Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 (Qld)

Queensland

Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008

Queensland

Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008

Contents Page Part 1 Preliminary 1 Shorttitle .. 0... eee ee 10 2 Commencement... . 0.00.5... cece eee eee eee 10 Part 2 Amendment of Environmental Protection Act 1994 3 Act amended in pt2 and sch 1.............. 0c eee eee 10 4 Amendment of s 15 (Environmental nuisance)............... 10 5 Amendment of s 17 (Serious environmental harm) ........... 10 6 Insertion of NEWS 117A... 6. eee 11 17A Exclusions ........ 00... c eee eee eee 11 7 Amendment of s 18 (Meaning of environmentally relevant activity) eect eee 11 8 Amendment of s 19 (Environmentally relevant activity may be prescribed)... 2.0... eects 11 9 Omission of s 20 (Levels for environmentally relevant activities) . 11 10 Amendment of s 57 (EIS assessment report) ............... 12 11 Amendment of s 73AA (Development applications in relation to wild river areas) .. 00... cee 12 12 Amendment of s 73F (Registration certificates).............. 14 13 Insertion of new S 73FA .. 1.2... eee 15 73FA Issue of 2 or more registration certificates in place of single certificate.............0.....0000000. 15 14 Amendment of s 730 (Surrendering a registration certificate). . . 16 15 Amendment of s 73T (Offences under s 427 do not apply in certain circumstances) ........0... 0.00 e eee 16 16 Amendment of s 77 (What is a petroleum activity, a level 1 petroleum activity and a level 2 petroleum activity) ........... 17 17 Amendment of s 163A (Application of div 3) ................ 17

18 Amendment of s 171 (Deciding application)................. 17

Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008

Contents 19 Amendment of s 173 (Administering authority may refuse application) eee eee 20 Amendment of s 207 (Administering authority may refuse application) eee eee 21 Amendment of s 214 (Declaration of compliance) ............ 22 Amendment of s 215 (Substantial compliance may be accepted) 23 Amendment of s 228 (Grant of application on basis of draft environmental authority). ........ 0.0.0... ce eee eee eee eee 24 Amendment of s 240 (Requirements for application).......... 25 Amendment of s 246 (Assessment level and EIS decisions for application). ..... 0.0... c eects 26 Amendment of s 247 (Ministerial decision about assessment level and EIS decisions) ............... 0.000. e cece eee eee 27 Amendment of s 337 (Administering authority to consider draft Programs). .... 00... 0. eee teens 28 Insertion of new ch 7, pts 5A to5C ......... 0.0.00. Part 5A Direction notices