 13
having regard to any management 14
statement for the areas; 15
(4) Section 5(e), after dot point-- 16
insert-- 17
· providing for the ecologically 18
sustainable use of protected areas by 19
the preparation of management 20
statements for use in managing the 21
areas; 22
Clause 26 Amendment of s 14 (Classes of protected areas to which 23
Act applies) 24
Section 14(j) to (l)-- 25
omit. 26
Clause 27 Amendment of s 15 (Management of protected areas) 27
(1) Section 15(1)(b)(iii), `or a wilderness area'-- 28
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omit. 1
(2) Section 15(1)(b)(iv)(A), before `management plan'-- 2
insert-- 3
management statement or 4
(3) Section 15(1)(c)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
(c) if a management plan is in effect for the 7
area--the management plan for the area. 8
(4) Section 15-- 9
insert-- 10
(4) If a management statement is in effect for a 11
protected area, the statement is to be considered 12
in managing the area. 13
Clause 28 Omission of ss 24-26 14
Sections 24 to 26-- 15
omit. 16
Clause 29 Amendment of s 33A (Chief executive to lodge document 17
for dedication, revocation and amalgamation etc.) 18
Section 33A(1)(c), `section 32'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
section 33 21
Clause 30 Omission of s 33B (When dedication, revocation or 22
amalgamation etc. takes effect) 23
Section 33B-- 24
omit. 25
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[s 31]
Clause 31 Amendment of s 37A (Leases must be registered) 1
Section 37A, from `section 34' to `the executive'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
section 34, 35, 35A or 36, or renewed under section 4
37, the chief executive' 5
Clause 32 Amendment of s 38 (Leases may be granted under Land 6
Act 1994) 7
Section 38(2)(a)(ii)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
(ii) if a management plan is in effect for 10
the area--the management plan for the 11
area; and 12
Clause 33 Amendment of s 40 (Dedication of national park as 13
national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres 14
Strait Islander land)) 15
Section 40(2), `management plan for the national park land under 16
section 119'-- 17
insert-- 18
management statement or management plan for the 19
national park land under section 113A or 118 20
Clause 34 Amendment of s 41 (Dedication of Aboriginal land as 21
national park (Aboriginal land) or Torres Strait Islander 22
land as national park (Torres Strait Islander land)) 23
(1) Section 41(2), from `land), the'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
land)-- 26
(a) the chief executive may prepare a 27
management statement for the land; or 28
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(b) the Minister may prepare a management 1
plan for the land. 2
(2) Section 41(3)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
(3) Part 7 applies to the management statement or 5
management plan as if it were a management 6
statement or management plan for a protected 7
area. 8
(3) Section 41(4), `The Minister must prepare the management 9
plan'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
The management statement or management plan must 12
be prepared 13
(4) Section 41(5)(b), before `management plan'-- 14
insert-- 15
management statement or 16
Clause 35 Amendment of s 42 (Dedication of leasehold land as 17
national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres 18
Strait Islander land)) 19
(1) Section 42(2), from `land), the'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
land)-- 22
(a) the chief executive may prepare a 23
management statement for the land; or 24
(b) the Minister may prepare a management 25
plan for the land. 26
(2) Section 42(3)-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
(3) Part 7 applies to the management statement or 29
management plan as if it were a management 30
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statement or management plan for a protected 1
area. 2
(3) Section 42(4), `The Minister must prepare the management 3
plan'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
The management statement or management plan must 6
be prepared 7
(4) Section 42(5)(b), before `management plan'-- 8
insert-- 9
management statement or 10
Clause 36 Amendment of s 42AEA (Particular powers about 11
permitted uses for existing service facilities in national 12
park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land)) 13
(1) Section 42AEA(1), `land), may'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
land) may 16
(2) Section 42AEA-- 17
insert-- 18
(2A) As soon as practicable after a lease is granted 19
under subsection (1), the chief executive must 20
lodge the lease with the chief executive (lands) 21
for registration. 22
(3) Section 42AEA(2A) and (3)-- 23
renumber as section 42AEA(3) and (4). 24
Clause 37 Amendment of s 42AO (Particular powers about 25
permitted uses on land in particular indigenous joint 26
management areas) 27
Section 42AO-- 28
insert-- 29
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(3) As soon as practicable after a lease is granted 1
under subsection (1), the chief executive must 2
lodge the lease with the chief executive (lands) 3
for registration. 4
Clause 38 Amendment of s 42AOA (Particular powers about 5
permitted uses for existing service facilities on land in 6
particular indigenous joint management areas) 7
(1) Section 42AOA-- 8
insert-- 9
(2A) As soon as practicable after a lease is granted 10
under subsection (1), the chief executive must 11
lodge the lease with the chief executive (lands) 12
for registration. 13
(2) Section 42AOA(2A) and (3)-- 14
renumber as section 42AOA(3) and (4). 15
Clause 39 Omission of s 42AR (When dedication etc. takes effect) 16
Section 42AR-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 40 Replacement of pt 4, div 4, hdg (Nature refuges, 19
coordinated conservation areas and wilderness areas) 20
Part 4, division 4, heading-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
Division 4 Nature refuges and 23
coordinated conservation 24
areas 25
Clause 41 Omission of s 43 (Meaning of protected area in division) 26
Section 43-- 27
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omit. 1
Clause 42 Amendment of s 44 (Proposal for declaration of protected 2
area) 3
(1) Section 44, heading, `protected area'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
nature refuge 6
(2) Section 44(1), `protected area'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
nature refuge 9
(3) Section 44(2)(a), `area'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
nature refuge 12
(4) Section 44(2)(b)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
(b) specify the proposed management intent for 15
the nature refuge. 16
Clause 43 Amendment of s 45 (Conservation agreements) 17
(1) Section 45, heading, after `agreements'-- 18
insert-- 19
for nature refuges 20
(2) Section 45(1)(a), `protected area'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
nature refuge 23
(3) Section 45(1)(b)-- 24
omit. 25
(4) Section 45(1)(c) and (d), `area'-- 26
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omit, insert-- 1
nature refuge 2
(5) Section 45(1)(c) and (d)-- 3
renumber as section 45(1)(b) and (c). 4
(6) Section 45(3), `the class of area'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
a nature refuge 7
(7) Section 45(5)(e), (f) and (i), `area'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
nature refuge 10
(8) Section 45(5)(l), from `the area'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
the nature refuge, including the implementation of any 13
management plan for the nature refuge. 14
Clause 44 Amendment of s 46 (Declaration of protected area) 15
(1) Section 46, heading `protected area'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
nature refuges 18
(2) Section 46(1)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
(1) A regulation may declare a specified area of State 21
land, or the area the subject of a conservation 22
agreement, as a nature refuge. 23
(3) Section 46(2)(a)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
(a) the declared management intent for the 26
nature refuge; and 27
(4) Section 46(5) and (6)-- 28
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omit. 1
(5) Section 46(7)-- 2
renumber as section 46(5). 3
Clause 45 Amendment of s 47 (Duration and termination of 4
conservation agreements) 5
(1) Section 47(1)(b), `protected area'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
nature refuge or coordinated conservation area 8
(2) Section 47(2)(a), `or wilderness area'-- 9
omit. 10
(3) Section 47(2)(a)(ii), `area'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
nature refuge 13
Clause 46 Amendment of s 48 (Variation or replacement of 14
conservation agreements) 15
(1) Section 48(1), from `protected' to `the area'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
nature refuge or coordinated conservation area (the 18
earlier agreement) may enter into another 19
conservation agreement for the nature refuge or 20
coordinated conservation area 21
(2) Section 48(2)(a)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
(a) in the case of a nature refuge--by removing, 24
at the request of the landholder who entered 25
into the agreement, a part of the nature 26
refuge that, in the Minister's opinion, is no 27
longer needed for, or capable of being used 28
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to achieve, the declared management intent 1
for the nature refuge; and 2
(3) Section 48(2)(b), `the area'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
the coordinated conservation area 5
(4) Section 48-- 6
insert-- 7
(3A) For a later agreement for a coordinated 8
conservation area, section 45(2) to (5) applies to 9
the later agreement as if a reference to the nature 10
refuge were a reference to the coordinated 11
conservation area. 12
Clause 47 Amendment of s 51 (Conservation agreements and 13
covenants binding) 14
Section 51(2), from `on'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
on-- 17
(a) if land in the area to which the agreement 18
applies is subject to a lease, mining interest, 19
geothermal tenure or GHG authority--the 20
lessee, interest holder or authority holder; 21
and 22
(b) if land in the area to which the agreement 23
applies is subject to an encumbrance--the 24
person entitled to the benefit of the 25
encumbrance. 26
Clause 48 Amendment of s 52 (Liability of State) 27
Section 52(2)(b), `protected area'-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
nature refuge or coordinated conservation area 30
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Clause 49 Omission of pt 4, divs 5 and 6 1
Part 4, divisions 5 and 6-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 50 Renumbering of pt 4, divs 7 and 8 4
Part 4, divisions 7 and 8-- 5
renumber as part 4, divisions 5 and 6 6
Clause 51 Omission of s 66 (Cancellation of licences etc.) 7
Section 66-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 52 Amendment of s 70A (Purpose of pt 4A and its 10
achievement) 11
(1) Section 70A(1), `areas within State forests, timber reserves, 12
Land Act reserves or unallocated State land'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
forest reserves 15
(2) Section 70A(2)-- 16
omit. 17
(3) Section 70A(3), `part, each'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
part or the land ceasing to be forest reserve under the 20
Forestry Act 1959, section 25A, each 21
(4) Section 70A(3)-- 22
renumber as section 70A(2). 23
Clause 53 Amendment of s 70B (Definitions for pt 4A) 24
Section 70B, definition forest reserve-- 25
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omit, insert-- 1
forest reserve means an area of land dedicated as 2
a forest reserve under section 70C as in force 3
before the commencement of the Nature 4
Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment 5
Act (No. 2) 2013, section 55 if-- 6
(a) the dedication has not been revoked under 7
section 70E; and 8
(b) the land has not ceased to be land in a forest 9
reserve under the Forestry Act 1959, section 10
25A. 11
Clause 54 Replacement of pt 4A, div 2, hdg (Dedication and 12
revocation) 13
Part 4A, division 2, heading-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
Division 2 Revocation of forest 16
reserves 17
Clause 55 Omission of s 70C (Dedication of forest reserves) 18
Section 70C-- 19
omit. 20
Clause 56 Omission of s 70D (Naming of forest reserves) 21
Section 70D-- 22
omit. 23
Clause 57 Amendment of s 70E (Revocation of forest reserves) 24
Section 70E-- 25
insert-- 26
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(4) Also, subsection (2) does not affect the power of 1
the Governor in Council to make a regulation 2
under the Forestry Act 1959, section 25 to set 3
apart and declare as a State forest any forest 4
reserve or part of a forest reserve. 5
Clause 58 Amendment of s 70EA (Chief executive to lodge 6
document for dedication or revocation) 7
(1) Section 70EA, heading, `dedication or'-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 70EA(1), `section 70C or 70E for the dedication or'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
section 70E for the 12
(3) Section 70EA(3), `dedication or'-- 13
omit. 14
Clause 59 Omission of s 70EB (When dedication, revocation or 15
amalgamation takes effect) 16
Section 70EB-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 60 Amendment of s 70M (When designation ends) 19
Section 70M-- 20
insert-- 21
(c) the area ceases to be forest reserve under the 22
Forestry Act 1959, section 25A. 23
Clause 61 Insertion of new s 88BA 24
After section 88B-- 25
insert-- 26
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88BA Restrictions relating to dugongs and marine 1
turtles 2
(1) A person must not sell or give away, at 3
commercial food premises, a prescribed animal 4
or prescribed product. 5
Maximum penalty--3000 penalty units or 2 years 6
imprisonment. 7
(2) In this section-- 8
commercial food premises-- 9
(a) means premises on or from which food is 10
sold or given away as a part of a business 11
operating from the premises; but 12
Examples of a business for paragraph (a)-- 13
restaurant, cafe, recreation club 14
(b) does not include premises-- 15
