Queensland Numbered Acts

STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE COMMUNITIES ACT 2017 - SECT 7

7 Requirement for operational workforce management plan if s 6 contravened

(1) This section applies if the Coordinator-General is satisfied, after requesting information under section 14A from the owner of a large resource project that has a nearby regional community, that the owner has contravened section 6 .

(2) The Coordinator-General may, by written notice given to the owner (a requirement notice), require the owner to prepare a plan (an operational workforce management plan for the project containing the matters stated in a guideline made by the Coordinator-General under section 7A .

(3) In preparing the operational workforce management plan for the project, the owner must consult with the local government for each local government area within which all or part of the project, or a nearby regional community for the project, is situated.

(4) If the Coordinator-General gives the owner a requirement notice for the project, the owner must submit to the Coordinator-General an operational workforce management plan for the project that complies with the requirement notice—

(a) within 3 months after receiving the requirement notice; or

(b) if the Coordinator-General allows a longer period by written notice to the owner, within the longer period.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—800 penalty units.

(5) The Coordinator-General may, by written notice to the owner—

(a) approve the plan for the project; or

(b) if the plan does not comply with the requirement notice, approve the plan subject to stated conditions.

(6) Also, the Coordinator-General may state conditions for the project that relate to the plan.

(7) If the Coordinator-General states a condition under subsection (5) (b) or (6), the stated condition is taken to be an enforceable condition for the project under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 , section 157A .

(8) Except as provided in the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 , part 7A, neither the Land Court nor the Planning and Environment Court has jurisdiction in relation to conditions stated for the project under subsection (5) (b) or (6).