Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 54H

54H Application and purpose of pt 4A

(1) This part applies if—

(a) a bilateral agreement made under the Commonwealth Environment Act —

(i) is in force between the State and the Commonwealth; and

(ii) declares that actions in a class of actions specified in the agreement do not require approval under the Commonwealth Environment Act , part 9 for specified provisions because the actions have been approved under a bilaterally accredited authorisation process; and

(b) this part has been accredited by the Commonwealth Minister under the Commonwealth Environment Act , section 46 (2A) , as the authorisation process for the purposes of the bilateral agreement.

(2) The purpose of this part is to provide for a process, to be accredited as mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , for coordinated projects that are within the scope of the bilateral agreement to be—

(a) assessed in relation to their likely impact on particular environmental matters that are otherwise regulated under the Commonwealth Environment Act ; and

(b) approved, either with or without conditions to protect, repair or mitigate damage to the environmental matters, or refused.

(3) For this part, a coordinated project is
"within the scope of the bilateral agreement" if the project—

(a) is an action within the class of actions specified in the agreement that the declaration mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (ii) applies to; and

(b) has had, will have or is likely to have an impact on an environmental matter protected by a specified provision.