Queensland Numbered Acts

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 No. 31 - SECT 532

After section 144--

insert--

'(1) This Act does not apply to the use by a person of a preservative treatment if--

(a) an existing approval for the treatment is in force; and

(b) the person uses the treatment under an existing authorisation that is in force.

Note--

Particular existing approvals and authorisations continue in force for a limited period under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route) Management Act 2002, chapter 11, part 3 (Savings and transitional provisions for repeal of Act No. 30 of 1987).

'(2) In this section--

existing approval means an approval of a preservative treatment for timber under section 15 of the repealed Act, whether the approval was made on the TUMA chief executive's own volition or because of an application under section 16 of that Act.

existing authorisation means an authorisation under section 22(1)(a)(i) of the repealed Act to use a preservative treatment for which there is an existing approval.

preservative treatment means treatment by a chemical substance to--

(a) protect timber from attack by wood-destroying animals, bacteria or fungi; or

(b) increase timber's--

(i) resistance to fire, moisture change, decomposition or degradation; or

(ii) dimensional stability.

repealed Act means the repealed Timber Utilisation and Marketing Act 1987.

Note--

The repealed Act was repealed under the Geothermal Energy Act 2010, section 387.

timber means the wood of any tree, shrub, palm, grass or vine, including, for example, hardboard, chipboard, particle board, fibre board, insulation board and similar materials and plywood.

TUMA chief executive means the chief executive of the department in which the repealed Act was administered.'.