Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 115A

115A Notice of draft plan

(1) This section applies to a draft plan other than a draft plan for a nature refuge that is subject to a conservation agreement.

(2) The Minister must—

(a) publish a notice about the draft plan on the department’s website; and

(b) ensure the draft plan is available for inspection as stated in the notice.

(3) The notice must—

(a) state the area to which the draft plan relates; and

(b) state that a copy of the draft plan is available for inspection without charge—

(i) during business hours at the department’s head office and at each departmental office in the general area in which the area is located; and

(ii) on the department’s website; and

(c) invite members of the public, including landholders and Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples with an interest in the area, to make written submissions about the draft plan to the Minister, within a stated period.

(4) The stated period must be at least 20 business days after the notice is published.

(5) Subsection (3) (c) does not apply if—

(a) the draft plan is substantially uniform or complementary with—

(i) another Act; or

(ii) a law of the Commonwealth or another State; or

(b) the following applies—

(i) the draft plan adopts an Australian or international protocol, standard, code, or intergovernmental agreement or instrument;

(ii) an assessment of the benefits and costs associated with the plan has already been made;

(iii) the assessment was made for, or is relevant to, Queensland; or

(c) the Minister considers there has already been adequate other public consultation about the matters the subject of the plan.

(6) In this section—

"landholder" includes a person having an interest in land.