Planning and Other Legislation (Make Developers Pay) Amendment Bill 2023*


Queensland Crest

An Act to amend the Planning Act 2016 and the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 for particular purposes

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Planning and Other Legislation (Make Developers Pay) Amendment Act 2023.

Part 2 Amendment of Planning Act 2016

2Act amended

This part amends the Planning Act 2016.

3Amendment of s 112 (Regulation prescribing charges)

(1)Section 112(1), from ‘charge—’—
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charge under the SEQ Water Act in relation to providing truck infrastructure.

(2)Section 112(2) and (4)—
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4Amendment of s 114 (Contents—general)

(1)Section 114(1), from ‘charge is—’—
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charge is prescribed by regulation for the development.

(2)Section 114(5)—
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(5)However, an automatic increase must not be more than the increase worked out using the PPI, adjusted according to the 3-yearly average, for the period—
(a)starting on the day the levied charge is levied; and
(b)ending on the day the charge is paid.

5Amendment of s 115 (Provisions for participating local governments and distributor-retailers)

Section 115(5)—
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(5)However, if the local government is a party to a breakup agreement, the adopted charges must not be more than the proportion of the adopted charges the local government may have under the breakup agreement.

6Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary)

(1)Schedule 2, definition maximum adopted charge
omit.
(2)Schedule 2, definition charges breakup, ‘maximum’—
omit.

7Act amended

This part amends the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009.

8Amendment of s 99BRCG (Matters for board decision)

Section 99BRCG(1)(b)—
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(b)the charge is no more than—
(i)if the distributor-retailer is a party to a breakup agreement—the proportion of the adopted charges for trunk infrastructure the distributor-retailer may have under the breakup agreement; or
(ii)if the distributor-retailer is not a party to a breakup agreement—the maximum adopted charge for trunk infrastructure the distributor-retailer may have under a regulation under the Planning Act.