(i) being used in association with a public 16
event; and 17
(ii) on or from which the selling or giving 18
away of food takes place only 19
occasionally. 20
Examples of premises for paragraph (b)-- 21
a hall at which a community fair is being held, a 22
temporary stall at a cultural fair 23
dugong means the mammal Dugong dugon. 24
marine turtle means a turtle of the family 25
Chelondiidae or Dermochelyidae. 26
prescribed animal means a protected marine 27
turtle or dugong. 28
prescribed product means anything made or 29
derived from a prescribed animal. 30
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Clause 62 Replacement of pt 7, hdg (Management and conservation 1
plans) 2
Part 7, heading-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
Part 7 Management 5
statements, 6
management plans and 7
conservation plans 8
Clause 63 Insertion of new pt 7, div 1, hdg 9
Part 7, before section 110-- 10
insert-- 11
Division 1 Preliminary 12
Clause 64 Insertion of new pt 7, div 2, hdg 13
After section 110-- 14
insert-- 15
Division 2 Preparing management 16
statement or management 17
plan 18
Clause 65 Amendment of s 111 (Management plans) 19
(1) Section 111, heading-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
111 Chief executive to prepare management 22
statement 23
(2) Section 111(1), (5), (6) and (7), `Minister'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
chief executive 26
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(3) Section 111(1), (5), (6), (7) and (8), `plan'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
statement 3
(4) Section 111(1)(b)(iii)-- 4
omit. 5
(5) Section 111(1)(b)(iv)-- 6
renumber as section 111(1)(b)(iii). 7
(6) Section 111(2), `Minister is not required to prepare a 8
management plan'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
chief executive is not required to prepare a 11
management statement 12
(7) Section 111(2)(a), before `management plan'-- 13
insert-- 14
management statement (an existing management 15
statement) or 16
(8) Section 111(2)(b), `either of the following apply--'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
any of the following applies-- 19
(9) Section 111(2)(b)(i), before `existing management plan'-- 20
insert-- 21
existing management statement or 22
(10) Section 111(2)(b)(ii)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
(ii) if there is an existing management 25
statement in effect for the existing 26
protected area--the chief executive 27
amends the existing management 28
statement to apply to the newly 29
dedicated protected area; or 30
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(iii) if there is an existing management plan 1
in effect for the existing protected 2
area--the Minister amends the existing 3
management plan to apply to the newly 4
dedicated protected area. 5
(11) Section 111-- 6
insert-- 7
(3) Also, the chief executive is not required to 8
prepare a management statement for the area if 9
the Minister notifies the chief executive that the 10
Minister is preparing a management plan for the 11
area. 12
(12) Section 111(5), `plans'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
statements 15
(13) Section 111-- 16
insert-- 17
(9) A management statement for an area may be 18
combined with a management statement for 19
another area dedicated or declared under this Act. 20
(14) Section 111(5) to (9)-- 21
renumber as section 111(4) to (8). 22
Clause 66 Amendment of s 112 (Conservation plans) 23
(1) Section 112, heading-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
112 Preparation of conservation plans 26
(2) Section 112(3)-- 27
omit. 28
(3) Section 112(4)-- 29
renumber as section 112(3). 30
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(4) Section 112-- 1
insert-- 2
(4) If the conservation plan is to provide for matters 3
for which a regulation may be made under this 4
Act, subsection (3) only applies if the Minister is 5
satisfied it is more appropriate in the 6
circumstances for a conservation plan to provide 7
for the matters. 8
(5) Section 112-- 9
relocate to part 7, division 8 as inserted by this Act and 10
renumber as section 120H. 11
Clause 67 Insertion of new s 112 and pt 7, div 3, hdg 12
After section 111-- 13
insert-- 14
112 Minister may prepare management plan 15
(1) This section applies to-- 16
(a) an area mentioned in section 111(1); or 17
(b) an area that is an aggregation of areas 18
assigned a name under section 64. 19
(2) The Minister may prepare a management plan for 20
the area if the Minister is satisfied it is 21
appropriate in the circumstances having regard to 22
the following-- 23
(a) the importance of the area's natural or 24
cultural resources and values; 25
(b) any significant or particular threats to the 26
area's natural or cultural resources and 27
values; 28
(c) any significant public interest concerns for 29
the area's natural or cultural resources and 30
values; 31
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(d) the nature of any proposed commercial or 1
recreational uses of, and opportunities for, 2
the area and the proposed management of 3
those uses. 4
(3) The Minister may after the declaration of a nature 5
refuge, other than under section 49, prepare a 6
management plan for the area of the refuge if the 7
landholder of the area agrees. 8
(4) A management plan for a national park (Cape 9
York Peninsula Aboriginal land) or an indigenous 10
joint management area must-- 11
(a) be prepared jointly with the indigenous 12
landholder for the protected area; and 13
(b) be consistent with any indigenous land use 14
agreement, and the indigenous management 15
agreement, for the protected area. 16
Division 3 Making and implementing 17
management statements 18
Clause 68 Replacement of ss 113-116 19
Sections 113 to 116-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
113 Management statements to be consistent with 22
management principles etc. 23
(1) A management statement for an area must-- 24
(a) be consistent with the management 25
principles for the class of the area; and 26
(b) if the area is a nature refuge or coordinated 27
conservation area--be consistent with any 28
conservation agreement or conservation 29
covenant for the area; and 30
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(c) state management outcomes for the 1
protection, presentation and use of the area 2
and the policies, guidelines and actions to 3
achieve the outcomes. 4
(2) A management statement for an area may be 5
inconsistent with a wild river declaration that 6
applies to a part or all of the protected area only 7
to the extent the management statement provides 8
for a greater level of protection for the area than 9
is provided for in the declaration. 10
113A Notice of making of management statement 11
(1) The chief executive must notify the making of a 12
management statement by gazette notice. 13
(2) The gazette notice must state where a copy of the 14
management statement is available for 15
inspection. 16
113B When management statement has effect 17
A management statement has effect on and from the 18
later of the following days-- 19
(a) the day the gazette notice for the statement 20
is published under section 113A; 21
(b) the commencement day stated in the 22
statement. 23
Note-- 24
See, however, section 119B. 25
113C Implementation of management statement 26
On the making of a management statement for an area, 27
the following persons must give effect to the 28
statement-- 29
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(a) if the area is a national park (Aboriginal 1
land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander 2
land)--the board of management for the 3
area; 4
(b) if the area is a national park (Cape York 5
Peninsula Aboriginal land) or an indigenous 6
joint management area--the indigenous 7
landholder for the area and the chief 8
executive; 9
(c) if the area is under the control of trustees 10
appointed under section 31--the trustees; 11
(d) if paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) do not 12
apply--the chief executive. 13
Division 4 Preparing, approving and 14
implementing 15
management plans 16
114 Application of div 4 17
This division applies if the Minister decides to prepare 18
a management plan for an area under section 112. 19
115 Preparation of draft plan 20
The Minister must prepare a draft of the management 21
plan (a draft plan). 22
115A Notice of draft plan 23
(1) This section applies to a draft plan other than a 24
draft plan for a nature refuge that is subject to a 25
conservation agreement. 26
(2) The Minister must-- 27
(a) publish a notice about the draft plan on the 28
department's website; and 29
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Editor's note-- 1
The department's website is 2
. 3
(b) ensure the draft plan is available for 4
inspection as stated in the notice. 5
(3) The notice must-- 6
(a) state the area to which the draft plan relates; 7
and 8
(b) state that a copy of the draft plan is available 9
for inspection without charge-- 10
(i) during business hours at the 11
department's head office and at each 12
departmental office in the general area 13
in which the area is located; and 14
(ii) on the department's website; and 15
(c) invite members of the public, including 16
landholders and indigenous people with an 17
interest in the area, to make written 18
submissions about the draft plan to the 19
Minister, within a stated period. 20
(4) The stated period must be at least 20 business 21
days after the notice is published. 22
(5) Subsection (3)(c) does not apply if-- 23
(a) the draft plan is substantially uniform or 24
complementary with-- 25
(i) another Act; or 26
(ii) a law of the Commonwealth or another 27
State; or 28
(b) the following applies-- 29
(i) the draft plan adopts an Australian or 30
international protocol, standard, code, 31
or intergovernmental agreement or 32
instrument; 33
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(ii) an assessment of the benefits and costs 1
associated with the plan has already 2
been made; 3
(iii) the assessment was made for, or is 4
relevant to, Queensland; or 5
(c) the Minister considers there has already 6
been adequate other public consultation 7
about the matters the subject of the plan. 8
115B Obtaining copy of draft plan 9
(1) On payment of the fee, if any, decided by the 10
chief executive, a person may obtain a copy of 11
the draft plan from the chief executive. 12
(2) The fee must not be more than the reasonable 13
cost incurred by the chief executive for printing 14
the copy and giving it to the person. 15
(3) For subsection (2), if the person asks for the copy 16
to be mailed to the person, the fee may include 17
the reasonable cost of mailing the copy to the 18
person. 19
116 Submissions to be considered when preparing 20
final management plan 21
When preparing a final management plan, the Minister 22
must consider all submissions made to the Minister 23
about the draft plan under section 115A(3)(c). 24
Clause 69 Amendment of s 117 (Final management plans) 25
Section 117(1)(a), `refuge, coordinated conservation area or 26
wilderness area'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
refuge or coordinated conservation area 29
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Clause 70 Replacement of ss 118 and 119 1
Sections 118 and 119-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
118 Approval of final management plan 4
(1) The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, 5
approve a final management plan. 6
(2) The gazette notice must state-- 7
(a) where a copy of the management plan is 8
available for inspection; and 9
(b) if, immediately before the approval of the 10
management plan, a management statement 11
is in effect for the area--the management 12
statement ceases to have effect on the day 13
the management plan takes effect. 14
119 Management plan may be combined with 15
another plan 16
A management plan for an area may be combined with 17
1 or more of the following-- 18
(a) a management plan for another area 19
dedicated or declared under this Act; 20
(b) a management plan for a marine park under 21
the Marine Parks Act 2004; 22
(c) a management plan for a recreation area 23
under the Recreation Areas Management 24
Act 2006. 25
119A When management plan has effect 26
A management plan has effect on and from the later of 27
the following days-- 28
(a) the day the gazette notice approving the plan 29
is published; 30
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(b) the commencement day stated in the plan. 1
119B Management statement ceases to have effect 2
if management plan takes effect 3
(1) This section applies if-- 4
(a) a management statement is in effect for an 5
area; and 6
(b) a management plan for the area takes effect 7
under section 119A. 8
(2) On the management plan taking effect, the 9
management statement ceases to have effect for 10
the area. 11
Clause 71 Amendment of s 120 (Implementation of approved plan) 12
(1) Section 120, heading, `approved'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
management 15
(2) Section 120(2)-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 72 Insertion of new pt 7, divs 5-8 and pt 7, div 9, hdg 18
After section 120-- 19
insert-- 20
Division 5 Amendment of 21
management plans 22
120A Procedures for amending management plan 23
(1) Sections 114 to 117 apply to the amendment of a 24
management plan as if a reference to a 25
management plan were a reference to an 26
amendment of a management plan. 27
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(2) However, sections 115 to 116 do not apply to the 1
amendment of a management plan if-- 2
(a) the amendment contains only amendments 3
to-- 4
(i) correct an error in the plan; or 5
(ii) make a change other than a change of 6
substance in the plan; or 7
(iii) make a change to ensure the plan is 8
consistent with State government 9
policy about the management of the 10
area to which the plan applies; or 11
(iv) if the plan or a regulation provides that 12
an amendment of a stated type may be 13
made to the plan by amendment under 14
this subsection--make an amendment 15
of that type; or 16
(b) for a management plan that is substantially 17
