Queensland Consolidated Acts

NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY ACT 2011 - SECT 2

2 Object of Act

The object of this Act is to manage the duration of mining interests over land in the North Stradbroke Island Region, and end mining in the region by the end of 2019—

(a) to protect and restore environmental values of the region; and

(b) to facilitate, under other Acts, the staged creation of areas to be jointly managed by the State and the traditional owners of the region; and

(c) to assist the transition of the economy of the region from reliance on the mining industry to other industries.