Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 173Q

173Q Publication of notice for revocation under s 30, 32 or 70E or particular amalgamations under s 33

(1) This section applies for—

(a) a revocation under section 30 , 32 or 70E ; or

(b) an amalgamation under section 33 that involves a change in the class, or the boundaries, of a protected area.

(2) Within 10 days after the notice of motion for the revocation or amalgamation is given, the chief executive must publish notice of the proposed revocation or amalgamation in—

(a) a newspaper circulating in the locality of the relevant area; and

(b) a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State.

(3) The notice must state—

(a) the name of the relevant area; and

(b) for a revocation—

(i) whether all or part of the relevant area is proposed to be revoked; and

(ii) if only part of the relevant area is proposed to be revoked—a description, by map or otherwise, of the part of the relevant area proposed to be revoked; and

(c) for an amalgamation—the proposed change in the class, or the boundaries, of a protected area.

(4) In this section—

"relevant area" means the State forest, timber reserve, protected area or forest reserve the subject of the motion.