Queensland Numbered Acts

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 - SECT 215

215 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary)

(1) Schedule, definitions
"disaster event" and
"reconstruction function" —
omit.

(2) Schedule—
insert—

"betterment" , of a community, includes improving the community’s infrastructure so that the infrastructure is less likely to be damaged or otherwise affected by the impacts of a disaster.

"disaster" see the Disaster Management Act 2003 , section 13(1).

"mitigating" , against a potential disaster, means reducing or eliminating—

(a) the risk of the disaster happening; or

(b) the potential impacts of the disaster.

"reconstruction function" , of the authority, means any of the following functions of the authority—

(a) the function mentioned in section 10(1)(g);

(b) the function mentioned in section 10(1)(h) to the extent it relates to an affected community;

(c) the function mentioned in section 10(1)(i) to the extent it relates to an affected community.

"resilience" , of a community, means the ability of the community and its systems—

(a) to recover from the impacts of a disaster, including, for example, the ability to restore essential infrastructure and community functions; and

(b) to accommodate or adapt to the impacts of a disaster.

(3) Schedule, definition
"affected community" , ‘event’—
omit.