Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) Section 310O(3)(b) and (c)—
renumber as section 310O(3)(c) and (d).
(2) Section 310O(3)—
insert—
'(b) if the administering authority is satisfied that all cost-effective on-site mitigation measures for a relevant chapter 5A activity have been, or will be, undertaken—require or otherwise relate to an environmental offset (an environmental offset condition); or'.
(3) Section 310O—
insert—
'(6) An environmental offset condition may require works or activities to be undertaken on land on which a relevant chapter 5A activity is carried out or on other land in the State.
'(7) An environmental offset condition may require a monetary payment to an environmental offset trust.
'(8) If the applicant has entered into an agreement about an environmental offset for this section, an environmental offset condition may require the environmental authority holder to comply with the agreement.
'(9) The environmental authority holder may enter into an agreement with the administering authority or another entity to establish the obligations, or secure the performance, of a party to the agreement about a condition.
'(10) In this section—
environmental offset means works or activities undertaken to counterbalance the impacts of a relevant chapter 5A activity on the natural environment.
on-site mitigation measure, for a relevant chapter 5A activity, means a measure, undertaken on land to which the activity relates, to avoid or minimise negative impacts of the activity on the natural environment.'.