Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 (Qld)

Queensland Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 Subordinate Legislation 2007 No. 61 made under the Marine Parks Act 2004 Nature Conservation Act 1992 State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 Contents Part 1 1 Part 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Marine Parks Regulation 2006 Regulation amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 20 (Permission can not be granted if plan restricts the grant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 50 (Existing permission taken to be in force while new application is considered) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 99 (Reasons for declaring restricted access area) .......................................... 3 Amendment of s 100 (Public notice about declarations) . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 112 (Entry or use requiring notice) . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 116 (Entry or use requiring notice) . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 140 (Restriction on bringing domestic animals into marine park) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 163 (Fees payable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of sch 5 (Matters for deciding whether person is a suitable person to hold permission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part 3 12 13 Part 4 14 15 16 17 18 19 Part 5 20 21 22 23 24 Part 6 25 26 2 Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 No. 61, 2007 Amendment of Marine Parks (Declaration) Regulation 2006 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 2 (Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park). . . Amendment of Nature Conservation (Administration)Regulation 2006 Regulation amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 140 (Reduced application fee for commercial activity permits or agreements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 142 (Reduced additional daily fee for commercial activity permits if equivalent fee paid under another Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 2 (Matters for deciding whether person is a suitable person for relevant authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 3 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2006 Regulation amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 20 (Restrictions about permit for plant parts) . . Amendment of s 99 (Unlawfully conducting group activity) . . . . . Amendment of s 111 (Unauthorised landing of aircraft or recreational craft) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of State Penalties EnforcementRegulation 2000 Regulation amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 2 (Environmental legislation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10

s1 3 s5 Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment No. 61, 2007 Regulation (No. 1) 2007 Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2007 . Part 2 Amendment of Marine Parks Regulation 2006 2 Regulation amended in pt 2 This part amends the Marine Parks Regulation 2006. 3 Amendment of s 20 (Permission can not be granted if plan restricts the grant) Section 20(2)— omit, insert— ‘ Example of inconsistency — A zoning plan or management plan applying to the marine park provides that permissions for the park may be granted for particular purposes. The proposed permission is for, or includes, a purpose other than those purposes.’. 4 Amendment of s 50 (Existing permission taken to be in force while new application is considered) Section 50(2)(d)— omit. 5 Amendment of s 99 (Reasons for declaring restricted access area) Section 99(2), ‘temporary restricted access area’—

s6 4 s9 Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment No. 61, 2007 Regulation (No. 1) 2007 omit, insert— ‘temporary restricted area’. 6 Amendment of s 100 (Public notice about declarations) (1) Section 100(2)(c) and (d)— renumber as section 100(2)(d) and (e). (2) Section 100(2)— insert— ‘(c) that, among other things, the restriction under section 127 prevents entry under a permission unless it specifically authorises the entry;’. 7 Amendment of s 112 (Entry or use requiring notice) Section 112(2)— omit. 8 Amendment of s 116 (Entry or use requiring notice) Section 116(2)— omit . 9 Amendment of s 140 (Restriction on bringing domestic animals into marine park) (1) Section 140(2)(b)— omit, insert — ‘(b) adjacent to an island national park.’. (2) Section 140(4)— insert — ‘ island national park means a national park or national park (scientific) under the NatureConservationAct1992 to the extent the park is not located on the mainland.’.

s 10 5 s 11 Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment No. 61, 2007 Regulation (No. 1) 2007 10 Amendment of s 163 (Fees payable) Section 163, ‘for an application’— omit. 11 Amendment of sch 5 (Matters for deciding whether person is a suitable person to hold permission) (1) Schedule 5, heading, ‘to hold permission’— omit. (2) Schedule 5, section 1, definition associated person — omit, insert — ‘ associated person , of a person who is being considered as suitable or not suitable to hold a permission or be a party to a commercial activity agreement, means— (a) if the person being considered is a corporation—each executive officer of the corporation; or (b) if the person being considered is an individual—another person who— (i) is, or will be, regularly or usually in charge of the individual’s activity or business, or proposed activity or business, that relates, or will relate, to the permission or agreement; or (ii) regularly directs staff of the activity or business in their duties; or (iii) is, or will be, in a position to control or substantially influence the activity or business, or proposed activity or business.’.

