Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 176

176 Studies being prepared are taken to be EISs for this part

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a project involves—

(i) development requiring an application for a development approval; or

(ii) mining; or

(iii) land that the Minister proposes to designate under the repealed Integrated Planning Act 1997 , section 2.6.8 , as community infrastructure; and

(b) at the commencement of section 26 , the proponent is preparing a study under this Act about the environmental effects of the project; and

(c) the Coordinator-General, under section 26 , declares the project to be a significant project.

(2) The proponent may complete the study as if the State Development and Public Works Organisation Amendment Act 1999 had not commenced.

(3) The study, when completed and given to the Coordinator-General, is taken to be an EIS prepared under part 4 .

(4) Any written submission made about the study is taken to be a properly made submission for an application for the project if the application—

(a) is for a development approval requiring impact assessment under the repealed Integrated Planning Act 1997 ; or

(b) is for an approval under an Act other than the repealed Integrated Planning Act 1997 and the application requires public notification.

(5) Words used in this section that are defined in part 4 have the same meaning in this section.