Plantation Management – Regulation and Planning
Queensland
Legislation
Overview of Queensland legislation applicable to plantation forestry
| Legislation | Agency | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 Aboriginal Land Act 1991 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (Land Holding) Act 1985 |
Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy | To provide for the granting, and the claiming and granting, of land as Aboriginal land, and for other purposes. To provide for the granting, and the claiming and granting, of land as Torres Strait Islander land, and for other purposes |
| Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Control Act 1966 | Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation | Provides for declaration of hazardous areas and sets restrictions on distribution of chemicals. |
| Environmental Protection Act 1994 | Department of Environment and Resource Management | Aims to protect Queensland’s environment through an integrated management program that is consistent with ecologically sustainable development.Through the Act and subordinate Environmental Protection Policies (EPPs), binds all persons, including the State, and is to be administered with community involvement |
| Fire and Rescue Authority Act 1990 | Department of Emergency Services | Aims to reduce loss and damage on rural lands. |
| Forestry Act 1959 | Department of Environment and Resource Management | Provides for forest reservation, management, silvicultural treatment and protection of State Forests, and the sale and disposal of forest products and quarry material, the property of the crown on State Forests, Timber Reserves and on Other Crown Lands. |
| Integrated Planning Act 1997 | Department of Infrastructure and Planning | The IPA seeks to achieve ecological sustainability through coordinating and integrating planning, and managing the process of development and the effects of development on the environment. Local Government planning schemes are one of the main instruments that progresses the aims of the IPA.Regulates the development of land and captures a range of activities including timber growing, covers the clearing of all types of vegetation, and provide security for established farm forestry enterprises. |
| Nature Conservation Act 1992 | Department of Environment and Resource Management | Provides for the conservation of nature, dedication and declaration of protected areas of Crown land, management of protected areas and protection of native wildlife and its habit and Conservation Plans. States that a person must not interfere with a cultural or natural resource of a protected area, unless approved under certain conditions.Includes the Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006 and Management Program 2006 – 2016 (the Koala Plan) requires Koalas and their immediate habitat is protected. |
| Plant Protection Act 1989 | Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation | Provides for the control and removal of pest infestation of plants in Queensland, helps other jurisdictions prevent, control or remove plant pests, diseases, pest infestations, infections and conditions, and facilitates the movement of plants in and out of Queensland. |
| Queensland Heritage Act 1992 | Department of Environment and Resource Management | Provides for the conservation of Queensland’s heritage, recording of protected areas, and restrictions on development of such areas. |
| Rural Lands Protection Act 1985 Land Protection (Pest and Stock Management) Act 2002 |
Department of Environment and Resource Management | Provides for the declaration and control of noxious plants and harmful animals on land of all tenures, and requires regulation of pests. Identifies exotic woody weed species to be controlled and allows landholders to control them without tree clearing permits provided the overstorey trees are not removed. |
| Soil Conservation Act 1986 | Department of Environment and Resource Management | The Act regulates the conservation of soil resources and facilitates the implementation of soil conservation measures by landholders for the mitigation of soil erosion - on project areas subject to an approved project plan, persons can be required to undertake, construct and maintain soil conservation measures. |
| Timber Utilisation and Marketing Act 1987 | Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation | Relates to the sale of Lyctus susceptible timber, and controls the use of wood preservative chemicals. |
| Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 | Department of Main Roads and Department of Transport | Provides a regime that allows for and encourages effective integrated and efficient management of a system of transport infrastructure. Amongst other objectives, in the case of roads, to establish a regime through which influence can be exercised over the total road network in a way that contributes to overall transport efficiency |
| Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 | Department of Main Roads and Department of Transport | Aims to improve, within the government’s overall policy agenda, (a) the economic, trade and regional development performance of Queensland; and (b) the quality of life of Queenslanders; by achieving overall transport effectiveness and efficiency through strategic planning and management of transport resources. |
| Cultural Record (Landscapes Queensland and Queensland Estate) Act 1987 | Department of Environment and Resource Management | Provides for the preservation and management of all components (anthropological, cultural, historic, prehistoric) of landscapes and estate areas. |
| Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 | Department of Employment and Industrial Relations | Is about workplace health and safety, and for related purposes. |
