Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If the chief executive is satisfied the plan should be approved, the chief executive must—
(a) approve the plan for a stated period of not more than 10 years; or
(b) approve the plan, as amended by the chief executive, for a stated period of not more than 10 years.
(2) If the chief executive is not satisfied the plan should be approved, the chief executive must refuse to approve the plan.
(3) Within 30 business days after deciding the application, the chief executive must give the applicant an information notice.
(4) If the chief executive approves the plan, with or without amendment, the chief executive must, within 30 business days after approving the plan, give the applicant a copy of the approved plan.
(5) The land and water management plan has effect from the day the chief executive gives the applicant the information notice.
(6) If the plan replaces a previously approved plan, the previously approved plan expires on the day the chief executive gives the information notice.
(7) Subsection (4) does not apply to approval of a farm management system as a land and water management plan.
(8) A farm management system approved under this section is taken to be an approved land and water management plan for this Act.