Sustainable Ports Development Act 2015 (Qld)

Sustainable Ports Development Act 2015

An Act to provide for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area through managing port-related development in and adjacent to the area

Part 1 Preliminary

Division 1 Introduction

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Sustainable Ports Development Act 2015.

2 Purpose of Act (1) The purpose of this Act is to provide for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area through managing port-related development in and adjacent to the area. (2) The purpose is achieved by— (a) prohibiting particular future development in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; and (b) providing for the development of master plans that establish a long-term vision for the future development of priority ports consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development; and (c) implementing master plans through port overlays that regulate development in and surrounding priority ports. (3) Also, the purpose is to be achieved in a way that includes the following— (a) long-term planning for priority ports to provide a strategic and coordinated approach to managing economic, environmental, cultural and social values in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; (b) concentrating port development in priority ports; (c) recognising the diverse functions of the port network, including trade, tourism and defence operations; (d) efficiently using port and supply chain infrastructure; (e) expanding port and supply chain capacity in a staged and incremental way to meet emerging demand for imports and exports; (f) identifying and protecting land and infrastructure critical to the effective operation of the port network.