Environmental Offsets Act 2014 (Qld)

Environmental Offsets Act 2014

An Act to provide for environmental offsets to counterbalance significant residual impacts of particular activities on particular matters of national, State or local environmental significance and to establish a framework in relation to environmental offsets

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Environmental Offsets Act 2014.

2 Commencement This Act, other than the following provisions, commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation— • part 14 • section 101 • section 102, to the extent it inserts section 14 • sections 106 to 111 • section 114 • sections 125 to 127 • section 133 • section 135 • sections 137 and 138 • part 25 • schedule 1.

Part 2 Purpose and application of Act

3 Purpose and achievement (1) The main purpose of this Act is to counterbalance the significant residual impacts of particular activities on prescribed environmental matters through the use of environmental offsets. (2) The main purpose is achieved primarily by— (a) establishing a framework for environmental offsets; and (b) recognising the level of protection given to prescribed environmental matters under other legislation; and (c) providing for national, State and local matters of environmental significance to be prescribed environmental matters for the purpose of this Act; and (d) coordinating the implementation of the framework in conjunction with other legislation. Note— Section 95(1) provides this Act applies to an authority granted under another Act only if the application under the other Act for the authority was made on or after the commencement of that section. See section 95 for further relevant provisions.