Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 (Qld)

Queensland Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Act No. 50 of 2013

Queensland Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 67 (Compensation when protected area declared) 4 Amendment of s 84 (Property in protected plants). . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Insertion of new pt 5, div 4, sdiv 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Relocation and renumbering of s 88B (Offence to keep or use native wildlife reasonably suspected to have been unlawfully taken) . . . 5 Insertion of new pt 5, div 4, sdiv 2 hdg and s 88D . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Subdivision 2 Particular restrictions relating to protected plants 88D Regulation may prescribe special least concern plants 6 Amendment of s 89 (Restriction on taking etc. particular protected plants). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of s 90 (Restriction on using particular protected plants) 7 Insertion of new pt 5, div 4, sdiv 3 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Amendment of s 95 (Payment of conservation value) . . . . . . . . . 8 Amendment of s 97 (Restriction on taking etc. of native wildlife in areas of major interest and critical habitats). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Amendment, relocation and renumbering of s 126 (Compensation) 9 Insertion of new pt 7A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Part 7A Regulations identifying critical habitats or areas of major interest

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Contents 16 17 18 19 20 21 Part 3 22 23 Part 4 24 25 126A Local governments’ decisions to be consistent with regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 134 (Records to be maintained by registrar) . . . Amendment of s 138 (Compensation not payable) . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 173G (Effect of orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 174B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174B Chief executive may make assessment guidelines . . Amendment of s 175 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of SustainablePlanningAct2009 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of VegetationManagementAct1999 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 Page 2 2013 Act No. 50

Queensland Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Act No. 50 of 2013 An Act to amend the Nature Conservation Act 1992, the SustainablePlanning Act 2009 and the Vegetation Management Act 1999 for particular purposes [Assented to 29 October 2013]

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] The Parliament of Queensland enacts— Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 . 2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. Part 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 3 Act amended This part amends the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 4 Amendment of s 67 (Compensation when protected area declared) (1) Section 67(8)(b)(i), before ‘conservation plan’— insert — regulation or (2) Section 67(8)(b)(iii), from ‘plan’ to ‘after’— omit , insert — regulation or conservation plan identifying the area as, or including, a critical habitat or area of major interest continues to apply to the area after the Page 4 2013 Act No. 50

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 [s 5] (3) Section 67(8)(b)(iv), from ‘section 126’ to ‘plan’— omit , insert — section 137A in relation to the land because of the making of the regulation or approval of the conservation plan identifying the area as, or including, a critical habitat or area of major interest (4) Section 67(9), definition existing use , ‘commencement of the declaration or regulation that restricts or prohibits the use.’— omit , insert — restriction or prohibition imposed under the declaration or regulation mentioned in subsection (1) started applying to the land. 5 Amendment of s 84 (Property in protected plants) Section 84(2)(b), before ‘conservation plan’— insert — regulation or 6 Insertion of new pt 5, div 4, sdiv 1 hdg Part 5, division 4, before section 88— insert — Subdivision 1 Particular restrictions relating to protected animals 7 Relocation and renumbering of s 88B (Offence to keep or use native wildlife reasonably suspected to have been unlawfully taken) Section 88B— relocate to after section 90 and renumber as section 90A. 2013 Act No. 50 Page 5

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 [s 8] 8 Insertion of new pt 5, div 4, sdiv 2 hdg and s 88D Part 5, division 4, before section 89— insert — Subdivision 2 Particular restrictions relating to protected plants 88D Regulation may prescribe special least concern plants (1) A regulation may prescribe a least concern plant to be a special least concern plant for this subdivision. (2) A least concern plant may be prescribed under subsection (1) if the taking or use of the plant is at risk of not being ecologically sustainable, including, for example, because of— (a) high commercial demand for the plant or a part of the plant; or (b) the biological traits of the plant. 9 Amendment of s 89 (Restriction on taking etc. particular protected plants) (1) Section 89(1), ‘unless—’— omit , insert — unless the plant is taken under— (2) Section 89(1)(a) to (h)— omit , insert — (a) a conservation plan applicable to the plant; or (b) a licence, permit or other authority issued or given under a regulation; or (c) an exemption under a regulation. Page 6 2013 Act No. 50

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 [s 10] (3) Section 89(5), definitions assessable development , building , concurrence agency policy , development approval , regional vegetation management code and relevant development activity — omit . (4) Section 89(5), definition class 1 offence , paragraph (c), ‘rare’— omit , insert — special least concern (5) Section 89(5), definition class 2 offence , paragraph (b), ‘rare’— omit , insert — special least concern (6) Section 89(5), definition class 3 offence , paragraph (b), ‘rare’— omit , insert — special least concern 10 Amendment of s 90 (Restriction on using particular protected plants) (1) Section 90(1)(a), after ‘issued’— insert — or given (2) Section 90(2), definition class 1 offence , ‘rare or near threatened’— omit , insert — near threatened or special least concern 11 Insertion of new pt 5, div 4, sdiv 3 hdg Part 5, division 4, after section 90— 2013 Act No. 50 Page 7

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 [s 12] insert — Subdivision 3 Other restrictions 12 Amendment of s 95 (Payment of conservation value) (1) Section 95(1), ‘subsection (8)’— omit , insert — subsections (8) and (9) (2) Section 95— insert — (9) Also, the conservation value of a protected plant is not payable by a person if the person takes a protected plant under an authority and pays, within 30 days after the plant is taken, the amount, if any, that the authority states must be paid for the taking of the plant. (10) For subsection (9), the amount stated on the authority must not be more than the conservation value for the protected plant. (11) In this section— authority means a licence, permit or other authority issued or given under a regulation or conservation plan. 13 Amendment of s 97 (Restriction on taking etc. of native wildlife in areas of major interest and critical habitats) Section 97(1) and (2), ‘conservation plan’— omit , insert — regulation or conservation plan Page 8 2013 Act No. 50

