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STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 175A
EIS must not, under particular other Acts, be required for PNG pipeline project
175A EIS must not, under particular other Acts, be required for
PNG pipeline project
(1) This section applies— (a) to an application under the
Environmental Protection Act 1994 for an environmental authority for the
PNG pipeline project; or
(b) if, under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 ,
section 34 , 35 or 38 , a person seeks an interest in land in a protected area
and the interest sought is for the PNG pipeline project.
(2) Despite the
Environmental Protection Act 1994 , sections 142 and 143 , and the
Nature Conservation Act 1992 , section 39B , an EIS can not be required under
those sections in relation to the application or the seeking of the interest.
(3) In this section—
"PNG pipeline project" means all of the following, but only to the extent it
was the subject of the 1998 Impact Assessment Study under this Act— (a) the
proposed project that involves the construction and operation of 1 or more
pipelines to transport gas from the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea,
across Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula to parts of the State including
Townsville and Gladstone;
(b) ancillary works, including, for example, access
roads, construction camps and compressor and other stations, to enable the
construction and the ongoing operation of the pipeline or pipelines.
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