Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 774

774 Review of impact of ch 4A on contaminant levels

(1) The Minister must review the extent to which chapter 4A has been effective in reducing the load of the following contaminants in the water in river basins in the Great Barrier Reef catchment—

(a) dissolved inorganic nitrogen in the water;

(b) sediment suspended in the water.

(2) The review must be—

(a) started no earlier than 3 years, and no later than 3 years and 3 months, after the commencement of chapter 4A; and

(b) completed within 1 year.

(3) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after finishing the review, table a report about the outcome of the review in the Legislative Assembly.

(4) In this section—

"load" , of a contaminant that enters water, see section 77(5).