uniform or complementary with another Act 18
or a law of the Commonwealth or another 19
State--the amendment contains only 20
amendments needed to ensure the plan 21
remains substantially uniform or 22
complementary; or 23
(c) the amendment only adopts an Australian or 24
international protocol, standard, code, or 25
intergovernmental agreement or instrument, 26
and an assessment of the benefits and costs 27
associated with the amendment has already 28
been made and the assessment was made 29
for, or is relevant to, Queensland; or 30
(d) the Minister considers there has already 31
been adequate other public consultation 32
about the matters the subject of the 33
amendment. 34
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(3) If subsection (2)(a)(iii) applies for an amendment 1
of a management plan, the Minister must publish 2
a notice on the department's website stating-- 3
(a) the amendments made to the plan; and 4
(b) the reasons for the amendments. 5
120B Approval of amendment 6
(1) An amendment of a management plan may be 7
approved, by gazette notice, by-- 8
(a) for an amendment to which section 120A(2) 9
applies--the Minister; or 10
(b) otherwise--the Governor in Council. 11
(2) The gazette notice must state where a copy of 12
each of the following is available for 13
inspection-- 14
(a) the amendment of the management plan; 15
(b) the management plan as amended. 16
120C When amendment has effect 17
The amendment of a management plan has effect on 18
and from the later of the following days-- 19
(a) the day the gazette notice approving the 20
amendment is published; 21
(b) the commencement day stated in the 22
amendment. 23
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Division 6 Publication of 1
management statements 2
and management plans 3
120D Publication and availability of management 4
statements and management plans 5
(1) The chief executive must publish a copy of each 6
management statement and management plan, as 7
amended from time to time, on the department's 8
website. 9
Editor's note-- 10
The department's website is . 11
(2) The copy must be published-- 12
(a) within 20 business days after the statement 13
or plan first takes effect under this part; or 14
(b) for a copy incorporating an amendment of 15
the statement or plan--within 20 business 16
days after the day on which the amendment 17
takes effect. 18
(3) Also, the chief executive must keep a copy of 19
each management statement and management 20
plan, as amended from time to time, available for 21
inspection, without charge by the chief executive, 22
by members of the public during normal business 23
hours at-- 24
(a) the department's head office; and 25
(b) each departmental office in the general area 26
in which the area the subject of the 27
statement or plan is located. 28
120E Obtaining copies of management statements 29
or management plans 30
(1) On payment of the fee decided by the chief 31
executive, a person may obtain a copy of a 32
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management statement or management plan, as 1
in effect at a particular time, from the chief 2
executive. 3
(2) The fee must not be more than the reasonable 4
cost incurred by the chief executive for printing 5
the copy and giving it to the person. 6
(3) For subsection (2), if the person asks for the copy 7
to be mailed to the person, the fee may include 8
the reasonable cost of mailing the copy to the 9
person. 10
Division 7 Reviewing management 11
statements and 12
management plans 13
120F Review of management statements 14
(1) The chief executive must review the management 15
statement for an area not later than 10 years after 16
it is made. 17
(2) On completing the review, the chief executive 18
may-- 19
(a) prepare a new management statement for 20
the area; or 21
(b) amend the existing management statement 22
for the area; or 23
(c) leave the existing management statement for 24
the area unchanged. 25
120G Review of management plans 26
(1) The Minister must review the operation of a 27
management plan for an area not later than 10 28
years after its approval. 29
(2) On completing the review, the Minister may-- 30
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(a) prepare a new management plan for the 1
area; or 2
(b) amend the existing management plan for the 3
area; or 4
(c) leave the existing management plan for the 5
area unchanged; or 6
(d) if the Minister is satisfied it is appropriate in 7
the circumstances, decide that the existing 8
management plan be replaced with a 9
management statement for the area. 10
(3) If the Minister decides, under subsection (2)(d), 11
that the existing management plan be replaced 12
with a management statement for the area-- 13
(a) the Governor in Council may revoke the 14
approval of the existing management plan; 15
and 16
(b) if the approval is revoked--the chief 17
executive must prepare a management 18
statement for the area under this part to take 19
effect immediately after the revocation. 20
(4) Subsection (3)(b) does not apply if the area is 21
amalgamated with another area for which a 22
management statement is required under section 23
111, and either-- 24
(a) the regulation dedicating or declaring the 25
amalgamated area declares that an existing 26
management statement or existing 27
management plan applies to the 28
amalgamated area; or 29
(b) an existing management statement or 30
existing management plan is amended to 31
apply it to the amalgamated area. 32
(5) Also, if the area is a protected area, section 33
111(4) applies to the area as if section 111(4)(b) 34
also included a reference to a management 35
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statement required to be prepared under 1
subsection (3)(b). 2
Division 8 Conservation plans 3
120I Conservation plans to be consistent with 4
management principles etc. 5
(1) A conservation plan for wildlife must be 6
consistent with the management principles for 7
the class of wildlife. 8
(2) A conservation plan for wildlife, or a class of 9
wildlife, may provide for the State to be divided 10
into wildlife districts. 11
120J Approval of conservation plan 12
(1) A conservation plan does not have effect until it 13
has been approved by the Governor in Council. 14
(2) A conservation plan is subordinate legislation. 15
120K Implementation of conservation plan 16
On approval of a conservation plan, the chief 17
executive must give effect to the plan. 18
Division 9 Miscellaneous provisions 19
Clause 73 Amendment of s 121 (Plan replaces interim or declared 20
management intent) 21
Section 121(1)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
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(1) A management statement or management plan 1
for a coordinated conservation area replaces the 2
interim management intent for the area. 3
Clause 74 Omission of ss 124 and 125 4
Sections 124 and 125-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 75 Amendment of s 131 (Proof of authority) 7
(1) Section 131, from `protector first'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
protector-- 10
(a) produces his or her identity card for the 11
person's inspection before exercising the 12
power; or 13
(b) has his or her identity card displayed so it is 14
clearly visible to the person when exercising 15
the power. 16
(2) Section 131-- 17
insert-- 18
(2) However, if it is not practicable to comply with 19
subsection (1), the conservation officer or 20
honorary protector must produce the identity card 21
for the person's inspection at the first reasonable 22
opportunity. 23
(3) For subsection (1), a conservation officer or 24
honorary protector does not exercise a power in 25
relation to a person only because the 26
conservation officer or honorary protector has 27
entered a place as mentioned in section 145(2)(c) 28
or (d). 29
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Clause 76 Amendment of s 132 (Advisory committees) 1
(1) Section 132(1)(b)-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Section 132(1)(c) and (d)-- 4
renumber as section 132(1)(b) and (c). 5
(3) Section 132(2)(a)-- 6
omit. 7
(4) Section 132(2)(b) to (d)-- 8
renumber as section 132(1)(a) to (c). 9
Clause 77 Amendment of s 133 (Chief executive to keep register) 10
Section 133(1)(a), after `management'-- 11
insert-- 12
statements, management plans 13
Clause 78 Amendment of s 137 (Licences to be consistent with 14
management principles, and management intent or plan) 15
Section 137(1)(b), `or management'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
or any management 18
Clause 79 Amendment of s 141 (Delegation by chief executive) 19
Section 141(3), definition prescribed provision, after `38,'-- 20
insert-- 21
39G, 22
Clause 80 Replacement of s 142 (Protection from liability) 23
Section 142-- 24
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142 Protection from liability 2
(1) An official is not civilly liable for an act done, or 3
omission made, honestly and without negligence 4
under this Act. 5
(2) If subsection (1) prevents a civil liability 6
attaching to an official, the liability attaches 7
instead to the State. 8
(3) Also, the State or an official is not civilly liable in 9
a proceeding for an act done, or omission made, 10
in-- 11
(a) the performance or purported performance 12
of a function under this Act in relation to a 13
State protected area; or 14
(b) the exercise or purported exercise of a 15
power under this Act in relation to a State 16
protected area; or 17
(c) the management or operation of a State 18
protected area. 19
(4) However, subsection (3) does not apply to any 20
liability of the State or an official arising from the 21
State's or official's-- 22
(a) construction, installation or maintenance of 23
a State fixture, or State road, that is 24
defective other than because of a natural 25
event; or 26
(b) failure to give adequate notice of a State 27
fixture, or State road, that is defective other 28
than because of a natural event; or 29
(c) carrying out of a State management activity. 30
Examples of a natural event for paragraphs (a) and (b)-- 31
a storm, flood, period of heavy rain 32
(5) Also, subsection (3) does not apply in relation 33
to-- 34
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(a) any liability of the State or an official for an 1
MAIA injury incurred by the State or 2
official as an insured person; or 3
(b) any liability of the State or an official for an 4
injury for which compensation is payable 5
under the Workers' Compensation and 6
Rehabilitation Act 2003 incurred by the 7
State or official in the State's or official's 8
capacity as an employer. 9
(6) For subsection (5)(b), the following is 10
immaterial-- 11
(a) whether compensation for the injury is 12
actually claimed under the Workers' 13
Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003; 14
(b) whether the entitlement to seek damages for 15
the injury is regulated under that Act. 16
(7) In this section-- 17
compensation see the Workers' Compensation 18
and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 9. 19
damages includes any form of monetary 20
compensation. 21
defective includes damaged or destroyed. 22
insured person see the Motor Accident Insurance 23
Act 1994, section 4. 24
MAIA injury means a personal injury to which 25
the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 applies. 26
official means each of the following-- 27
(a) the Minister; 28
(b) the chief executive; 29
(c) for a State protected area for which an 30
indigenous management agreement has 31
been entered into--the indigenous 32
landholder with whom the indigenous 33
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management agreement has been entered 1
into for the land; 2
(d) a conservation officer; 3
(e) a public service employee or another 4
employee of the State authorised to carry 5
out functions under this Act; 6
(f) a person acting under a direction given 7
under this Act by a person mentioned in 8
paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e). 9
personal injury see the Civil Liability Act 2003, 10
schedule 2. 11
proceeding means a proceeding for damages 12
based on a liability for personal injury, damage to 13
property or economic loss resulting from 14
personal injury or damage to property, and, for a 15
fatal injury, includes a proceeding for the 16
deceased's dependants or estate. 17
State fixture means a building, structure or other 18
thing constructed or installed by the State 19
including, for example, the following-- 20
(a) a boardwalk, jetty, lookout or mooring; 21
(b) a stairway; 22
(c) a fence or other barrier; 23
(d) a thing used for a recreational purpose. 24
Examples for paragraph (d)-- 25
· a flying fox ride or zipline ride 26
· a rope or swing over a river or waterhole 27
· a ramp or jump on a mountain bike trail 28
· an anchor point for rock climbing 29
State management activity means-- 30
(a) programmed shooting or poisoning of 31
animals; or 32
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(b) programmed burning or poisoning of 1
vegetation. 2
State protected area means-- 3
(a) a national park (scientific); or 4
(b) a national park; or 5
(c) a national park (Aboriginal land); or 6
(d) a national park (Torres Strait Islander land); 7
or 8
(e) a national park (Cape York Peninsula 9
Aboriginal land); or 10
(f) a national park (recovery); or 11
(g) a conservation park; or 12
(h) a resources reserve. 13
State road means-- 14
(a) a State-controlled road within the meaning 15
of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, 16
schedule 6; or 17
(b) another road, within the meaning of the 18
Transport Operations (Road Use 19
Management) Act 1995, constructed by the 20
State. 21
Clause 81 Amendment of s 158 (False or misleading documents) 22
(1) Section 158, `a conservation officer'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
an authorised person 25
(2) Section 158(a) and (b), `the officer'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
the authorised person 28
(3) Section 158-- 29
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relocate to part 8 and renumber as section 143A. 1
Clause 82 Insertion of new pt 12, div 5 2
Part 12-- 3
insert-- 4
Division 5 Transitional provisions for 5
