Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 175A

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.