Queensland Numbered Acts

STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE COMMUNITIES ACT 2017 - SECT 10

10 Requirement for social impact assessment for large resource projects under the Environmental Protection Act 1994

(1) This section applies to the owner of, or proponent for, a large resource project for which an EIS notice has been published under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 , section 51 (2)(b) after the commencement.

(2) For the following provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 , the chief executive of the department administering that Act may allow the EIS to proceed only if the Coordinator-General has advised that the social impact assessment for the project may proceed—

(a) sections 49 and 49A;

(b) sections 56A and 56AA.