Nature Conservation and 6
Other Legislation 7
Amendment Act (No. 2) 8
2013 9
Subdivision 1 Provisions about 10
management of protected 11
areas and conservation 12
plans 13
189 Definitions for sdiv 1 14
In this subdivision-- 15
amended part 7 means part 7 as in force at the 16
commencement. 17
commencement means the commencement of 18
this subdivision. 19
previous part 7 means part 7 as in force before 20
the commencement. 21
properly made submission, for a public notice 22
under previous part 7 about a proposal to prepare 23
a draft management plan or conservation plan, or 24
about a draft management plan or conservation 25
plan, means a submission made in response to the 26
notice before the day specified in the notice as 27
the day by which submissions may be made 28
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(whether or not the submission was made before 1
or after the commencement). 2
190 Application of amended part 7 to existing 3
dedications or declarations 4
(1) This section applies if-- 5
(a) before the commencement, a management 6
plan was required to be prepared for a 7
protected area or indigenous joint 8
management area; and 9
(b) at the commencement, a management plan 10
is not in effect for the area. 11
(2) From the commencement-- 12
(a) the requirement under previous part 7 to 13
prepare a management plan for the area 14
stops applying for the area; and 15
(b) amended part 7 applies for the area, subject 16
to subsections (3) to (5) and section 191, as 17
if it had been in force when the area was 18
dedicated or declared. 19
(3) Subsections (4) and (5) apply if the Minister had 20
started the process for preparing a management 21
plan for the area under previous part 7 before the 22
commencement. 23
(4) Anything done by the Minister for preparing the 24
plan under previous part 7 is taken to have been 25
done by-- 26
(a) the chief executive; or 27
(b) if the Minister decides to prepare a 28
management plan for the area under 29
amended part 7--the Minister. 30
(5) If the Minister had given a public notice under 31
previous part 7 about a proposal to prepare a draft 32
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management plan, or about a draft management 1
plan, for the area-- 2
(a) the chief executive must have regard to any 3
properly made submissions for the notice in 4
preparing a management statement under 5
amended part 7 for the area; or 6
(b) if the Minister decides to prepare a 7
management plan for the area--the Minister 8
must have regard to any properly made 9
submissions for the notice in preparing the 10
management plan. 11
191 Existing management statements 12
(1) This section applies to a document about an area 13
prepared by the chief executive that-- 14
(a) is consistent with the requirements for a 15
management statement under section 113; 16
and 17
(b) at the commencement, is published on the 18
department's website. 19
(2) The document-- 20
(a) is taken to be a management statement made 21
by the chief executive under amended part 22
7; and 23
(b) takes effect as a management statement for 24
the area on the commencement. 25
(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that sections 26
113A and 113B do not apply to the management 27
statement. 28
192 Preparation of other plans not completed at 29
commencement 30
(1) This section applies if, before the 31
commencement, the Minister had started, but not 32
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completed, the process for preparing a plan for an 1
area or wildlife under previous part 7. 2
(2) From the commencement, amended part 7 3
applies for the preparation of the plan, subject to 4
subsections (3) and (4). 5
(3) Anything done by the Minister for preparing the 6
plan under previous part 7 is taken to have been 7
done by the Minister under amended part 7. 8
(4) If the Minister had given a public notice under 9
previous part 7 about a proposal to prepare the 10
draft plan, or about the draft plan, for the area or 11
wildlife, the Minister must have regard to any 12
properly made submissions for the notice in 13
preparing the final plan for the area or wildlife. 14
(5) In this section-- 15
plan means-- 16
(a) a management plan to amend another 17
management plan; or 18
(b) a conservation plan; or 19
(c) a conservation plan to amend another 20
conservation plan. 21
wildlife includes a class of wildlife. 22
193 References to particular protected areas 23
A reference in an Act or document to any of the 24
following is, if the context permits, redundant-- 25
(a) a wilderness area under this Act; 26
(b) a World Heritage management area under 27
this Act; 28
(c) an international agreement area under this 29
Act. 30
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194 Existing leases must still be registered 1
(1) This section applies for a lease granted under any 2
of the following provisions as in force before the 3
commencement, if the lease is still in force at the 4
commencement-- 5
(a) section 35; 6
(b) section 35A; 7
(c) section 36; 8
(d) section 42AEA; 9
(e) section 42AO; 10
(f) section 42AOA. 11
(2) As soon as practicable after the commencement, 12
the chief executive must lodge the lease with the 13
chief executive (lands) for registration. 14
(3) For the Land Act 1994, chapter 6, part 2, the lease 15
is taken to have been registered on the day the 16
lease was granted. 17
Clause 83 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 18
(1) Schedule, definitions conservation agreement, coordinated 19
conservation area, international agreement area, protected 20
wildlife, wilderness area, World Heritage Convention and 21
World Heritage management area-- 22
omit. 23
(2) Schedule-- 24
insert-- 25
conservation agreement means a conservation 26
agreement entered into under-- 27
(a) for a nature refuge--section 45 or 48; or 28
(b) for a coordinated conservation area-- 29
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(i) section 45 as in force before the 1
commencement of the Nature 2
Conservation and Other Legislation 3
Amendment Act (No. 2) 2013, section 4
43; or 5
(ii) section 48. 6
coordinated conservation area means an area 7
declared as a coordinated conservation area 8
under section 46 as in force before the 9
commencement of the Nature Conservation and 10
Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2013, 11
section 44. 12
management statement means a management 13
statement made by the chief executive under part 14
7. 15
protected wildlife means native wildlife 16
prescribed under this Act as-- 17
(a) extinct in the wild wildlife; or 18
(b) endangered wildlife; or 19
(c) vulnerable wildlife; or 20
(d) near threatened wildlife; or 21
(e) least concern wildlife. 22
Division 6 Amendment of Recreation Areas 23
Management Act 2006 24
Clause 84 Act amended 25
This division amends the Recreation Areas Management Act 26
2006. 27
Note-- 28
See also the amendments in schedule 1, part 3. 29
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Clause 85 Amendment of s 19 (Public notice of draft management 1
plan) 2
(1) Section 19, heading, `Public notice'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
Notice 5
(2) Section 19(1)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
(1) The Minister must publish a notice about the 8
draft plan on the department's website. 9
(3) Section 19(3), `public notice is given'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
notice is published 12
Clause 86 Insertion of new s 22A 13
After section 22-- 14
insert-- 15
22A Management plan may form part of another 16
document 17
A management plan may be combined with 1 or more 18
of the following-- 19
(a) a management plan for another recreation 20
area; 21
(b) a management plan for a marine park under 22
the Marine Parks Act 2004; 23
(c) a management plan for an area dedicated or 24
declared under the Nature Conservation Act 25
1992. 26
Clause 87 Amendment of s 26 (Public notice of draft amendment) 27
(1) Section 26, heading, `Public notice'-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
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Notice 1
(2) Section 26(1)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
(1) The Minister must publish a notice about the 4
draft amendment on the department's website. 5
(3) Section 26(3), `public notice is given'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
notice is published 8
Clause 88 Amendment of s 27 (Exceptions from ss 25 and 26) 9
(1) Section 27(1)-- 10
insert-- 11
(c) to make a change to ensure the plan is 12
consistent with State government policy. 13
(2) Section 27-- 14
insert-- 15
(3) If subsection (1)(c) applies for an amendment, 16
the Minister must publish a notice on the 17
department's website stating-- 18
(a) the amendments made to the plan; and 19
(b) the reasons for the amendments. 20
Clause 89 Replacement of s 29 (Approval of amendment) 21
Section 29-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
29 Approval of amendment 24
(1) If the final amendment has been prepared under 25
this division, the following person may, by 26
gazette notice, approve the final amendment-- 27
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(a) if the final amendment is an amendment to 1
which section 27 applies--the Minister; or 2
(b) otherwise--the Governor in Council. 3
(2) The gazette notice must state where a copy of the 4
approved final amendment is available for 5
inspection. 6
Clause 90 Replacement of s 31 (Reviewing management plans) 7
Section 31-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
31 Review of management plans 10
(1) The Minister must review the operation of the 11
management plan for each recreation area not 12
later than 10 years after its approval. 13
(2) On completion of the review, the Minister may-- 14
(a) prepare a new management plan for the 15
recreation area; or 16
(b) amend the existing management plan for the 17
recreation area; or 18
(c) leave the existing management plan for the 19
recreation area unchanged. 20
Clause 91 Insertion of new s 55A 21
Part 4, division 5, after section 55-- 22
insert-- 23
55A Form of commercial activity permit 24
A commercial activity permit may be combined with 25
either or both of the following-- 26
(a) a commercial activity permit granted under 27
the Nature Conservation Act 1992; 28
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(b) a permit to conduct a commercial activity in 1
a State forest granted under the Forestry Act 2
1959. 3
Clause 92 Amendment of s 69 (Chief executive may enter into 4
commercial activity agreement) 5
Section 69-- 6
insert-- 7
(3) The commercial activity agreement may be 8
combined with either or both of the following-- 9
(a) a commercial activity agreement entered 10
into with the person under the Nature 11
Conservation Act 1992; 12
(b) a commercial activity agreement entered 13
into with the person under the Marine Parks 14
Act 2004. 15
Clause 93 Amendment of s 111 (Unlawfully conducting commercial 16
activity) 17
(1) Section 111(1)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
(1) A person must not conduct a commercial activity 20
in a recreation area unless the person is 21
authorised to conduct the activity under-- 22
(a) a commercial activity permit; or 23
(b) a commercial activity agreement. 24
(2) Section 111(3)-- 25
omit. 26
Clause 94 Amendment of s 118 (Unauthorised feeding of animals) 27
Section 118(3)(a), `guide, hearing or assistance'-- 28
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support 2
Clause 95 Amendment of s 120 (Food to be kept from animals) 3
Section 120(2), definition food, paragraph (c), `guide, hearing or 4
assistance'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
support 7
Clause 96 Amendment of s 121 (Restriction on animals in recreation 8
area) 9
Section 121(2), definition animal, paragraph (a), `guide, hearing or 10
assistance'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
support 13
Clause 97 Amendment of s 228 (Protecting officials from liability) 14
Section 228(3)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
(3) Also, the State or an official is not civilly liable in 17
a proceeding for an act done, or omission made, 18
in-- 19
(a) the performance or purported performance 20
of a function under this Act; or 21
(b) the exercise or purported exercise of a 22
power under this Act; or 23
(c) the management or operation of a recreation 24
area. 25
(4) However, subsection (3) does not apply to any 26
liability of the State or an official arising from the 27
State's or official's-- 28
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(a) construction, installation or maintenance of 1
a State fixture, or State road, that is 2
defective other than because of a natural 3
event; or 4
(b) failure to give adequate notice of a State 5
fixture, or State road, that is defective other 6
than because of a natural event; or 7
(c) carrying out of a State management activity. 8
Examples of a natural event for paragraphs (a) and (b)-- 9
a storm, flood, period of heavy rain 10
(5) Also, subsection (3) does not apply in relation 11
to-- 12
(a) any liability of the State or an official for an 13
MAIA injury incurred by the State or 14
official as an insured person; or 15
(b) any liability of the State or an official for an 16
injury for which compensation is payable 17
under the Workers' Compensation and 18
Rehabilitation Act 2003 incurred by the 19
State or official in the State's or official's 20
capacity as an employer. 21
(6) For subsection (5)(b), the following is 22
immaterial-- 23
(a) whether compensation for the injury is 24
actually claimed under the Workers' 25
Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003; 26
(b) whether the entitlement to seek damages for 27
the injury is regulated under that Act. 28
(7) In this section-- 29
compensation see the Workers' Compensation 30
and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 9. 31
damages includes any form of monetary 32
compensation. 33
defective includes damaged or destroyed. 34
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insured person see the Motor Accident Insurance 1
Act 1994, section 4. 2
MAIA injury means a personal injury to which 3
