State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 (Qld)

Queensland State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 Subordinate Legislation 2005 No. 49 made under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 Contents 1 2 3 4 5 Schedule Page Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Insertion of new ss 32 and 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 32 Entry in sch 5 for repealed provisions of Land Act1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 33 Entry in sch 5 for Integrated Planning Act 1997 before 1 April 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of sch 5 (Other legislation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Minor amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

s1 2 s4 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 April 2005. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the StatePenaltiesEnforcementRegulation 2000. 4 Insertion of new ss 32 and 33 After section 31— insert — ‘32 Entry in sch 5 for repealed provisions of Land Act1994 ‘(1) This section applies to each of the entries in schedule 5 for the provisions of the LandAct1994 that were repealed by the VegetationManagementandOtherLegislationAmendmentAct 2004 , section 39 1 (the repealed provisions ). ‘(2) It is declared that the entries for the repealed provisions remain prescribed in schedule 5 only for the purposes of an offence against a repealed provision committed before 21 May 2004. 1 The Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004 , section 39 (Omission of ch 5, pt 6 (Tree management)) repealed provisions of the LandAct 1994 . The Land Act 1994 , section 255 (Tree clearing permit needed) was one of the sections that was repealed and is included in schedule 5. See also the VegetationManagement Act 1999 , section 79(2) (When the Land Act 1994 continues to apply) and Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 14H (References taken to be included in reference to law).

s5 3 s5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 ‘33 Entry in sch 5 for Integrated Planning Act 1997 before 1 April 2005 ‘(1) It is declared that the entries in schedule 5, part 1 for the provisions of the IntegratedPlanningAct1997 remain prescribed in schedule 5, part 1 only for the purposes of an offence against the provisions committed before 1 April 2005. ‘(2) The entries in schedule 5, part 2 for the provisions of the Integrated Planning Act 1997 are prescribed in the schedule for the purposes of an offence against the provisions committed on or after 1 April 2005.’. 5 Amendment of sch 5 (Other legislation) (1) Schedule 5, after the heading for the entry for the IntegratedPlanning Act 1997 — insert — ‘Part 1 Offences committed before 1 April 2005 section 33(1)’. (2) Schedule 5, before the heading for the entry for the IntegratedPlanning Regulation 1998 — insert — ‘Part 2 Offences committed on or after 1 April 2005 section 33(2) Column 1 Infringement notice offence s 4.3.1(1) 1 If— Column 2 Infringement notice fine (penalty units)

s5 4 s5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 (a) the assessable development started is assessable development on land under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) the land is in an area of high nature conservation value; and (c) the area of native vegetation on the land that is cleared is— • less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 If— (a) the assessable development started is assessable development on land under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) the land is in an area vulnerable to land degradation; and (c) the area of native vegetation on the land that is cleared is— • less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 If— (a) the assessable development started is assessable development on land under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and 5 10 20 5 10 20

s5 5 s5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 (b) the land is in a remnant endangered regional ecosystem shown on a regional ecosystem map; and (c) the area of native vegetation on the land that is cleared is— • less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 If— (a) the assessable development started is assessable development on land under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) the land is in a remnant of concern regional ecosystem shown on a regional ecosystem map; and (c) the area of native vegetation on the land that is cleared is— • less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 2 hectares but less than 5 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 If— (a) the assessable development started is assessable development on land under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and 5 10 20 5 9 16 20

s5 6 s5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 (b) the land is in a remnant not of concern regional ecosystem shown on a regional ecosystem map; and (c) the area of native vegetation on the land that is cleared is— • less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 2 hectares but less than 5 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 5 hectares but less than 10 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 If— (a) the assessable development started is assessable development on land under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) the land is in an area— (i) for which there is no regional ecosystem map; and (ii) of remnant vegetation shown on a remnant map; and (c) the area of native vegetation on the land that is cleared is— • less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 2 hectares but less than 5 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 12 15 20 5 8 12 15

