Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSETS REGULATION 2014

- Made under the Environmental Offsets Act 2014
- As at 1 September 2024
- Reg 145 of 2014

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions

   PART 2 - INTERPRETATION

   4.      Prescribed activities—Act, s 9
   5.      Prescribed environmental matters—Act, s 10
   6.      Environmental offsets policy—Act, s 12
   7.      Legally secured offset areas—Act, s 29

   PART 3 - REQUIREMENTS ABOUT OFFSET CONDITIONS

   8.      Requirements for offset delivery plans—Act, s 18(4)(d)
   9.      Matters administering agency to consider—Act, s 19

   PART 4 - DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSET PROTECTION AREA

   10.     Prescribed land—Act, s 30

   PART 5 - AMENDING OR REVOKING DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSET PROTECTION AREA

   11.     Amending declaration of environmental offset protection area—Act, s 33
   12.     Revoking declaration of environmental offset protection area—Act, s 33

   PART 6 - ADVANCED OFFSETS

   13.     Definition for part
   14.     Identification and registration of advanced offsets—Act, ss 90(1)(b) and 93(2)(b)
   15.     Amendment of registration of advanced offsets

   PART 7 - REVIEW OF DECISIONS AND APPEALS

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   16.     Definitions for pt 7
   16A.    Agreed delivery arrangement not entered into is taken to be reviewable decision

           Division 2 - Internal review

   17.     Internal review process is first step
   18.     Requirements for making application
   19.     Internal review
   20.     Stay of operation of particular reviewable decisions

           Division 3 - External reviews

   21.     Applications for external review

           Division 4 - Appeals to Land Court

   23.     Who may appeal
   24.     How to start appeal
   25.     Appeal period
   26.     Hearing procedures
   27.     Land Court’s powers for appeal
   28.     Decision for appeals

           Division 5 - Appeals to Planning and Environment Court

   29.     Who may appeal
   30.     How to start appeal
   31.     Appeal period
   32.     Stay of operation of decisions
   33.     Hearing procedures
   34.     Powers of Planning and Environment Court on appeal

   PART 8 - MISCELLANEOUS

   35.     Register to be kept by each administering agency—Act, s 90
   36.     Administering agency to apply to for removal of particular duplicate offset condition

   PART 9 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR NATURE CONSERVATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION (KOALA PROTECTION) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2020

   37.     Definitions for part
   38.     Offset conditions imposed on particular authorities
   39.     Particular applications and decisions about advanced offsets
   40.     Dealing with land registered as advanced offsets by local governments
   41.     Removing particular duplicate conditions
   42.     Existing applications for authorities
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3