Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ACT 1963 - SCHEDULE --

ancillary industry includes—

(a) an undertaking ancillary to, or associated with, an industry; and

(b) an undertaking that provides facilities or services to people employed in an industry located on land dealt with by the corporation.

Examples of paragraph (a)—

Business, education and training, professional, storage and transport services.

Examples of paragraph (b)—

Child care centres, education and care service premises, convenience stores, food outlets, public parks and swimming pools and tennis courts.

corporation see section 5.

deal, in land or other property, includes—

(a) acquire, develop, dispose of, hold, lease, license the use or occupation of, manage, sublease and otherwise deal in or with the land or other property, or interests in the land or other property; and

(b) if the land or other property is contaminated by a hazardous contaminant—remediate the land or other property.

education and care service premises see the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland), section 5(1).

hazardous contaminant see Environmental Protection Act 1994, schedule 4.

Editor's note—

Environmental Protection Act 1994, schedule 4 is the dictionary and hazardous contaminant is defined in it as follows—

hazardous contaminant means a contaminant, other than an item of explosive ordnance, that, if improperly treated, stored, disposed of or otherwise managed, is likely to cause serious or material environmental harm because of—

(a) its quantity, concentration, acute or chronic toxic effects, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, mutagenicity, corrosiveness, explosiveness, radioactivity or flammability; or

(b) its physical, chemical or infectious characteristics.

industrial purposes means purposes of an industry or ancillary industry.

industry includes an undertaking in one or more of the following areas—

(a) information technology and communications, including, for example, producing circuit boards;

(b) manufacturing, including, for example, textile production and cabinet making;

(c) processing or reprocessing, including, for example, aluminium smelting and refining and making herbal medicines;

(d) research and development, including, for example, medical and pharmaceutical research and designing aircraft.

land means—

(a) land; or

(b) land and improvements on the land; or

(c) improvements on land.

remediate land or other property means—

(a) rehabilitate the land or other property; or

(b) restore the land or other property; or

(c) take other action to prevent or minimise serious environmental harm being caused by the hazardous contaminant contaminating the land or other property.

serious environmental harm see the Environmental Protection Act 1994, section 17.

Editor's note—

Environmental Protection Act 1994, section 17 reads as follows—

(1) Serious environmental harm is environmental harm (other than environmental nuisance)—

(a) that is irreversible, of a high impact or widespread; or

(b) caused to an area of high conservation value or special significance; or

(c) that causes actual or potential loss or damage to property of an amount of, or amounts totalling, more than the threshold amount; or

(d) that results in costs of more than the threshold amount being incurred in taking appropriate action to—

(i) prevent or minimise the harm; and

(ii) rehabilitate or restore the environment to its condition before the harm.

(2) In this section—

threshold amount means $50000 or, if a greater amount is prescribed by regulation, the greater amount.