Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT) REGULATION 2024 - REG 163

163 Restrictions on entering into agreement—conservation of protected area

(1) A commercial activity agreement must be consistent with—

(a) the management principles for the protected area to which it applies; and

(b) the interim or declared management intent, or management plan, for the protected area to which it applies.

(2) Also, a commercial activity agreement must not—

(a) create an interest in land in a protected area; or

(b) authorise the carrying out of major earthworks, or the installation of a permanent structure, in a protected area; or

(c) otherwise provide for a matter for which a lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority made or given under section 34 , 35 or 36 of the Act would be more appropriate.

Example—

It would be more appropriate to enter into a lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority made or given under section 34 , 35 or 36 of the Act for the installation of a sewage pipeline or communications tower in a national park.

(3) In this section—

"major earthworks" means earthworks that cause a major disturbance to the cultural or natural resources of a protected area.

Example—

construction of a road or drainage channel