Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY ACT 1994 - SECT 116

(1) The Minister may, by gazette notice, authorise an electricity entity to acquire land for works, including proposed works.

(1A) The Minister must consider the objects of the Act when authorising an electricity entity under subsection (1).

(2) The authority must state—

(a) the electricity entity to which it is given; and

(b) whether it applies to any land or only to particular land; and

(c) whether it applies to any works or only to particular works; and

(d) the period of the authority.

(3) The authority may—

(a) state the conditions or restrictions to which it is subject; and

(b) make provision about the effect of breaches of the conditions or restrictions or the continuation or suspension of the authority.

(3A) On the commencement of this subsection, each of the following electricity entities is taken to be authorised, under subsection (1), to acquire any land for any works, including proposed works, for the period starting on the commencement and ending on the revocation of the authorisation under subsection (7)—

(a) Energex Limited ACN 078 849 055;

(b) Ergon Energy;

(c) QETC.

(4) The Acquisition of Land Act 1967 applies to an authorised electricity entity acting under an authority given, or taken to be given, under subsection (1) as if—

(a) it were a constructing authority; and

(b) land mentioned in the Act included land held from the State for a lesser interest than freehold; and

(c) the purposes for which land may be taken for the entity included—

(i) building works, including for example, relocating property for the works and lessening adverse environmental effects; and

(ii) any other public purpose within the meaning of the Land Act 1994 related to works.

(5) The Land Act 1994, section 218 applies to an authorised electricity entity as if it were a constructing authority.

(6) A regulation may make provision about the acquisition of land by or for an authorised electricity entity.

(7) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the Minister may, by gazette notice, amend or revoke an authorisation mentioned in subsection (3A).

(8) In this section—

authorised electricity entity means an entity authorised, or taken to be authorised, under subsection (1), to acquire land.