Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT) REGULATION 2017 - REG 71DL

71DL Immediate amendment or suspension of agreement for safety or conservation

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the chief executive believes a commercial activity agreement should be amended or the authorisation under it suspended—

(i) to secure the safety of a person or a person’s property; or

(ii) because of a fire or other natural disaster; or

(iii) to conserve or protect the cultural or natural resources of the protected area to which the agreement applies; or

(b) the area to which a commercial activity agreement applies is declared, after the agreement was entered into, to be a restricted access area, or an area closed to the public, under this regulation.

(2) The chief executive may, verbally if practicable, or by signs, advise the other party to the commercial activity agreement that, until the chief executive otherwise decides—

(a) the agreement is amended in the way the chief executive advises; or

(b) the authorisation under the agreement is suspended, to the extent the chief executive advises.

(3) If the chief executive acts under subsection (2) , the amendment or suspension takes effect immediately after the other party is advised of the amendment or suspension and continues in effect until the chief executive decides the reason for the amendment or suspension no longer exists.

(4) The effect of an amendment under this section does not depend on the amendment being noted on the agreement.

(5) The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after the amendment or suspension ends—

(a) advise the other party that the amendment or suspension no longer applies; or

(b) publish a notice on the department’s website advising that the amendment or suspension no longer applies.

(6) In this section—

"sign" includes a sign erected—

(a) at or near a usual access point to a protected area; or

(b) in a position that would normally be seen by a person accessing a protected area.