Stock Route Network Management Bill 2016 (Qld)

An Act about the management of the stock route network and associated land, to repeal the Stock Route Management Act 2002 , and to amend this Act, the City of Brisbane Act 2010 , the Land Act 1994 , the Local Government Act 2009 , the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , the Transport Infrastructure (State-controlled Roads) Regulation 2006 , the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 and the Acts mentioned in schedule 2, for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Chapter 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Stock Route Network Management Act 2016 .

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3 Purposes of Act (1) The main purpose of this Act is to manage the stock route network for— (a) its main use for travelling stock; and (b) its secondary use for grazing stock. (2) Other purposes of this Act are— (a) to manage the stock route network in a way that— (i) minimises the impact on the other uses of the land that comprises the network, including, for example, its use by motor vehicles; and (ii) ensures road safety and the operational integrity of the transport network; and (b) to enable stock to travel and graze, and pasture to be harvested, on related roads or reserves; and (c) to recognise natural heritage, cultural heritage, recreation and tourism values on the stock route network. (3) The purposes of this Act are to be achieved mainly by— (a) identifying the stock route network; and (b) providing for the sustainable management of the stock route network, including by— (i) establishing principles for managing the network; and (ii) providing for strategic planning for managing the network; and (iii) providing for local governments to manage parts of the network; and (c) providing for the use of the stock route network, including by establishing the order of priority in which the network is to be used; and (d) providing for the administration of the use of related roads or reserves for travelling and grazing of stock, and harvesting of pasture; and (e) providing for the recognition of areas of natural heritage and cultural heritage on the stock route network as special interest areas; and (f) providing for monitoring compliance, and enforcing compliance, with this Act.