the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 applies. 4
official means-- 5
(a) the Minister; or 6
(b) the chief executive; or 7
(c) an authorised officer; or 8
(d) an officer or other employee of the 9
department; or 10
(e) a person acting under-- 11
(i) the authority, under this Act, of a 12
person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), 13
(c) or (d); or 14
(ii) a direction given under this Act by a 15
person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), 16
(c) or (d). 17
personal injury see the Civil Liability Act 2003, 18
schedule 2. 19
proceeding means a proceeding for damages 20
based on a liability for personal injury, damage to 21
property or economic loss resulting from 22
personal injury or damage to property, and, for a 23
fatal injury, includes a proceeding for the 24
deceased's dependants or estate. 25
State fixture means a building, structure or other 26
thing constructed or installed by the State 27
including, for example, the following-- 28
(a) a boardwalk, jetty, lookout or mooring; 29
(b) a stairway; 30
(c) a fence or other barrier; 31
(d) a thing used for a recreational purpose. 32
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Examples for paragraph (d)-- 1
· a flying fox ride or zipline ride 2
· a rope or swing over a river or waterhole 3
· a ramp or jump on a mountain bike trail 4
· an anchor point for rock climbing 5
State management activity means-- 6
(a) programmed shooting or poisoning of 7
animals; or 8
(b) programmed burning or poisoning of 9
vegetation. 10
State road means-- 11
(a) a State-controlled road within the meaning 12
of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, 13
schedule 6; or 14
(b) another road, within the meaning of the 15
Transport Operations (Road Use 16
Management) Act 1995, constructed by the 17
State. 18
Clause 98 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 19
(1) Schedule, definitions assistance dog, guide dog and hearing 20
dog-- 21
omit. 22
(2) Schedule-- 23
insert-- 24
prescribed structure means equipment or a 25
construction used to facilitate filming or 26
photography, and-- 27
(a) includes a tower, platform, generator, 28
vehicle, shelter and building; but 29
(b) does not include-- 30
(i) a camera or camera accessories; or 31
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(ii) a tripod; or 1
(iii) a portable hide large enough to shelter 2
only one person; or 3
(iv) a power source consisting of only dry 4
cells or a single wet cell battery; or 5
(v) a vehicle used only for transport or 6
camping under a permit or commercial 7
activity agreement under this Act, the 8
Forestry Act 1959 or the Nature 9
Conservation Act 1992. 10
support dog means any of the following dogs 11
under the Guide, Hearing and Assistance Dogs 12
Act 2009-- 13
(a) an assistance dog; 14
(b) a guide dog; 15
(c) a hearing dog; 16
(d) a trainee support dog. 17
(3) Schedule, definition commercial activity, paragraph 2-- 18
insert-- 19
(c) filming or photography that-- 20
(i) involves no more than 2 persons; and 21
(ii) does not involve the erection, 22
construction or use of a prescribed 23
structure. 24
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Part 3 Amendments about tenure 1
commencing by proclamation 2
Division 1 Amendment of Forestry Act 1959 3
Clause 99 Act amended 4
This division amends the Forestry Act 1959. 5
Note-- 6
See also the amendments in-- 7
· part 2, division 3 8
· part 4, division 1 9
· schedule 1, part 2. 10
Clause 100 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 11
Schedule 3, definition protected area-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
protected area means any of the following under 14
the Nature Conservation Act 1992-- 15
(a) a national park; 16
(b) a national park (Aboriginal land); 17
(c) a national park (Torres Strait Islander land); 18
(d) a regional park. 19
Division 2 Amendment of Fossicking Act 1994 20
Clause 101 Act amended 21
This division amends the Fossicking Act 1994. 22
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Clause 102 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) 1
Section 3, definition protected area, paragraph (a)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
(a) any of the following under the Nature 4
Conservation Act 1992-- 5
(i) a national park; 6
(ii) a national park (Aboriginal land); 7
(iii) a national park (Torres Strait Islander 8
land); 9
(iv) a regional park (general); or 10
Division 3 Amendment of Geothermal Energy 11
Act 2010 12
Clause 103 Act amended 13
This division amends the Geothermal Energy Act 2010. 14
Note-- 15
See also the amendments in schedule 1, part 3. 16
Clause 104 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 17
(1) Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(h)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
(h) for a regional park under the Nature 20
Conservation Act 1992 (the NCA) for which 21
there are trustees-- 22
(i) if, under the NCA, the regional park 23
has trustees whose powers are not 24
restricted--the trustees; or 25
(ii) otherwise--the chief executive of the 26
department in which the NCA is 27
administered; 28
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(2) Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(q)(iii) to (vi)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
(iii) a national park (Torres Strait Islander 3
land); 4
(iv) a forest reserve. 5
Division 4 Amendment of Greenhouse Gas 6
Storage Act 2009 7
Clause 105 Act amended 8
This division amends the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009. 9
Note-- 10
See also the amendments in schedule 1, part 3. 11
Clause 106 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 12
(1) Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(h)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
(h) for a regional park under the Nature 15
Conservation Act 1992 (the NCA) for which 16
there are trustees-- 17
(i) if, under the NCA, the regional park 18
has trustees whose powers are not 19
restricted--the trustees; or 20
(ii) otherwise--the chief executive of the 21
department in which the NCA is 22
administered; 23
(2) Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(q)(iii) to (vi)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
(iii) a national park (Torres Strait Islander 26
land); 27
(iv) a forest reserve. 28
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Division 5 Amendment of Land Act 1994 1
Clause 107 Act amended 2
This division amends the Land Act 1994. 3
Note-- 4
See also the amendments in schedule 1, parts 1, 2 and 3. 5
Clause 108 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) 6
(1) Schedule 6, definitions conservation park, nature 7
conservation area and national park-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Schedule 6-- 10
insert-- 11
national park means a national park under the 12
Nature Conservation Act 1992. 13
nature conservation area means any of the 14
following under the Nature Conservation Act 15
1992-- 16
(a) a national park; 17
(b) a regional park; 18
(c) a forest reserve. 19
regional park (general) means a regional park 20
(general) under the Nature Conservation Act 21
1992. 22
(3) Schedule 6, definition rural leasehold land, paragraphs (d)(i) 23
to (ix)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
(i) a national park; 26
(ii) a national park (Aboriginal land); 27
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(iii) a national park (Torres Strait Islander 1
land); 2
(iv) a national park (Cape York Peninsula 3
Aboriginal land); 4
(v) a regional park; 5
(vi) a forest reserve. 6
Division 6 Amendment of Land Protection 7
(Pest and Stock Route 8
Management) Act 2002 9
Clause 109 Act amended 10
This division amends the Land Protection (Pest and Stock 11
Route Management) Act 2002. 12
Note-- 13
See also the amendments in schedule 1, part 2. 14
Clause 110 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 15
Schedule 3, definition State-controlled land, paragraphs (c) and 16
(d)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
(c) a national park, national park (Aboriginal 19
land), national park (Torres Strait Islander 20
land) or regional park (resource use area) 21
under the Nature Conservation Act 1992; 22
(d) a regional park (general) under the Nature 23
Conservation Act 1992, that, under that Act, 24
is not placed under the management of 25
trustees; 26
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Division 7 Amendment of Mineral Resources 1
Act 1989 2
Clause 111 Act amended 3
This division amends the Mineral Resources Act 1989. 4
Note-- 5
See also the amendments in schedule 1, part 2. 6
Clause 112 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 7
Schedule 2, definition protected area-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
protected area means any of the following under 10
the Nature Conservation Act 1992-- 11
(a) a national park; 12
(b) a national park (Aboriginal land); 13
(c) a national park (Torres Strait Islander land); 14
(d) a regional park (general). 15
Division 8 Amendment of Nature Conservation 16
Act 1992 17
Clause 113 Act amended 18
This division amends the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 19
Note-- 20
See also the amendments in-- 21
· part 2, division 5 22
· part 4, division 2 23
· schedule 1, parts 1 and 3. 24
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Clause 114 Amendment of s 14 (Classes of protected areas to which 1
Act applies) 2
Section 14(a) to (i)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
(a) national parks; and 5
(b) national parks (Aboriginal land); and 6
(c) national parks (Torres Strait Islander land); 7
and 8
(d) national parks (Cape York Peninsula 9
Aboriginal land); and 10
(e) regional parks; and 11
(f) nature refuges; and 12
(g) coordinated conservation areas. 13
Clause 115 Omission of s 16 (Management principles of national 14
parks (scientific)) 15
Section 16-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 116 Amendment of s 17 (Management principles of national 18
parks) 19
(1) Section 17(1)-- 20
insert-- 21
(d) provide opportunities for educational and 22
recreational activities in a way consistent 23
with the area's natural and cultural values; 24
and 25
(e) provide opportunities for ecotourism in a 26
way consistent with the area's natural and 27
cultural values. 28
(2) Section 17-- 29
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insert-- 1
(1A) However, if the whole or part of a national park is 2
declared as a special management area, the 3
management of the park or part may include-- 4
(a) for a special management area (controlled 5
action), either or both of the following-- 6
(i) the manipulation of the area's natural 7
and cultural resources to protect or 8
restore the area's natural or cultural 9
values; 10
(ii) the continuation of an existing use of 11
the area consistent with maintaining 12
the area's natural and cultural values; 13
and 14
(b) for a special management area (scientific), 15
the following-- 16
(i) activities or measures to protect the 17
area's exceptional scientific values; 18
(ii) controlled scientific study and 19
monitoring of the area's natural 20
resources; 21
(iii) the control of threatening processes 22
relating to threatened wildlife, 23
including threatening processes caused 24
by other wildlife and controlling 25
threatening processes by manipulating 26
the threatened wildlife's habitat. 27
(3) Section 17(3), `subsections (1) and (2)'-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
subsections (1) to (2) 30
(4) Section 17-- 31
insert-- 32
(4) In this section-- 33
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ecotourism means tourism that is ecologically 1
sustainable and primarily focused on 2
experiencing an area in a way that fosters 3
understanding, appreciation and conservation of 4
the area and its natural and cultural values. 5
existing use, of a special management area 6
(controlled action), means a lawful use made of 7
the area immediately before the declaration of the 8
area as a special management area (controlled 9
action). 10
Clause 117 Replacement of ss 19A-21 11
Sections 19A to 21-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
21 Management principles of regional parks 14
(1) A regional park is to be managed to-- 15
(a) conserve and present the area's cultural and 16
natural resources and their values; and 17
(b) ensure the area is maintained, to the greatest 18
possible extent, in its natural condition; and 19
(c) provide for the controlled use of the area's 20
cultural and natural resources; and 21
(d) provide opportunities for enjoyment and 22
appreciation of the area and for recreational 23
and commercial activities in the area. 24
(2) However, the felling of timber for a commercial 25
purpose must not be conducted in a regional park. 26
(3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2), a regional 27
park, or a part of a regional park, that is also an 28
indigenous joint management area is to be 29
managed, as far as practicable, in a way that is 30
consistent with any Aboriginal tradition 31
applicable to the area, including any tradition 32
relating to activities in the area. 33
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Clause 118 Renumbering of s 19AA (Management principles of 1
national parks (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land)) 2
Section 19AA-- 3
renumber as section 20. 4
Clause 119 Amendment of s 27 (Prohibition on mining, geothermal 5
activities and GHG storage activities) 6
Section 27(1)(a) to (f)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
(a) a national park; or 9
(b) a national park (Aboriginal land); or 10
(c) a national park (Torres Strait Islander land); 11
or 12
(d) a national park (Cape York Peninsula 13
Aboriginal land); or 14
(e) a regional park (general). 15
Clause 120 Amendment of s 28 (Meaning of protected area in 16
division) 17
Section 28, definition protected area-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
protected area means-- 20
(a) a national park; or 21
(b) a regional park. 22
Clause 121 Amendment of pt 4, div 2, sdiv 2, hdg (Dedication, 23
revocation and amalgamation) 24
Part 4, division 2, subdivision 2, heading, after `amalgamation'-- 25
insert-- 26
