Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 42AEA

42AEA Particular powers about permitted uses for existing service facilities in national park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land)

(1) The chief executive and the indigenous landholder for land in a national park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land) may grant, make, issue or give a lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority over, or in relation to, the land if—

(a) the use under the authority is only for an existing service facility; and

(b) the chief executive and the indigenous landholder are satisfied—

(i) the use is ecologically sustainable; and

(ii) the use does not include carrying out substantial improvements to the existing service facility.

Examples of a substantial improvement to an existing service facility—

• an upgrade of a road that provides access to a communications tower

• the replacement of a pipeline with a larger pipeline

(2) Subsection (1) applies despite sections 15 and 42AD (2) , and does not limit section 42AE .

(3) As soon as practicable after a lease is granted under subsection (1) , the chief executive must lodge the lease with the registrar of titles for registration.