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 [s 14] 14 Amendment, relocation and renumbering of s 126 (Compensation) (1) Section 126, heading, after ‘Compensation’— insert — if landholder’s interest in land injuriously affected (2) Section 126(1)(a)— omit , insert — (a) a regulation is made, or a conservation plan is approved, for an area identified under the regulation or plan as, or including, a critical habitat or an area of major interest; and (3) Section 126(1)(b), before ‘plan’— insert — regulation or (4) Section 126(3), from ‘conservation’ to ‘the plan.’— omit , insert — regulation or conservation plan is the same, or to the same effect, as a provision of another law applying to the land immediately before the restriction or prohibition started applying to the land. (5) Section 126(5)(b), ‘approval of the conservation plan’— omit, insert — making of the regulation or approval of the conservation plan, (6) Section 126(6)(b) and (c), before ‘approval’— insert — making of the regulation or (7) Section 126(8), definition existing use , ‘commencement of the conservation plan that restricts or prohibits the use.’— omit , insert — 2013 Act No. 50 Page 9

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 [s 15] restriction or prohibition imposed under the regulation or conservation plan mentioned in subsection (1) started applying to the land. (8) Section 126— relocate to part 8 and renumber as section 137A. 15 Insertion of new pt 7A After part 7— insert — Part 7A Regulations identifying critical habitats or areas of major interest 126A Local governments’ decisions to be consistent with regulations (1) This section applies to land in an area identified under a regulation as, or including, a critical habitat or an area of major interest. (2) A local government must not issue or give any approval, consent, permit or other authority for a use of, or a development on, the land that is inconsistent with the regulation. 16 Amendment of s 134 (Records to be maintained by registrar) (1) Section 134(1)(d), before ‘conservation plan’— insert — regulation or (2) Section 134(1), ‘or the plan approved,’— omit, insert — , or the regulation made or plan approved, Page 10 2013 Act No. 50

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 [s 16] (3) Section 134(2)(a)(iv)— omit , insert — (iv) the subject of a regulation or conservation plan identifying the land as, or being part of, an area that is or includes a critical habitat or area of major interest; and (4) Section 134(2)(b)(iv)— omit , insert — (iv) the regulation or conservation plan identifying the land as, or being part of, an area that is or includes a critical habitat or area of major interest; (5) Section 134(3)(d)— omit , insert — (d) the regulation or conservation plan identifying the land as, or being part of, an area that is or includes a critical habitat or area of major interest. (6) Section 134(4), from paragraph (d)— omit , insert — (d) a regulation or conservation plan identifying an area as, or including, a critical habitat or area of major interest is— (i) repealed; or (ii) amended to remove the whole or part of the area from the operation of the regulation or conservation plan; give written notice to the registrar of the termination, repeal or amendment. 2013 Act No. 50 Page 11

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 [s 17] 17 Amendment of s 138 (Compensation not payable) Section 138, heading— omit , insert — 138 Compensation not payable if authority not renewed etc. 18 Amendment of s 173G (Effect of orders) Section 173G(2)(b)— insert — (iii) the planting and nurturing of, or the restoration and rehabilitation of, a protected plant or population of protected plants. 19 Insertion of new s 174B After section 174A— insert — 174B Chief executive may make assessment guidelines (1) The chief executive may, by gazette notice, approve or make guidelines (the assessment guidelines ) about considering an application under this Act. (2) The chief executive must publish the assessment guidelines, and any instrument amending or repealing the assessment guidelines, in the gazette. (3) The chief executive must publish a copy of the assessment guidelines as in force from time to time on the department’s website. Editor’s note — Page 12 2013 Act No. 50

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992 [s 20] At the commencement of this section, the department’s website was at < (4) In considering an application for an authority, the chief executive must have regard to the assessment guidelines. (5) In this section— authority means a licence, permit or other authority for protected wildlife issued or given under a regulation or conservation plan. 20 Amendment of s 175 (Regulation-making power) (1) Section 175(2)— insert — (ia) the use or development of land, and activities, in an area identified under the regulation as, or including, a critical habitat or an area of major interest; (2) Sections 175(2)(ia) to (s)— renumber as section 175(2)(j) to (t). 21 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) (1) Schedule— insert — special least concern plant means a least concern plant prescribed under section 88D. (2) Schedule, definition natural resources , paragraph (b), before ‘conservation plan’— insert — regulation or 2013 Act No. 50 Page 13

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 3 Amendment of Sustainable Planning Act 2009 [s 22] (3) Schedule, definition protected plant , ‘rare,’— omit. Part 3 Amendment of Sustainable Planning Act 2009 22 Act amended This part amends the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. 23 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 3, definition native forest practice— omit . (2) Schedule 3— insert — native forest practice means a forest practice other than— (a) a forest practice in a plantation; or (b) the harvesting, on freehold land, of sandalwood. sandalwood means a plant of the species Santalum lanceolatum . Page 14 2013 Act No. 50

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 Part 4 Amendment of Vegetation Management Act 1999 [s 24] Part 4 Amendment of Vegetation Management Act 1999 24 Act amended This part amends the Vegetation Management Act 1999. 25 Amendment of sch (Dictionary) (1) Schedule, definition native forest practice— omit . (2) Schedule— insert — native forest practice means a forest practice other than— (a) a forest practice in a plantation; or (b) the harvesting, on freehold land, of sandalwood. sandalwood means a plant of the species Santalum lanceolatum . © State of Queensland 2013 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 2013 Act No. 50 Page 15