of protected areas 27
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Clause 122 Replacement of s 29 (Dedication of protected areas) 1
Section 29-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
29 Dedication of protected areas 4
(1) A regulation may dedicate a specified area of 5
State land as-- 6
(a) a national park; or 7
(b) a regional park. 8
(2) The classes of protected areas mentioned in 9
subsection (1) are listed in descending order of 10
the level of protection given to them under this 11
Act. 12
Clause 123 Amendment of s 31 (Trustees of protected areas) 13
Section 31(1), `conservation park or resources reserve'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
regional park 16
Clause 124 Amendment of s 34 (Leases etc. over protected areas) 17
(1) Section 34(1)(a)(i), `national park (scientific), national park or 18
national park (recovery)'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
national park 21
(2) Section 34(1)(a)(ii), `conservation park or resources 22
reserve'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
regional park 25
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Clause 125 Amendment of s 35 (Chief executive's powers about 1
permitted uses in national parks or national parks 2
(recovery)) 3
(1) Section 35, heading, `or national parks (recovery)'-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Section 35(1), `or national park (recovery)'-- 6
omit. 7
(3) Section 35(1)(b)(i), `if the land is in a national park,'-- 8
omit. 9
(4) Section 35(1)(b)(ii)-- 10
omit. 11
(5) Section 35(1)(b)(iii) to (v)-- 12
renumber as section 35(1)(b)(ii) to (iv). 13
(6) Section 35(3)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
(3) This section does not apply to a national park, or 16
a part of a national park, that is an indigenous 17
joint management area. 18
Note-- 19
For an indigenous joint management area, see section 20
42AO. 21
Clause 126 Amendment of s 35A (Chief executive's powers about 22
permitted uses for existing service facilities in national 23
parks or national parks (recovery)) 24
(1) Section 35A, heading, `or national parks (recovery)'-- 25
omit. 26
(2) Section 35A(1), `or national park (recovery)'-- 27
omit. 28
(3) Section 35A(3)-- 29
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omit, insert-- 1
(3) This section does not apply to a national park, or 2
a part of a national park, that is an indigenous 3
joint management area. 4
(4) Section 35A(4)-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 127 Amendment of s 36 (Authorities for new national park or 7
national park (recovery)) 8
(1) Section 36, heading and subsections (1)(a) and (6), definition 9
allowable term, `or national park (recovery)'-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Section 36(5A)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
(5A) This section does not apply to a national park, or 14
a part of a national park, that is an indigenous 15
joint management area. 16
Note-- 17
For an indigenous joint management area, see section 18
42AP. 19
Clause 128 Amendment of s 39D (Definition for sdiv 4A) 20
Section 39D, definition owner, `conservation park or resources 21
reserve'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
regional park 24
Clause 129 Amendment of s 41 (Dedication of Aboriginal land as 25
national park (Aboriginal land) or Torres Strait Islander 26
land as national park (Torres Strait Islander land)) 27
(1) Section 41(6)-- 28
omit. 29
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(2) Section 41(7)-- 1
renumber as section 41(6). 2
Clause 130 Amendment of s 42 (Dedication of leasehold land as 3
national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres 4
Strait Islander land)) 5
(1) Section 42(6)-- 6
omit. 7
(2) Section 42(7) and (8)-- 8
renumber as section 42(6) and (7). 9
Clause 131 Amendment of s 42AB (Dedication of Aboriginal land as 10
national park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land)) 11
Section 42AB(3)-- 12
omit. 13
Clause 132 Amendment of s 42AC (Dedication of other land as 14
national park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land)) 15
Section 42AC(3)-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 133 Amendment of s 42AEA (Particular powers about 18
permitted uses for existing service facilities in national 19
park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land)) 20
Section 42AEA(4)-- 21
omit. 22
Clause 134 Amendment of s 42AI (Declaration of Aboriginal land as 23
indigenous joint management area) 24
Section 42AI(3)-- 25
omit. 26
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Clause 135 Amendment of s 42AJ (Declaration of other land as an 1
indigenous joint management area) 2
Section 42AJ(3)-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 136 Amendment of s 42AO (Particular powers about 5
permitted uses on land in particular indigenous joint 6
management areas) 7
(1) Section 42AO(1), `or national park (recovery)'-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 42AO(1)(b)(i), `if the land is in a national park--'-- 10
omit. 11
(3) Section 42AO(1)(b)(ii)-- 12
omit. 13
(4) Section 42AO(1)(b)(iii) to (v)-- 14
renumber as section 42AO(1)(b)(ii) to (iv). 15
Clause 137 Amendment of s 42AOA (Particular powers about 16
permitted uses for existing service facilities on land in 17
particular indigenous joint management areas) 18
(1) Section 42AOA(1), `or national park (recovery)'-- 19
omit. 20
(2) Section 42AOA(4)-- 21
omit. 22
Clause 138 Amendment of s 42AP (Authorities for new national park 23
or national park (recovery) that is an indigenous joint 24
management area) 25
Section 42AP, `or national park (recovery)'-- 26
omit. 27
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Clause 139 Replacement of pt 4, div 3A (Regeneration plans for 1
national parks (recovery)) 2
Part 4, division 3A-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
Division 3A Special management areas 5
and resource use areas 6
42A Declaration of special management area 7
(1) The chief executive may, by notice, declare a 8
prescribed national park, or part of a prescribed 9
national park-- 10
(a) as a special management area (controlled 11
action) to allow activities of a type, or for a 12
purpose, stated in-- 13
(i) section 17(1A)(a)(i); or 14
(ii) section 17(1A)(a)(ii); or 15
(iii) section 17(1A)(a)(i) and (ii); or 16
(b) as a special management area (scientific) to 17
allow activities of a type, or for a purpose, 18
stated in section 17(1A)(b). 19
(2) The notice declaring the special management 20
area must-- 21
(a) be erected or displayed at the entrance of the 22
prescribed national park or part of the 23
prescribed national park declared as a 24
special management area; and 25
(b) be easily visible to passers-by; and 26
(c) identify the limits of the area to which the 27
notice applies; and 28
(d) state the prescribed activities that may be 29
carried out in the special management area. 30
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(3) When the notice is erected or displayed, the chief 1
executive must publish-- 2
(a) a copy of the notice on the department's 3
website; and 4
(b) a notice in the gazette about the declaration 5
of the special management area. 6
(4) In this section-- 7
prescribed activities means the activities of a 8
kind, or for a purpose, mentioned in section 9
17(1A) for which the special management area 10
was declared. 11
prescribed national park means-- 12
(a) a national park; or 13
(b) a national park (Aboriginal land); or 14
(c) a national park (Torres Strait Islander land); 15
or 16
(d) a national park (Cape York Peninsula 17
Aboriginal land). 18
42B When declaration of special management area 19
ends 20
(1) A declaration made under section 42A(1) ends on 21
the day the chief executive removes the notice 22
declaring the special management area. 23
(2) When the notice is removed, the chief executive 24
must-- 25
(a) remove the copy of the notice on the 26
department's website; and 27
(b) publish a notice in the gazette about the 28
ending of the declaration of the special 29
management area. 30
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42C Declaration of resource use area 1
A regulation may declare a regional park, or part of a 2
regional park, as a resource use area. 3
Note-- 4
Section 27(1) does not apply to a regional park, or part of a 5
regional park, that is a resource use area. 6
Clause 140 Amendment of s 46 (Declaration of nature refuges) 7
(1) Section 46(4)-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 46(5)-- 10
renumber as section 46(4). 11
Clause 141 Amendment of s 61 (Property in cultural and natural 12
resources) 13
Section 61(1), `national park (scientific), national park, national 14
park (recovery), conservation park or resources reserve'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
national park or regional park 17
Clause 142 Amendment of s 62 (Restriction on taking etc. of cultural 18
and natural resources of protected areas) 19
(1) Section 62(1)(e)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
(e) if the area is a regional park, nature refuge 22
or a coordinated conservation area--an 23
exemption under a regulation. 24
(2) Section 62(7), definition national park-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
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national park includes a national park (Aboriginal 1
land), national park (Torres Strait Islander land) and 2
national park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land). 3
Clause 143 Amendment of s 67 (Compensation when protected area 4
declared) 5
(1) Section 67, heading, `protected area'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
nature refuge 8
(2) Section 67(1)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
(1) This section applies if a nature refuge is declared 11
under section 49. 12
(3) Section 67(2), (3), (6) and (9), definition existing use, `or 13
regulation'-- 14
omit. 15
(4) Section 67(5)(b), `protected area or the commencement of the 16
regulation'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
nature refuge 19
(5) Section 67(6)(d)-- 20
omit. 21
(6) Section 67(8)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
(8) Subsection (2) does not apply to land if-- 24
(a) when the nature refuge is declared, the area 25
the subject of the declaration is identified as, 26
or including, a critical habitat or an area of 27
major interest in-- 28
(i) a regulation (the first regulation); or 29
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(ii) a conservation plan; and 1
(b) the regulation making the declaration 2
declares that the first regulation or 3
conservation plan continues to apply to the 4
area after the declaration; and 5
(c) the landholder receives, or is entitled to 6
receive, compensation under section 137A 7
in relation to the land because of the making 8
of the first regulation or approval of the 9
conservation plan. 10
Clause 144 Replacement of s 69 (Preservation of landholders' 11
interests) 12
Section 69-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
69 Preservation of landholders' interests 15
(1) The interests of a landholder of land forming part 16
of a protected area are not affected by-- 17
(a) the dedication or declaration of the 18
protected area; or 19
(b) the declaration of the protected area, or part 20
of the protected area, as a special 21
management area or resource use area. 22
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the extent of-- 23
(a) any binding conservation agreement, or 24
conservation covenant, in relation to the 25
land; or 26
(b) a regulation giving effect to a management 27
plan for the protected area. 28
Clause 145 Amendment of s 70 (Unlawful use of certain words) 29
Section 70(3), `or `conservation park' in'-- 30
omit, insert-- 31
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in 1
Clause 146 Insertion of new s 70AA 2
Part 4, division 6-- 3
insert-- 4
70AA Regulations may define extent of area 5
(1) This section applies to a regulation made under 6
section 29(1), 41(5), 42(5), 42AB(2), 42AC(2), 7
42AI(2), 42AJ(2), 42C or 46(1). 8
(2) The regulation may define the extent of the area 9
or land dedicated or declared under the regulation 10
by reference to-- 11
(a) a specified depth below the surface of land; 12
or 13
(b) a specified height above the surface of land. 14
Clause 147 Amendment of s 70B (Definitions for pt 4A) 15
Section 70B, definition protected area-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
protected area means-- 18
(a) a national park; or 19
(b) a regional park. 20
Clause 148 Amendment of s 111 (Chief executive to prepare 21
management statement) 22
Section 111(1)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
(1) The chief executive must, as soon as practicable 25
after-- 26
(a) the dedication of-- 27
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(i) a national park; or 1
(ii) a national park (Cape York Peninsula 2
Aboriginal land); or 3
(iii) a regional park; or 4
(b) the declaration of-- 5
(i) a nature refuge, under section 49; or 6
(ii) a coordinated conservation area; or 7
(iii) an indigenous joint management area; 8
prepare a management statement for the area. 9
Clause 149 Amendment of s 134 (Records to be maintained by 10
registrar) 11
(1) Section 134(1)(c)-- 12
omit. 13
(2) Section 134(1)(d)-- 14
renumber as section 134(1)(c). 15
(3) Section 134(1), `made, the regulation has commenced'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
made 18
(4) Section 134(2)(a)(iii)-- 19
omit. 20
(5) Section 134(2)(a)(iv)-- 21
renumber as section 134(2)(a)(iii). 22
(6) Section 134(2)(b)(iii)-- 23
omit. 24
(7) Section 134(2)(b)(iv)-- 25
renumber as section 134(2)(b)(iii). 26
(8) Section 134(3)(c)-- 27
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omit. 1
(9) Section 134(3)(d)-- 2
renumber as section 134(3)(c). 3
(10) Section 134(4)(c)-- 4
omit. 5
(11) Section 134(4)(d) and (e)-- 6
renumber as section 134(4)(c) and (d). 7
Clause 150 Amendment of s 141 (Delegation by chief executive) 8
Section 141(3), definition prescribed provision, `42AP or 136.'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
42AP, 42A or 136. 11
Clause 151 Amendment of s 142 (Protection from liability) 12
