Minister: Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for Multicultural Affairs
Agency: Department of Environment and Science


Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 No. 50

Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 No. 50

date of assent 30 September 1993

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

ss 56–57 commenced 1 September 1998 (1998 SL No. 160)

remaining provisions commenced 1 November 1993 (1993 SL No. 396)

Environmental Protection Act 1994 No. 62 ss 1–2, 223 sch 3

date of assent 01 December 1994

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 November 1994 (see s 2 (2))

Environmental Legislation Amendment Act 1995 No. 40 pts 1, 7

date of assent 27 October 1995

commenced on date of assent

Environmental Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995 No. 52 pts 1, 4

date of assent 22 November 1995

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 2 February 1996 (1996 SL No. 16)

Public Service Act 1996 No. 37 ss 1–2, 147 sch 2

date of assent 22 October 1996

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 December 1996 (1996 SL No. 361)

Building and Integrated Planning Amendment Act 1998 No. 13 ss 1, 2(3), 191 sch

date of assent 23 March 1998

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 30 March 1998 (1998 SL No. 55)

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No. 19 ss 1–3 sch

date of assent 30 April 1999

commenced on date of assent

Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001 No. 45 ss 1–2, 29 sch 3

date of assent 28 June 2001

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

sch 3 commenced 15 July 2001 (see s 2 (2) of Act 2001 No. 45 (Qld) and Corporations Act 2001 No. 50 (Cwlth) and proc pubd Cwlth of Australia gaz 13 July 2001, No. S285)

remaining provision commenced immediately before 15 July 2001 (see s 2 (1) of Act 2001 No. 45 (Qld) and Corporations Act 2001 No. 50 (Cwlth) and proc pubd Cwlth of Australia gaz 13 July 2001, No. S285)

Environmental Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No. 96 pt 1, s 28 sch

date of assent 03 December 2003

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

s 28 commenced 19 December 2003 (2003 SL No. 363)

remaining provision commenced 3 October 2004 (2004 SL No. 206)

Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 No. 53 s 1, pt 12, s 159 sch

date of assent 18 November 2005

s 159 sch amdt 1 commenced date of assent (amdt could not be given effect)

remaining provisions commenced date of assent

Integrated Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2006 No. 11 s 1, pt 14

date of assent 30 March 2006

commenced on date of assent

Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 56 s 1, pt 6

date of assent 09 November 2007

commenced on date of assent

Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Misconduct, Breaches of Discipline and Public Sector Ethics) Amendment Act 2009 No. 25 pt 1, s 83 sch

date of assent 11 August 2009

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 2 November 2009 (2009 SL No. 241)

Sustainable Planning Act 2009 No. 36 ss 1–2, 872 sch 2

date of assent 22 September 2009

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 18 December 2009 (2009 SL No. 281)

Fiscal Repair Amendment Act 2012 No. 25 ss 1, 2(6)(b), 195 sch

date of assent 21 September 2012

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 12 November 2012 (2012 SL No. 192)

Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 59 s 1, pt 8

date of assent 07 November 2014

commenced on date of assent

Planning (Consequential) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No. 27

date of assent 25 May 2016

ss 1–2 comm on date of assent

pts 2–69 comm 3 July 2017 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA(2))

Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 21

date of assent 21 October 2022

pt 10 divs 1–2 comm on date of assent

pt 10 div 3, sch 1 pt 2 comm 13 October 2023 (2023 SL No. 141)

Public Sector Act 2022 No. 34

date of assent 12 December 2022

s 365 sch 3 comm 1 March 2023 (see s 2)

Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 6

date of assent 05 April 2023

pt 5 (other than ss 140–141) comm on date of assent

ss 140–141 comm 13 October 2023 (2023 SL No. 140)

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Preamble amd 2022 No. 21 s 51

s 4 Note—prev s 4 contained definitions for this Act. Definitions are now located in schedule 3 (Dictionary).

