Queensland Numbered Acts

GASFIELDS COMMISSION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 - SECT 19

19 Amendment of s 7 (Commission’s functions)

(1) Section 7 (g)—
omit.

(2) Section 7 —
insert—

(ia) supporting the provision, to the community and stakeholders, of information prepared by appropriate entities on health and wellbeing matters relating to the onshore gas industry or geographical areas in which the onshore gas industry operates�;

(ib) facilitating appropriate entities to undertake community engagement and participation in initiatives about assessing health and wellbeing concerns relating to onshore gas activities;

(3) Section 7 (ca) to (l)—
renumber as section 7 (d) to (n).

(4) Section 7 (n), as renumbered, ‘(k)’—
omit, insert—
(m)

(5) Section 7 —
insert—

(2) In this section—

"appropriate entities" includes, for example—

(a) a government department, or agency, of Queensland or elsewhere; and

(b) an entity that is performing or has performed an independent academic or scientific study.