Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 264

264 Special entertainment precincts

(1) This section is about establishing a special entertainment precinct.

(2) A
"special entertainment precinct" is an area in which—

(a) amplified music that is played at premises in the area is regulated by a local law, and not by the Liquor Act 1992 ; and

(b) the requirements about noise attenuation under the Planning Act apply to certain types of development in the area.

(3) If a local government wants to establish a special entertainment precinct in its local government area, the local government must—

(a) amend the local government’s planning scheme to identify the special entertainment precinct; and

(b) make a local law to regulate noise from amplified music from premises in the special entertainment precinct, in accordance with a permit that is issued for the premises.

(4) However, a local law under this section does not apply to—

(a) a major sports facility under the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001 ; or

(b) an activity that—

(i) is for a major event under the Major Events Act 2014 ; and

(ii) is being carried on by, or with the approval of, the major event organiser for the major event.