Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Electricity Act 1994, the Fossicking Act 1994, the Gasfields Commission Act 2013, the Geothermal Energy Act 2010, the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009, the Land Access Ombudsman Act 2017, the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014, the Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Act 2018, the Mineral Resources Act 1989, the Petroleum Act 1923, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, the Regional Planning Interests Act 2014, the Water Act 2000 and the legislation mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024.

2 Commencement The following provisions commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation— (a) part 3; (b) parts 5 to 12; (c) part 14; (d) schedule 1, part 2.

Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Act 1994

3 Act amended This part amends the Electricity Act 1994.

4 Amendment of s 116 (Authority to acquire land) (1) Section 116, 'acquire'— omit, insert— take (2) Section 116(4), 'The Acquisition of Land Act 1967 applies'— omit, insert— The process for the taking of land and the payment of compensation for taking land under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967, part 2, divisions 2 and 3, and parts 3 and 4, applies (3) Section 116— insert— (4A) Also, the Acquisition of Land Act 1967, sections 36 and 37 apply in relation to the taking of land under subsection (4) as if the authorised electricity entity were exercising its power to take land, as a constructing authority, under that Act. (4) Section 116— insert— (5A) An authorised electricity entity acting under an authority given, or taken to be given, under subsection (1) may take land under the authority even if another entity may derive a benefit from any action taken on the land after it is taken. (5) Section 116(6), 'acquisition'— omit, insert— taking (6) Section 116— insert— (7A) Also, to remove any doubt, it is declared that the taking of land under an authority granted under this section is not a taking of land under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967.