Section 142(7), definition State protected area-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
State protected area means-- 15
(a) a national park; or 16
(b) a national park (Aboriginal land); or 17
(c) a national park (Torres Strait Islander land); 18
or 19
(d) a national park (Cape York Peninsula 20
Aboriginal land); or 21
(e) a regional park. 22
Clause 152 Omission of s 173R (Provision for stock grazing in 23
particular national parks) 24
Section 173R-- 25
omit. 26
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Clause 153 Insertion of new pt 12, div 5, sdiv 2 1
Part 12, division 5, as inserted by this Act-- 2
insert-- 3
Subdivision 2 Provisions about classes 4
of protected areas 5
195 Definitions for sdiv 2 6
In this subdivision-- 7
amendment Act means the Nature Conservation 8
and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 9
2013. 10
commencement means the commencement of 11
this subdivision. 12
old class, of protected area, means any of the 13
following classes of protected area under the 14
unamended Act-- 15
(a) national park (scientific); 16
(b) national park (recovery); 17
(c) conservation park; 18
(d) resources reserve. 19
unamended Act means this Act as in force before 20
the commencement. 21
196 National parks (scientific) taken to be national 22
parks and special management areas 23
(scientific) 24
(1) On the commencement, the area of each national 25
park (scientific)-- 26
(a) continues as a national park under this Act 27
as if it had been dedicated under this Act as 28
a national park; and 29
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(b) is taken to be declared under this Act as a 1
special management area (scientific). 2
(2) As soon as practicable after the commencement, 3
the chief executive must-- 4
(a) erect or display a notice for the special 5
management area complying with the 6
requirements stated in section 42A(2); and 7
(b) publish a copy of the notice on the 8
department's website and in the gazette. 9
(3) In this section-- 10
national park (scientific) means an area that, 11
immediately before the commencement, was a 12
national park (scientific) under this Act. 13
197 National parks (recovery) taken to be national 14
parks and special management areas 15
(controlled action) 16
(1) On the commencement, the area of each national 17
park (recovery)-- 18
(a) continues as a national park under this Act 19
as if it had been dedicated under this Act as 20
a national park; and 21
(b) is taken to be declared under this Act as a 22
special management area (controlled action) 23
to allow activities of the type, or for the 24
purpose, stated in section 17(1A)(a)(i). 25
(2) As soon as practicable after the commencement, 26
the chief executive must-- 27
(a) erect or display a notice for the special 28
management area complying with the 29
requirements stated in section 42A(2); and 30
(b) publish a copy of the notice on the 31
department's website and in the gazette. 32
(3) In this section-- 33
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national park (recovery) means an area that, 1
immediately before the commencement, was a 2
national park (recovery) under this Act. 3
198 Conservation parks taken to be regional parks 4
(1) On the commencement, the area of each 5
conservation park continues under this Act as a 6
regional park as if it had been dedicated under 7
this Act as a regional park. 8
(2) In this section-- 9
conservation park means an area that, 10
immediately before the commencement, was a 11
conservation park under this Act. 12
199 Resources reserves taken to be regional parks 13
and regional park (resource use area) 14
(1) On the commencement, the area of each 15
resources reserve-- 16
(a) continues under this Act as a regional park 17
as if it had been dedicated under this Act as 18
a regional park; and 19
(b) is taken to be declared under this Act as a 20
regional park (resource use area). 21
(2) In this section-- 22
resources reserve means an area that, 23
immediately before the commencement, was a 24
resources reserve under this Act. 25
200 References to particular protected areas 26
From the commencement, in an Act or document-- 27
(a) a reference to a national park (scientific) 28
may, if the context permits, be taken to be a 29
reference to-- 30
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(i) a national park; or 1
(ii) a special management area (scientific); 2
and 3
(b) a reference to a national park (recovery) 4
may, if the context permits, be taken to be a 5
reference to-- 6
(i) a national park; or 7
(ii) a special management area (controlled 8
action); and 9
(c) a reference to a conservation park may, if 10
the context permits, be taken to be a 11
reference to-- 12
(i) a regional park; or 13
(ii) a regional park (general); and 14
(d) a reference to a resources reserve may, if the 15
context permits, be taken to be a reference 16
to-- 17
(i) a regional park; or 18
(ii) a regional park (resource use area). 19
201 Trustees of conservation parks and resources 20
reserves continue 21
(1) This section applies if, immediately before the 22
commencement, an area was a conservation park 23
or resources reserve under the management of 24
trustees under this Act. 25
(2) A person who was, immediately before the 26
commencement, a trustee of the area under this 27
Act, continues to be a trustee of the area as a 28
regional park under this Act. 29
(3) The trust over the area continues as a trust under 30
this Act over the area as a regional park. 31
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202 Change in class does not affect instruments 1
applying to an area 2
(1) This section applies if, under this subdivision, an 3
area is changed from an old class of protected 4
area to another class of protected area (the new 5
class). 6
(2) Any of the following (each a relevant 7
instrument) in force for the area immediately 8
before the commencement continues to apply to 9
the area as a protected area of the new class-- 10
(a) a lease, agreement, licence, permit or other 11
authority; 12
(b) a management statement; 13
(c) a management plan; 14
(d) a direction, requirement, notice or decision 15
given or made, in writing, under this Act. 16
(3) The relevant instrument continues in force for the 17
area until it expires, is terminated or repealed or 18
otherwise ends under its terms or this Act. 19
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) apply even if the relevant 20
instrument authorises the carrying out of 21
activities in the area that are not consistent with 22
the management principles for protected areas of 23
the new class. 24
203 Particular previous use authorities continue 25
(1) This section applies to a previous use authority 26
taken to have been granted by the chief executive 27
under section 173R(2) as in force before the 28
commencement if the authority is still in force 29
immediately before the commencement. 30
(2) Section 173R(3) and (4) of the unamended Act 31
continue to apply to the previous use authority as 32
if the amendment Act had not been enacted. 33
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204 Deciding application for lease etc. for a 1
protected area of an old class 2
(1) This section applies to an application for a lease, 3
agreement, licence, permit or other authority (the 4
relevant authority) that-- 5
(a) was made, but not decided, under this Act 6
before the commencement; and 7
(b) is for a protected area of an old class that, 8
under this subdivision, is changed to a 9
protected area of another class (the new 10
class). 11
(2) The application is to be decided, as an 12
application for the relevant authority for a 13
protected area of the old class, under the 14
unamended Act, as if the amendment Act had not 15
been enacted. 16
(3) If the application is granted, the chief executive 17
must give or grant to the applicant the relevant 18
authority for the area as a protected area of the 19
new class. 20
(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that 21
subsection (3) applies even if the carrying out of 22
the activities under the relevant authority is not 23
consistent with the management principles for 24
protected areas of the new class. 25
(5) However, the grounds on which the chief 26
executive may refuse an application to renew the 27
relevant authority include the ground that the 28
carrying out of the activities under the authority 29
is not consistent with the management principles 30
for protected areas of the new class. 31
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205 Transitional regulation-making power 1
(1) A regulation (a transitional regulation) may 2
make provision of a saving or transitional nature 3
about a matter-- 4
(a) necessary or convenient to give effect to, 5
allow or facilitate-- 6
(i) a change in the classes of protected 7
areas under this Act; or 8
(ii) any matter related to changes in the 9
classes of protected areas under this 10
Act; and 11
(b) for which this Act does not make provision 12
or sufficient provision. 13
(2) A transitional regulation may have retrospective 14
operation to a day that is not earlier than the day 15
on which this section commences. 16
(3) A transitional regulation must declare it is a 17
transitional regulation. 18
(4) This section and any transitional regulation 19
expire 1 year after the day on which this section 20
commences. 21
Clause 154 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 22
(1) Schedule, definitions conservation park, national park 23
(recovery), national park (scientific), prescribed protected 24
area, regeneration plan and resources reserve-- 25
omit. 26
(2) Schedule-- 27
insert-- 28
existing service facility means-- 29
(a) for land in a national park, other than land 30
stated in paragraph (c)--a service facility in 31
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existence on the land immediately before 1
the land was dedicated as a national park; or 2
(b) for land in a national park (Cape York 3
Peninsula Aboriginal land)--a service 4
facility in existence on the land immediately 5
before the land was dedicated as a national 6
park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal 7
land); or 8
(c) for land in a national park, or part of a 9
national park, that is an indigenous joint 10
management area--a service facility in 11
existence on the land immediately before 12
the land was declared as an indigenous joint 13
management area. 14
prescribed protected area means a national park 15
or a regional park. 16
regional park means an area dedicated under this 17
Act as a regional park. 18
regional park (general) means a regional park, 19
or part of a regional park, that is not a regional 20
park (resource use area). 21
regional park (resource use area) means a 22
regional park, or part of a regional park, declared 23
under this Act as a resource use area. 24
special management area means a special 25
management area (controlled action) or a special 26
management area (scientific). 27
special management area (controlled action) 28
means an area declared under this Act as a 29
special management area (controlled action). 30
special management area (scientific) means an 31
area declared under this Act as a special 32
management area (scientific). 33
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Division 9 Amendment of Petroleum Act 1923 1
Clause 155 Act amended 2
This division amends the Petroleum Act 1923. 3
Note-- 4
See also the amendments in-- 5
· part 4, division 3 6
· schedule 1, parts 2 and 3. 7
Clause 156 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) 8
Section 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(q)(iii) to (vi)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
(iii) a national park (Torres Strait Islander 11
land); 12
(iv) a forest reserve. 13
Division 10 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas 14
(Production and Safety) Act 2004 15
Clause 157 Act amended 16
This division amends the Petroleum and Gas (Production and 17
Safety) Act 2004. 18
Note-- 19
See also the amendments in-- 20
· part 4, division 4 21
· schedule 1, parts 2 and 3. 22
Clause 158 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 23
Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(q)(iii) to (vi)-- 24
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omit, insert-- 1
(iii) a national park (Torres Strait Islander 2
land); 3
(iv) a forest reserve. 4
Division 11 Amendment of Survey and Mapping 5
Infrastructure Act 2003 6
Clause 159 Act amended 7
This division amends the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure 8
Act 2003. 9
Note-- 10
See also the amendments in schedule 1, part 3. 11
Clause 160 Amendment of s 66 (Non-application of sdivs 2 to 4 to 12
particular land) 13
Section 66(6), definition protected area-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
protected area, under the Nature Conservation 16
Act 1992, does not include a coordinated 17
conservation area under that Act. 18
Clause 161 Amendment of s 95 (Non-application of sdivs 2 to 4 to 19
particular land) 20
Section 95(5), definition protected area-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
protected area, under the Nature Conservation 23
Act 1992, does not include a coordinated 24
conservation area under that Act. 25
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Division 12 Amendment of Vegetation 1
Management Act 1999 2
Clause 162 Act amended 3
This division amends the Vegetation Management Act 1999. 4
Note-- 5
See also the amendments in schedule 1, part 3. 6
Clause 163 Amendment of s 7 (Application of Act) 7
Section 7(1)(b)(i) to (viii)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
(i) a national park; 10
(ii) a national park (Aboriginal land); 11
(iii) a national park (Torres Strait Islander 12
land); 13
(iv) a national park (Cape York Peninsula 14
Aboriginal land); 15
(v) a regional park; or 16
Part 4 Amendments about forest 17
reserves commencing by 18
proclamation 19
Division 1 Amendment of Forestry Act 1959 20
Clause 164 Act amended 21
This division amends the Forestry Act 1959. 22
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Note-- 1
See also the amendments in-- 2
· part 2, division 3 3
