Queensland Consolidated Acts

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT 2012 - SECT 202

202 Existing UDA development approvals

(1) A UDA development approval in effect under the repealed ULDA Act immediately before the commencement is, from the commencement, taken to be a PDA development approval of the same kind under this Act.

(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, in this Act—

(a) a reference to a PDA development approval includes a reference to a UDA development approval that is taken to be a PDA development approval under subsection (1); and

(b) a reference to a PDA preliminary approval includes a reference to a UDA preliminary approval that is taken to be a PDA preliminary approval under subsection (1); and

(c) a reference to a PDA development permit includes a reference to a UDA development permit that is taken to be a PDA development permit under subsection (1); and

(d) a reference to a PDA development condition includes a reference to a condition imposed by the former ULDA on a UDA development approval that is taken to be a PDA development approval under subsection (1).

(3) Subject to section 102(5) and any extension granted under section 102, the development approval’s currency period for section 100 is the currency period applying, under the repealed ULDA Act , to the UDA development approval immediately before the commencement.

(4) The development approval applies with necessary and convenient changes to facilitate the application of this Act to the approval.

(5) Without limiting subsection (4)—

(a) a reference in the development approval to the former ULDA it taken to be a reference to MEDQ; and

(b) a reference in the development approval to urban development area is taken to be a reference to a transitioned UDA; and

(c) a reference in the development approval to any of the following terms is taken to be a reference to the corresponding term under this Act for priority development areas—

(i) UDA assessable development;

(ii) UDA self-assessable development;

(iii) UDA exempt development;

(iv) UDA preliminary approval;

(v) UDA development permit;

(vi) UDA development condition.