s5 7 s5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 s 4.3.2(1) s 4.3.3(1) • at least 5 hectares but less than 10 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 If— (a) the assessable development started is assessable development on land under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1B to 1G of the Act; and (b) the land is in an area of vegetation that is not remnant vegetation shown on a regional ecosystem map or a remnant map; and (c) the area of native vegetation on the land that is cleared is— • less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . • at least 2 hectares but less than 10 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • at least 10 hectares but less than 20 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 If the assessable development started— (a) is assessable development, for a planning scheme area, that is not assessable development under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) is the clearing of vegetation . . . . . . 9 If the self-assessable development carried out— (a) is self-assessable development for a planning scheme area; and (b) is the clearing of vegetation . . . . . . 10 For a contravention of a condition— 20 5 13 20 5 5

s5 8 s5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 (a) in a development approval for development that is assessable development under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) that relates to the clearing of native vegetation; and (c) that does not relate to the actual clearing of native vegetation. . . . . . 11 For a contravention of a condition— (a) in a development approval for development that is assessable development under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) that relates to the actual clearing of native vegetation in an area of high nature conservation value— • if the area cleared is less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 For a contravention of a condition— (a) in a development approval for development that is assessable development under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) that relates to the actual clearing of native vegetation in an area vulnerable to land degradation— 2 5 10 20

s5 9 s5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 • if the area cleared is less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 For a contravention of a condition— (a) in a development approval for development that is assessable development under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) that relates to the actual clearing of native vegetation in a remnant endangered regional ecosystem shown on a regional ecosystem map— • if the area cleared is less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 For a contravention of a condition— (a) in a development approval for development that is assessable development under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and 5 10 20 5 10 20

s 5 10 s 5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 (b) that relates to the actual clearing of native vegetation in a remnant of concern regional ecosystem shown on a regional ecosystem map— • if the area cleared is less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 2 hectares but less than 5 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 For a contravention of a condition— (a) in a development approval for development that is assessable development under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) that relates to the actual clearing of native vegetation in a remnant not of concern regional ecosystem shown on a regional ecosystem map— • if the area cleared is less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 16 20 5 8 12

s 5 11 s 5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 • if the area cleared is at least 2 hectares but less than 5 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 5 hectares but less than 10 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 For a contravention of a condition— (a) in a development approval for development that is assessable development under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) that relates to the actual clearing of native vegetation in an area for which there is no regional ecosystem map; and (c) the area is in an area of remnant vegetation shown on a remnant map— • if the area cleared is less than 1 / 8 hectare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 8 hectare but less than 1 / 2 hectare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 1 / 2 hectare but less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 2 hectares but less than 5 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 5 hectares but less than 10 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 For a contravention of a condition— 15 20 5 8 12 15 20

s 5 12 s 5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 s 4.3.15 s 5.3.4(1) s 5.3.4(2) s 5.3.5(4) s 5.3.5(6) (a) in a development approval for development that is assessable development under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1B to 1G of the Act; and (b) that relates to the actual clearing of native vegetation on land in an area of vegetation that is not remnant vegetation shown on a regional ecosystem map or a remnant map— • if the area cleared is less than 2 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 2 hectares but less than 10 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • if the area cleared is at least 10 hectares but less than 20 hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 For a contravention of a condition— (a) in a development approval for assessable development, under a planning scheme, that is not assessable development under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act; and (b) that relates to the clearing of vegetation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 If the enforcement notice relates to the clearing of native vegetation on land under schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A to 1G of the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 5 13 20 5 10 8 8 8 4

