Queensland Numbered Acts

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 - SECT 159

159 Insertion of new s 82A

After section 82 —
insert—

82A Additional referral agencies for change applications other than for minor changes

(1) This section applies in relation to a change application, other than a change application for a minor change to a development approval.

(2) A regulation may state the following for the change application—

(a) that a person is a referral agency (an
"additional referral agency" ) for the change application;

(b) the matters the additional referral agency—

(i) may, must, or must only assess the change application against; or

(ii) may, must, or must only have regard to in assessing the change application;

(c) that the powers of the additional referral agency for the change application are limited in a particular way.

(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the additional referral agency is a referral agency for the change application in addition to a referral agency for the application under section 54(2), as applied under section 82(2).

(4) For assessing and deciding the change application under the relevant provisions, as applied under section 82(2)—

(a) a reference in the relevant provisions, other than in section 54(2), to a referral agency includes a reference to the additional referral agency; and

(b) despite section 55(2), the additional referral agency—

(i) may, must, or must only assess the change application against the matters stated under subsection (2)(b)(i); and

(ii) may, must, or must only have regard to the matters stated under subsection (2)(b)(ii) in assessing the change application; and

(c) a reference in section 55(3) to section 55(2) includes a reference to paragraph (b); and

(d) a reference in section 56(7)(b) to the matters under section 55(2) includes a reference to the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(b).

(5) In this section—

"relevant provisions" see section 82(6).