pres s 4 amd 2005 No. 53 s 155 (1)

s 9 amd 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch 3

s 9A ins 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch 3

s 10 amd 2023 No. 6 s 137; 2022 No. 21 s 52

s 14 amd 2006 No. 11 s 112; 2022 No. 21 s 53

s 16 amd 2022 No. 21 s 54

s 17 amd 2023 No. 6 s 138

s 19 om 2006 No. 11 s 113

s 20 amd 2022 No. 21 s 55

s 21 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2

s 22 amd 2022 No. 21 s 56

s 23 amd 1996 No. 37 s 147 sch 2; 2009 No. 25 s 83 sch; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3; 2022 No. 21 s 57

s 24 amd 2022 No. 21 s 58

s 29 amd 2006 No. 11 s 114

s 33 sub 1996 No. 37 s 147 sch 2; 2009 No. 25 s 83 sch

amd 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3

s 34 amd 2014 No. 59 s 173; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3

s 35 amd 1995 No. 52 s 18

s 41 amd 1995 No. 40 s 27; 2012 No. 25 s 195 sch; 2023 No. 6 s 139

s 46 amd 2022 No. 21 s 59

s 47 amd 1995 No. 40 s 28; 2022 No. 21 s 60

s 48 om 1995 No. 40 s 29

s 51 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2; 2023 No. 6 s 140

s 52 amd 1995 No. 40 s 30; 2022 No. 21 s 50

s 53 amd 2005 No. 53 s 156

s 56 amd 2023 No. 6 s 141

s 58 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2

s 61 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2

s 63 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2

s 64 amd 2022 No. 21 s 61

s 65 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2

s 82 amd 2003 No. 96 s 28 sch

s 85 amd 2007 No. 56 s 48

pt 9 hdg ins 2023 No. 6 s 142

s 86 ins 2023 No. 6 s 142

s 87 prev s 87 om 20 December 1995 RA s 38

pres s 87 ins 2023 No. 6 s 142

s 88 amd 1994 No. 62 s 223 sch 3 (retro)

om 20 December 1995 RA s 38

s 89 om 20 December 1995 RA s 38

s 90 om 20 December 1995 RA s 38

s 91 om 20 December 1995 RA s 38

pt 10 hdg om 20 December 1995 RA s 38

sch 1 sub 2005 No. 53 s 157

amd 2005 No. 53 s 159 sch (amdt could not be given effect)

om 2022 No. 21 s 62

sch 2 om 2023 No. 6 s 143

sch 3 def advisory committee reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def agreement amd 2005 No. 53 s 155(2)

reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

om 2022 No. 21 s 63(1)

sch 3 def animal reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def authorised officer reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def authority reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def biological diversity reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def board reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def boat reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def chairperson reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def Commonwealth Minister ins 2022 No. 21 s 63(2)

sch 3 def cooperative management agreement ins 2023 No. 6 s 144(2)

sch 3 def destroying reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def executive director reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def forest product reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def forestry operation reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def habitat reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def hovercraft reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def interest reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def intergovernmental agreement ins 2022 No. 21 s 63(2)

sch 3 def land-holder amd 1999 No. 19 s 3 sch

reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def management plan reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def mining interest reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def Ministerial Council reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

om 2022 No. 21 s 63(1)

sch 3 def National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def native plant reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def native wildlife amd 2005 No. 53 s 155(3)

reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def natural heritage reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def planning scheme amd 1998 No. 13 s 191 sch

reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

amd 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2

sub 2016 No. 27 s 697(1)

sch 3 def plant amd 2005 No. 53 s 155(3)

reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def premises reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def private land reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def rare wildlife amd 2005 No. 53 s 155(3)

reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def reconfiguring a lot ins 2007 No. 56 s 49

amd 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2; 2016 No. 27 s 697(2)

sch 3 def registrar reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def State Minister ins 2022 No. 21 s 63(2)

sch 3 def threatened wildlife amd 2005 No. 53 s 155(3)

reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def wet tropics area reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sch 3 def World Heritage Convention reloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)

sub 2023 No. 6 s 144

sch 3 Note—definitions for this Act were originally located in prev s 4

pres sch 3 ins 2005 No. 53 s 158

Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993

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