Queensland Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2005 No. 54 - SECT 30

Chapter 13--

insert--

'(1) A local government may, subject to subsections (3) and (4), establish a special entertainment precinct in its area.

'(2) The effect of establishing a special entertainment precinct is that--

(a) noise from amplified music played at relevant licensed premises in the precinct's core area is regulated by the local law mentioned in subsection (3)(b) instead of the Liquor Act 1992;14 and

(b) requirements imposed under a planning scheme or development approval made or given under the Integrated Planning Act 1997 about noise attenuation apply in relation to particular kinds of development in the precinct.

'(3) To establish a special entertainment precinct, the local government must--

(a) amend its planning scheme to identify the special entertainment precinct and the part of the precinct (the precinct's core area) in which the local law mentioned in paragraph (b) applies; and

(b) make a local law--

(i) regulating noise from amplified music from all or any relevant licensed premises or other premises in the precinct's core area; and

(ii) providing for the issue of licences, permits or other authorities for all or any relevant licensed premises or other premises in the precinct's core area.

'(4) A special entertainment precinct must not include a major sports facility under the Major Sports Facilities Act 2001.

'(5) A local law made under subsection (3)(b) does not apply to an activity for a motor racing event under the Gold Coast Motor Racing Events Act 1990 carried on by or with the permission of the person who, under that Act, is the promoter for the year in which the event is held.15

'(6) In this section--

relevant licensed premises means licensed premises under the Liquor Act 1992--

(a) that are in the precinct's core area; and

(b) from which amplified music emanates.'.