· part 3, division 1 4
· schedule 1, part 2. 5
Clause 165 Amendment of s 25 (Power to set apart and declare State 6
forests) 7
(1) Section 25(c)-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 25, editor's note-- 10
omit. 11
Division 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation 12
Act 1992 13
Clause 166 Act amended 14
This division amends the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 15
See also the amendments in-- 16
· part 2, division 5 17
· part 3, division 8 18
· schedule 1, parts 1 and 3. 19
Clause 167 Omission of pt 4A (Forest reserves) 20
Part 4A-- 21
omit. 22
Clause 168 Insertion of s 183A 23
Part 12, division 2-- 24
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insert-- 1
183A Application of div 2 2
(1) This section applies from the commencement of 3
the Nature Conservation and Other Legislation 4
Amendment Act (No. 2) 2013, part 4, division 2. 5
(2) In this division, a reference to a forest reserve, or 6
land in a forest reserve, is a reference to land that 7
was in a forest reserve under this Act 8
immediately before the commencement. 9
Division 3 Amendment of Petroleum Act 1923 10
Clause 169 Act amended 11
This division amends the Petroleum Act 1923. 12
Note-- 13
See also the amendments in-- 14
· part 3, division 9 15
· schedule 1, parts 2 and 3. 16
Clause 170 Replacement of s 4 (Relationship with Nature 17
Conservation Act 1992) 18
Section 4-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
4 Relationship with Nature Conservation Act 21
1992 22
This Act is subject to the Nature Conservation Act 23
1992, section 27. 24
Editor's note-- 25
Nature Conservation Act 1992, section 27 (Prohibition on 26
mining, geothermal activities and GHG storage activities) 27
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Division 4 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas 1
(Production and Safety) Act 2004 2
Clause 171 Act amended 3
This division amends the Petroleum and Gas (Production and 4
Safety) Act 2004. 5
Note-- 6
See also the amendments in-- 7
· part 3, division 10 8
· schedule 1, parts 2 and 3. 9
Clause 172 Replacement of s 6A (Relationship with Nature 10
Conservation Act 1992) 11
Section 6A-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
6A Relationship with Nature Conservation Act 14
1992 15
This Act is subject to the Nature Conservation Act 16
1992, section 27. 17
Editor's note-- 18
Nature Conservation Act 1992, section 27 (Prohibition on 19
mining, geothermal activities and GHG storage activities) 20
Division 5 Amendment of Sustainable 21
Planning Act 2009 22
Clause 173 Act amended 23
This division amends the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. 24
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Clause 174 Amendment of s 10 (Definitions for terms used in 1
development) 2
Section 10(1), definition operational work, paragraph 2(b)(i) to 3
(iv)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
(i) a protected area under the Nature 6
Conservation Act 1992, section 28; or 7
(ii) an area declared as a State forest or 8
timber reserve under the Forestry Act 9
1959; or 10
(iii) a forest entitlement area under the 11
Land Act 1994. 12
Part 5 Consequential and minor 13
amendments 14
Clause 175 Acts amended 15
Schedule 1 amends the Acts it mentions. 16
Note-- 17
An Act may be amended in more than 1 part of schedule 1. 18
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amendments 2
section 175 3
Part 1 Consequential and minor 4
amendments commencing on 5
assent 6
Environmental Protection Act 1994 7
1 Section 467(10), `subsection (2)(b)--'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`subsection (1)(b)--' 10
Land Act 1994 11
1 Section 373ZJ(4), definition nature conservation area-- 12
omit. 13
Marine Parks Act 2004 14
1 Section 22(2)(b)(ii) and editor's note, `web site on the 15
Internet'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
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2 Section 26(2)(b)(i)(B), `web site on the Internet'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
website 4
3 Section 31(2)(b)(ii) and editor's note, `web site on the 5
Internet'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
website 8
4 Section 32(a), `public notice given'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
notice published 11
5 Section 36(2)(b)(i)(B), `web site on the Internet'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
website 14
6 Section 37(a), `public notice given'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
notice published 17
7 Section 141(2)(b)(ii), `web site on the Internet'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
website 20
8 Section 143(1)(b) and editor's note, `web site on the 21
Internet'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
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Nature Conservation Act 1992 2
1 Section 42AD(2)(a), before `management plan'-- 3
insert-- 4
any 5
2 Section 42AN(2)(a), before `management plan'-- 6
insert-- 7
any 8
3 Section 50, `protected area'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
nature refuge or coordinated conservation area 11
4 Section 62(5)(b), `threatened, rare'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
threatened 14
5 Section 69(b), `the management'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
a management 17
6 Section 70G(4)-- 18
insert-- 19
Note-- 20
See, however, the Forestry Act 1959, section 25A. 21
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7 Section 71(a)(iv)-- 1
omit. 2
8 Section 71(a)(v) and (vi)-- 3
renumber as section 71(a)(iv) and (v). 4
9 Section 88(6), definition class 1 offence, paragraph (c)-- 5
omit. 6
10 Section 88(6), definition class 1 offence, paragraph (d)-- 7
renumber as paragraph (c). 8
11 Section 88(6), definition class 2 offence, paragraph (b)-- 9
omit. 10
12 Section 88(6), definition class 2 offence, paragraph (c)-- 11
renumber as paragraph (b). 12
13 Section 88(6), definition class 3 offence, paragraph (b)-- 13
omit. 14
14 Section 88(6), definition class 3 offence, paragraph (c)-- 15
renumber as paragraph (b). 16
15 Section 102(a), `threatened, rare'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
threatened 19
16 Section 132A(2)(b), `the management'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
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17 Section 173Q, heading and subsection (1)(a), `32, 56'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
32 4
18 Section 173Q(4), definition relevant area, `area, World 5
Heritage management'-- 6
omit. 7
19 Section 174(1), fourth dot point-- 8
omit. 9
20 Schedule, definition Aboriginal land, `section 10.'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
section 8. 12
21 Schedule, definition landholder, paragraph (c), `under 13
section 45'-- 14
omit. 15
22 Schedule, definition protected animal, `rare,'-- 16
omit. 17
23 Schedule, definition rare wildlife-- 18
omit. 19
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Part 2 Consequential and minor 1
amendments about tenure 2
commencing by proclamation 3
Aboriginal Land Act 1991 4
1 Section 175(4), definition prescribed protected area-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
prescribed protected area means a national park or a 7
regional park under the Nature Conservation Act 8
1992. 9
Biodiscovery Act 2004 10
1 Section 24(1)(a), `national park (scientific), national park 11
or national park (recovery),'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
national park 14
Environmental Protection Act 1994 15
1 Section 38(2)(k)(iii), `national park (scientific), national 16
park (Torres Strait Islander land), national park 17
(recovery)'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
national park (Torres Strait Islander land) 20
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omit, insert-- 2
regional park (general) 3
3 Section 579(6), definition owner, paragraph (d), 4
`conservation park or resources reserve'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
regional park 7
4 Section 579(6), definition owner, paragraph (d)(i), `or 8
reserve'-- 9
omit. 10
5 Section 579(6), definition owner, paragraph (e)(iii), 11
`national park (scientific), national park (Torres Strait 12
Islander land), national park (recovery)'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
national park (Torres Strait Islander land) 15
Forestry Act 1959 16
1 Schedule 3, definition Crown land, paragraph (d), 17
`protected area, national park (recovery)'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
protected area 20
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1 Section 28(4), definition action, paragraph (d), 2
`conservation park'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
regional park (general) 5
2 Schedule 6, definition unallocated State land, paragraph 6
(b), `conservation park'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
regional park (general) 9
Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) 10
Act 2002 11
1 Schedule 3, definition owner, paragraph (a)(viii), 12
`conservation park'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
regional park (general) 15
Liquor Act 1992 16
1 Section 173B(1)(a)(ii), `conservation park or resources 17
reserve'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
regional park 20
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Mineral Resources Act 1989 1
1 Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph (a)(ii), `resources 2
reserve'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
regional park (resource use area) 5
2 Schedule 2, definition reserve, paragraph (a)(iii), 6
`resources reserve'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
regional park (resource use area) 9
Petroleum Act 1923 10
1 Section 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(h), `conservation 11
park or resources reserve'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
regional park 14
2 Section 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(h)(A), `or 15
reserve'-- 16
omit. 17
Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 18
1 Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(h), 19
`conservation park or resources reserve'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
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regional park 1
2 Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(h)(A), `or 2
reserve'-- 3
omit. 4
Part 3 Consequential and minor 5
amendments about forest 6
reserves commencing by 7
proclamation 8
Environmental Protection Act 1994 9
1 Section 38(2)(k)(iii), `, national park (Torres Strait Islander 10
land) or forest reserve'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
or national park (Torres Strait Islander land) 13
2 Section 579(6), definition owner, paragraph (e)(iii), `, 14
national park (Torres Strait Islander land) or forest 15
reserve'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
or national park (Torres Strait Islander land) 18
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Geothermal Energy Act 2010 1
1 Section 7, `sections 27 and 70QA'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
section 27 4
2 Section 7, editor's note, from `sections 27'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
section 27 (Prohibition on mining, geothermal 7
activities and GHG storage activities) 8
3 Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(q)(iv)-- 9
omit. 10
Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009 11
1 Section 7, `sections 27 and 70QA'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
section 27 14
2 Section 7, editor's note, from `sections 27'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
section 27 (Prohibition on mining, geothermal 17
activities and GHG storage activities) 18
3 Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(q)(iv)-- 19
omit. 20
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Land Act 1994 1
1 Section 481B(4)(c), `forest reserve,'-- 2
omit. 3
2 Section 481H(d)(i), `forest reserve,'-- 4
omit. 5
3 Schedule 6, definition designated occupation licence-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
designated occupation licence means an 8
occupation licence over-- 9
(a) a national park; or 10
(b) a State forest; or 11
(c) a timber reserve. 12
4 Schedule 6, definition forest reserve-- 13
omit. 14
5 Schedule 6, definition nature conservation area, 15
paragraph (c)-- 16
omit. 17
6 Schedule 6, definition rural leasehold land, paragraph 18
(vi)-- 19
omit. 20
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Nature Conservation Act 1992 1
1 Section 61(2), after `forest reserve'-- 2
insert-- 3
under this Act 4
2 Section 173P(1)(b), `or forest reserve'-- 5
omit. 6
3 Section 173Q, heading and subsection (1)(a), `, 32 or 7
70E'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
or 32 10
4 Section 173Q(4), definition relevant area-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
relevant area means the State forest, timber 13
reserve or protected area the subject of the 14
motion. 15
5 Section 174(1), fourth dot point-- 16
omit. 17
6 Section 174A(1)(b)-- 18
omit. 19
7 Section 174A(1)(c)-- 20
renumber as section 174A(1)(b). 21
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8 Schedule, definitions forest reserve and SEQ horse 1
riding trail network-- 2
omit. 3
9 Schedule, definition State land, paragraph (c), from `Land 4
Act 1994'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
Land Act 1994; or 7
Petroleum Act 1923 8
1 Section 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(q)(iv)-- 9
omit. 10
Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 11
1 Schedule 2, definition owner, paragraph 1(q)(iv)-- 12
omit. 13
Recreation Areas Management Act 2006 14
1 Section 53(3)(d)(ii), `forest reserve or'-- 15
omit. 16
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Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003 1
1 Section 66(1)(d) and (5), `forest reserve or'-- 2
omit. 3
2 Section 66(4)-- 4
omit. 5
3 Section 95(1)(b), `forest reserve or'-- 6
omit. 7
4 Section 95(3)-- 8
omit. 9
Vegetation Management Act 1999 10
1 Section 7(1)(a)-- 11
omit. 12
2 Section 7(1)(b) to (d)-- 13
renumber as section 7(1)(a) to (c). 14
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