Queensland Consolidated Acts

WILD RIVERS ACT 2005

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

           Division 1--Introduction and purpose of Act

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Purpose of Act
   4.      Act binds all persons

           Division 2--Interpretation

   5.      Definitions
   6.      Meaning of nominated waterway

           Part 1A--Codes

           Division 1--Wild rivers code

   6A.     What is the wild rivers code
   6B.     Code amendments
   6C.     Code amendments not requiring gazettal or tabling
   6D.     Publication of wild rivers code

           Division 2--Codes generally

   6E.     Code for IDAS

           Part 2--Wild river areas

           Division 1--Declaring wild river areas

   7.      Minister may declare wild river areas
   8.      Public notice of intention to declare wild river area
   9.      Moratorium period
   10.     Application of moratorium
   11.     Public notice about declaration proposal
   12.     Content of declaration proposal
   13.     Matters Minister must consider
   14.     Content of wild river declaration
   15.     Deciding whether to make declaration
   16.     Approval of wild river declaration
   17.     Effect of declaration on activities and taking natural resources
   18.     Applications received but not decided

           Division 2--Amending wild river declarations

   19.     Amending a wild river declaration
   20.     Public notice of intention to amend wild river declaration
   21.     Moratorium period
   22.     Application of moratorium
   23.     Public notice about amendment proposal
   24.     Discretionary content of amendment proposal
   25.     Matters Minister must consider
   26.     Content of wild river amendment declaration
   27.     Deciding whether to make amendment declaration
   28.     Approval of wild river amendment declaration
   29.     Effect of amendment declaration on activities and taking natural resources
   30.     Applications received but not decided
   31.     Minor and other particular amendments of wild river declaration

           Division 2A--Property development plans
           Subdivision 1--Applying for and obtaining approval of proposed property development plan

   31A.    Application of sdiv 1
   31B.    Application for approval of proposed property development plan
   31C.    Requirements for application
   31D.    Required information for proposed plan
   31E.    Approval of proposed plan
           Subdivision 2--Operation of property development plan
   31F.    Amendment of wild river declaration
   31FA.   Nature and effect of particular amendment about property development plan
   31G.    Application of property development plan

           Division 3--Revoking wild river declarations

   32.     Revoking a wild river declaration
   33.     Deciding whether to revoke declaration
   34.     Approval of revocation of wild river declaration
   35.     Effect of revocation on activities and taking natural resources
   36.     Effect of revocation on applications received but not decided

           Division 4--Miscellaneous

   37.     Relationship with water resource plans
   38.     Minister must prepare report on consultation process
   39.     Copies of documents to be available for public inspection
   40.     Report by Minister on wild river declarations

           Part 3--Activities and taking natural resources in wild river areas

   41.     Classification of wild river area not in Lake Eyre Basin into high preservation area and preservation area
   41A.    Classification of wild river area in Lake Eyre Basin into high preservation area, preservation area and special floodplain management area
   42.     Effect of classification on particular development applications
   43.     Effect of declaration on particular development applications
   43B.    Effect of property development plan on particular applications under the Water Act 2000
   44.     Relationship with other Acts

           Part 4--Exemption of particular projects from application of Act

   45.     Exemption of projects from application of this Act
   46.     Meaning of Aurukun project
   47.     Meaning of PNG pipeline project

           Part 5--Miscellaneous

           Division 1--Indigenous reference groups

   47A.    Establishment of Indigenous reference groups
   47B.    Notice about decisions to be given to Indigenous reference groups

           Division 2--Wild river rangers program

   47C.    Application of div 2
   47D.    Purposes of wild river rangers program and achievement of purposes
   47E.    Entering into agreements for employment

           Division 3--Other matters

   48.     Meaning of specified works
   49.     Delegation by Minister
   50.     Delegation by chief executive
   51.     Regulation-making power

           Part 6--Declaration and validation of particular matters for Wild Rivers and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007

   52.     Definition for pt 6
   53.     Validation of particular matters
   54.     Particular documents taken to be wild river declarations

           Part 7--Transitional provisions for Sustainable Planning Act 2009

   55.     Continuation of codes for IDAS
   56.     Application of particular provisions
           SCHEDULE -- DICTIONARY
           Endnotes