Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Dictionary

"accepted submissions" , for a coordinated project or amendment application, for part 4A , see section 54I .

"action" , for part 4A , see the Commonwealth Environment Act , sections 523 , 524 and 524A .

"advice agency" ...

"alternative lawful development" , for land, means a lawful, as of right development the owner can carry out on the land.

"amending Act" ...

"applicable code" ...

"applicant" , for part 5A , see section 76D .

"application" means, in part 5 , an application for approval to rezoning of land or for consent to use land or use or erect any building or other structure for any purpose so as to establish the legal right to use land for a prescribed development.

"appropriate register" , for part 6 , division 8 , see section 153A .

"approval" , for part 4 , see section 24 .

"approved development" , for land, means development approved under an SDA approval for the land.

"approved development scheme" means a development scheme relating to land situated in a State development area and approved by the Governor in Council under this Act.

"approved person" see section 100 (1) .

"approved plan" means an infrastructure coordination plan approved by the Governor in Council.

"assessment manager" , for a development application, means the person who is the assessment manager for the application under the Planning Act .

"assessment report" , for part 4A , see section 54W (4) .

"authorised development" , for land, means development of the land authorised under a development approval, or an instrument taken to be a development approval, under the Planning Act .

"authorised works" means works authorised under this Act to be undertaken by the Coordinator-General.

"bilateral agreement" , for part 4A , see section 54I .

"bilaterally accredited authorisation process" , for part 4A , see the Commonwealth Environment Act , section 46 (2A) .

"bilateral project declaration" , for part 4A , see section 54J (1) .

"body of water" means water contained in a river, creek, stream, watercourse, lake, lagoon, swamp, marsh or subterranean deposit.

"building work" see the Planning Act , schedule 2 .

"change application" —

(a) for a development approval—means a change application under the Planning Act for the approval; or

(b) for an SDA approval—see section 84F (1) .

(a) after a declaration under section 26 (1) about a project is made by gazette notice, but before the Coordinator-General’s report for an EIS or IAR for the project is publicly notified under section 34D (4) or 34L (4) —the project as declared in the gazette notice; or

(b) otherwise—

(i) the project as described in the Coordinator-General’s report for the EIS or IAR for the project, including any amendment of the report under section 35AA ; or

(ii) if 1 or more Coordinator-General’s change reports have been prepared for the project—the project as described in the current Coordinator-General’s change report for the project.

(a) the all groups index for Brisbane published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics; or

(b) if the index ceases to be published, another similar index prescribed under a regulation.

(a) the September quarter for the year before the previous year to the relevant year;

(b) the September quarter for the previous year to the relevant year.

(a) for part 4 , division 4 —

(i) for a development application—means the assessment manager for the application; or

(ii) for a change application—means the responsible entity for the application; or

(b) for part 5A , see section 76D .

(a) for a development application for a development approval—the period, or extended period, allowed under the development assessment rules under the Planning Act for the assessment manager to decide the application; or

(b) for a change application for a development approval, other than a minor change application—the period, or extended period, allowed under the development assessment rules under the Planning Act for the responsible entity to decide the application.

1 Generally,
"development" means the use of land or water within the State or over which the State claims jurisdiction and includes the construction, undertaking, carrying out, establishment, maintenance, operation, management, control and decommissioning of any activity, use, works or private works on or in land or water.

2 For part 6 , the term also includes the following—

(i) carrying out building work;

(ii) carrying out plumbing or drainage work;

(iii) carrying out operational work;

(iv) reconfiguring a lot;

(v) making a material change of use of premises.

(a) ecosystems and their constituent parts, including people and communities; and

(b) all natural and physical resources; and

(c) the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas, however large or small, that contribute to their biological diversity and integrity, intrinsic or attributed scientific value or interest, amenity, harmony and sense of community; and

(d) the social, economic, aesthetic and cultural conditions that affect, or are affected by, things mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) .

(a) a road, railway, bridge or other transport facility;

(b) a jetty or port;

(c) an airport, landing strip or spaceport;

(d) an electricity generation, transmission or distribution facility;

(e) a storage, distribution or gathering or other transmission facility for—

(i) oil or gas; or

(ii) derivatives of oil or gas;

(f) a storage or transportation facility for coal, any other mineral or any mineral concentrate;

(g) a dam, water storage facility, pipeline, channel or other water management, distribution or reticulation facility;

(h) a cable, antenna, tower or other communication facility;

(i) infrastructure for health or educational services.

(a) a government owned corporation; or

(b) a statutory body as defined under the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982 ; or

(c) another body established under an Act; or

(d) a rail government entity under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 ; or

(e) a corporation whose shares are wholly owned by—

(i) the State; or

(ii) the State and 1 or more local governments; or

(iii) 1 or more local governments; or

(f) a corporation whose shares are wholly owned by—

(i) a corporation of the type mentioned in paragraph (d) ; and

(ii) 1 or more local governments.

(a) the start of a new use of the premises; or

(b) the re-establishment on the premises of a use that has been abandoned; or

(c) a material increase in the intensity or scale of the use of the premises.

(a) a building or other structure; or

(b) land or water within the State or over which the State claims jurisdiction.

(a) is made to the Coordinator-General in writing; and

(b) is received on or before the last day of the relevant submission period; and

(c) is signed by each person who made the submission; and

(d) states the name and address of each person who made the submission; and

(e) states the grounds of the submission and the facts and circumstances relied on in support of the grounds.

(a) of a coordinated project—the person who proposes the coordinated project and includes a person who, under an agreement or other arrangement with the person who is the existing proponent of the project, later proposes the project; or

(b) of a proposed project that is an infrastructure facility—the person who proposes the project and includes a person who, under an agreement or other arrangement with the person who is the existing proponent of the project, later proposes the project.

(a) the registered owner of a lot under the Land Title Act 1994 in relation to the land; or

(b) the person registered in the land registry under the Land Act 1994 as the holder of a lease from the State under that Act or the repealed Land Act 1962 for the land.

(a) for a project, for part 4 , see section 24 ; or

(b) for a prescribed decision, for part 5A , see section 76D .

(a) an area of land dedicated to public use as a road; or

(b) an area that is open to or used by the public and is developed for, or has as 1 of its main uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles; or

(c) a bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, tunnel or viaduct; or

(d) a pedestrian or bicycle path; or

(e) a part of an area, bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, tunnel, viaduct or path mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) ; or

(f) a road under the Land Act 1994 .

(a) that the Crown, the Coordinator-General or other person or body who represents the Crown, or any local body is or may be authorised under any Act to undertake; or

(b) that is or has been (before or after the date of commencement of this Act) undertaken by the Crown, the Coordinator-General or other person or body who represents the Crown, or any local body under any Act; or

(c) that is included or is proposed to be included by the Coordinator-General as works in a program of works, or that is classified by the holder of the office of Coordinator-General as works.