Queensland Numbered Acts

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COURT ACT 2016

- As at 25 May 2016
- Act 26 of 2016

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Preliminary
           Short title
           Commencement
           Dictionary
           Establishment and jurisdiction
           Establishment
           Continuation
           Constituting P&E Court
           Chief Judge has overall responsibility for P&E Court
           General jurisdiction
           Jurisdiction
           District Court jurisdiction unimpaired
           When P&E Court must remit to tribunal
           Principles for exercising jurisdiction
           Declaratory jurisdiction
           General declaratory jurisdiction
           Declaratory jurisdiction for Minister’s call in of development application
           Rules and orders or directions
           Rules
           Orders and directions
           Powers and procedure (general)
           Alternative dispute resolution
           ADR process
           Purpose of subdivision
           ADR process
           Referral to ADR process
           Resolution agreement
           Documents to be filed
           Orders giving effect to resolution agreement
           Preservation of confidentiality
           P&E Court proceedings
           ADR registrar’s powers on Chief Judge’s direction
           ADR registrar’s powers to hear and decide
           Conduct of proceedings
           Reference to P&E Court by ADR registrar
           Review by P&E Court
           ADR registrar’s powers
           ADR registrar’s powers—general
           Provision for exercise of ADR registrar’s powers
           Powers
           Where P&E Court may sit
           Adjournments
           Subpoenas
           P&E Court may extend period to take an action
           Taking and recording evidence
           Power to state case for Court of Appeal
           Terms of orders etc.
           Contempt
           Discretion to deal with noncompliance
           What happens if P&E Court judge or ADR registrar dies or is incapacitated
           Parties
           Planning Minister
           Appearance
           Representative proceedings in particular cases
           Miscellaneous
           P&E Court proceedings open to public
           Nature of appeal in general
           Privileges, protection and immunity
           Planning Act proceedings
           Note—
           Planning Act appeals
           Who must prove case
           Nature of appeal
           Appeal decision
           Evidence in P&E Court proceedings
           Application of division
           Appointments and authority
           Signatures
           Instruments, equipment and installations
           Analyst’s certificate or report
           Evidence of planning instruments or designations
           Planning instruments presumed to be within power
           Evidence of local planning instruments
           Effect of planning and development certificates
           Evidentiary aids generally
           Costs
           Definitions for part
           General costs provision
           Orders for costs
           Orders for costs for particular proceedings
           Procedures, scale and enforcement of orders for costs
           Appeals to Court of Appeal
           Who may appeal
           When leave to appeal must be sought and appeal made
           Court of Appeal’s powers
           Registry and officers
           Registrars and other officers
           ADR registrar
           Registries
           P&E Court records
           Miscellaneous
           Annual report
           Judicial notice
           Approval of forms
           Regulation-making power
           Savings and transitional provisions
           Note—
           Definitions for part
           Continuance of existing judgeships
           Proceedings
           Continuance of existing orders and directions
           Existing references to court
           Existing rules migrate to this Act
           Migration of particular repealed SPA provisions about the P&E Court to the rules
           Dictionary