s 5 13 s 5 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 s 5.3.5(6B) s 5.3.5(7) s 5.3.9(2) ................................ ................................ ................................ 4 4 4 Authorised person for service of infringement notices — (a) an authorised officer appointed under the VegetationManagement Act 1999, section 24, 2 for an offence against — (i) section 4.3.1(1) as limited by the descriptions relating to that section in column 1, paragraphs 1 to 7; or (ii) section 4.3.3(1) as limited by the descriptions relating to that section in column 1, paragraphs 10 to 17; or (iii) section 4.3.15; or (b) an authorised person appointed under the Local GovernmentAct 1993, section 1084, 3 for an offence against — (i) section 4.3.1(1) as limited by the description relating to that section in column 1, paragraph 8; or (ii) section 4.3.2; or (iii) section 4.3.3(1) as limited by the description relating to that section in column 1, paragraph 18; or (c) the general manager under the Queensland Building ServicesAuthority Act 1991 , for an offence against — (i) section 5.3.4(1) or (2); or (ii) section 5.3.5(4), (6), (6B) or (7); or (iii) section 5.3.9(2).’. 2 Vegetation Management Act 1999 , section 24 (Appointment and qualifications of authorised officers) 3 Local Government Act 1993 , section 1084 (Appointment)

14 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Schedule Minor amendments section 3 1 Schedule 1, entry for the Invasion of Privacy Act 1971— omit. 2 Schedule 1, entry for the Motor Vehicles Securities Act1986 , heading— omit, insert — ‘Motor Vehicles and Boats Securities Act 1986 ’. 3 Schedule 1, entry for the Property Agents and MotorDealers Act 2000 , column 1, ‘s 136(2)’— omit, insert — ‘s 136(3)’. 4 Schedule 1, entry for the Property Agents and MotorDealers Act 2000 , column 1, ‘s 213(2)’— omit, insert — ‘s 213(3)’. 5 Schedule 1, entry for the Property Agents and MotorDealers Act 2000 , entry for section 239(2)— omit . 6 Schedule 1, entry for the Retirement Villages Act 1999 , entry for section 46(2)— omit .

15 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Schedule (continued) 7 Schedule 2, entry for the Environmental Protection(Waste Management) Regulation 2000 , column 1, ‘s 51(1)’— omit, insert — ‘s 51’. 8 Schedule 2, entry for the Nature Conservation Regulation1994 , second entry for section 45(1)— omit. 9 Schedule 3, entry for the Tow Truck Regulation 1999 , entry for section 39(3)— omit . 10 Schedule 3, entry for the Transport Infrastructure Act1994 , entries for sections 73G(3),73H(4) and 73I(3)— omit, insert— ‘s 99(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 100(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 101(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 / 5 1 2 / 5 1 2 / 5’. 11 Schedule 3, entry for the Transport Infrastructure (Rail)Regulation 1996 , column 1, ‘12(3A)’— omit, insert — ‘s 12(3A)’. 12 Schedule 3, entry for the Transport Operations(Passenger Transport) Regulation 1994 , column 1, ‘s 26(1)’— omit, insert — ‘s 26’.

16 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Schedule (continued) 13 Schedule 3, entry for the Transport Operations(Passenger Transport) Regulation 1994 , entry for section 41A(2)— omit . 14 Schedule 3, entry for the Transport Operations (Road UseManagement) Regulation 1995 , entry for section 24(5)— omit . 15 Schedule 3, entry for the Transport Operations (Road UseManagement—Fatigue Management) Regulation 1998 , column 1, ‘s 48(1)’— omit, insert — ‘s 48’. 16 Schedule 5, entry for the Electrical Safety Regulation2002 , column 2, heading, ‘offence’— omit, insert— ‘ fine (penalty units) ’. 17 Schedule 5, entry for the Electricity Regulation 1994 , column 2, heading, ‘offence’— omit, insert— ‘ fine (penalty units) ’. 18 Schedule 5, entry for the Gaming Machine Act 1991 , entries for sections 206(4) and 219(21)— omit. 19 Schedule 5, entry for the Gaming Machine Regulation1991 — omit.

17 State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation No. 49, 2005 (No. 1) 2005 Schedule (continued) 20 Schedule 5, entry for the Wine Industry Act 1994 , column 1, ‘s 36(1)’— omit, insert — ‘s 36’. 21 Schedule 6, definition relevant nuisance complaint , after ‘see’— insert — ‘the’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 31 March 2005. 2 Notified in the gazette on 1 April 2005. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. © State of Queensland 2005