s 12 6 s 15 Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment No. 61, 2007 Regulation (No. 1) 2007 Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks (Declaration) Regulation 2006 12 Regulation amended in pt 3 This part amends the MarineParks(Declaration)Regulation 2006. 13 Amendment of sch 2 (Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park) Schedule 2, part 2, item 1, ‘24º24.910'’— omit, insert— ‘24º29.900'’. Part 4 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Administration) Regulation 2006 14 Regulation amended in pt 4 This part amends the NatureConservation(Administration)Regulation 2006. 15 Amendment of s 140 (Reduced application fee for commercial activity permits or agreements) (1) Section 140, heading, from ‘activity’— omit, insert— ‘ or group activity permits or commercial activity agreements ’. (2) Section 140(1), before paragraph (a)— omit, insert —

s 16 7 s 17 Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment No. 61, 2007 Regulation (No. 1) 2007 ‘(1) This section applies to an application (each the NCA application ) for a commercial activity permit or group activity permit or for a commercial activity agreement if—’. (3) Section 140(1)(a), ‘commercial’— omit. (4) Section 140(1)(b), ‘(a related application )’— omit, insert — ‘(the related application )’. 16 Amendment of s 142 (Reduced additional daily fee for commercial activity permits if equivalent fee paid under another Act) (1) Section 142, heading, after ‘commercial’— insert— ‘ or group ’. (2) Section 142(1)(a), after ‘photography,’— insert — ‘or of a group activity permit (the NCA permit ),’. (3) Section 142(1)(a), ‘the commercial activity’— insert — ‘the activity’. (4) Section 142(2), ‘commercial activity permit’— omit, insert — ‘NCA permit’. 17 Amendment of sch 2 (Matters for deciding whether person is a suitable person for relevant authority) Schedule 2, section 1, definition associated person — omit, insert — ‘ associated person , of a person who is being considered as suitable or not suitable to hold a relevant authority, means—

s 18 8 s 19 Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment No. 61, 2007 Regulation (No. 1) 2007 (a) if the person being considered is a corporation—each executive officer of the corporation; or (b) if the person being considered is an individual—another person who— (i) is, or will be, regularly or usually in charge of the individual’s activity or business, or proposed activity or business, that relates, or will relate, to the authority; or (ii) regularly directs staff of the activity or business in their duties; or (iii) is, or will be, in a position to control or substantially influence the activity or business, or proposed activity or business.’. 18 Amendment of sch 3 (Fees) (1) Schedule 3, part 1, division 2, item 5, after ‘commercial activity permit’— insert— ‘(other than a commercial activity permit for filming or photography)’. (2) Schedule 3, part 2, division 1, item 3(b)(iii), second occurring— omit. (3) Schedule 3, part 3, item 4, from ‘type A’ to ‘type B restricted’— omit, insert — ‘protected’. 19 Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) Schedule 7, definitions relevant record particulars , paragraph (e)(i), and whole protected plants record particulars , ‘type A restricted’—

s 20 9 s 23 Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment No. 61, 2007 Regulation (No. 1) 2007 omit, insert— ‘protected’. Part 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2006 20 Regulation amended in pt 5 This part amends the Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2006. 21 Amendment of s 20 (Restrictions about permit for plant parts) Section 20(3), ‘national park (recovery),’— omit. 22 Amendment of s 99 (Unlawfully conducting group activity) Section 99(2) and (3)— omit, insert— ‘(2) If section 145(3) of the Administration Regulation requires the holder of a group activity permit to pay an additional daily fee, the holder must comply with the requirement. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units.’. 23 Amendment of s 111 (Unauthorised landing of aircraft or recreational craft) Section 111(1), from ‘other than’ to ‘approval.’— omit, insert— ‘ unless the landing—

s 24 10 s 26 Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment No. 61, 2007 Regulation (No. 1) 2007 (a) is on a designated landing area; or (b) has been authorised in writing by the chief executive; or (c) is part of an emergency response. Examples of aircraft landings that are part of an emergency response — • the landing of an aircraft involved in a medivac • the landing of a fire-fighting helicopter ’. 24 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) Schedule 9, definition group activity , paragraph 1, examples, after ‘, wedding’— insert— ‘or wedding, or a group bushwalk or nature study’. Part 6 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2000 25 Regulation amended in pt 6 This part amends the StatePenaltiesEnforcementRegulation 2000. 26 Amendment of sch 2 (Environmental legislation) (1) Schedule 2, entry for MarineParksRegulation2006 , ‘s 112(1)’— omit, insert — ‘s 112’. (2) Schedule 2, entry for Marine Parks Regulation 2006 , entries for sections 112(2) and 116(2)— omit.

s 26 11 s 26 Environmental and Other Legislation Amendment No. 61, 2007 Regulation (No. 1) 2007 (3) Schedule 2, entry for MarineParksRegulation2006 , ‘s 116(1)’— omit, insert — ‘s 116’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 19 April 2007. 2 Notified in the gazette on 20 April 2007. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Environmental Protection Agency. © State of Queensland 2007