1995 Act No. 40 1996 Act No. 37 1998 Act No. 13 1999 Act No. 19 2001 Act No. 45 2003 Act No. 96 2005 Act No. 53 2006 Act No. 11 2007 Act No. 56 2009 Act No. 25 2009 Act No. 36 2012 Act No. 25 2014 Act No. 59 RA s 44A 2016 Act No. 27 2022 Act No. 212022 Act No. 342023 Act No. 62022 Act No. 212023 Act No. 6 Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 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 ss 1–2, 223 sch 3 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 November 1994 (see s 2 (2)) Environmental Legislation Amendment Act 1995 pts 1, 7 commenced on date of assent Environmental Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995 pts 1, 4 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 2 February 1996 (1996 SL No. 16) Public Service Act 1996 ss 1–2, 147 sch 2 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 ss 1, 2(3), 191 sch ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 30 March 1998 (1998 SL No. 55) Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 ss 1–3 sch commenced on date of assent Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001 ss 1–2, 29 sch 3 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 pt 1, s 28 sch 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 s 1, pt 12, s 159 sch 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 s 1, pt 14 commenced on date of assent Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 s 1, pt 6 commenced on date of assent Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Misconduct, Breaches of Discipline and Public Sector Ethics) Amendment Act 2009 pt 1, s 83 sch ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 2 November 2009 (2009 SL No. 241) Sustainable Planning Act 2009 ss 1–2, 872 sch 2 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 18 December 2009 (2009 SL No. 281) Fiscal Repair Amendment Act 2012 ss 1, 2(6)(b), 195 sch 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 s 1, pt 8 commenced on date of assent Planning (Consequential) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 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 2022pt 10 divs 1–2 comm on date of assentpt 10 div 3, sch 1 pt 2 comm 13 October 2023 (2023 SL No. 141) Public Sector Act 2022s 365 sch 3 comm 1 March 2023 (see s 2)Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023pt 5 (other than ss 140–141) comm on date of assentss 140–141 comm 13 October 2023 (2023 SL No. 140) 1History notesPreamble amd 2022 No. 21 s 51s 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 3s 9A ins 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch 3s 10 amd 2023 No. 6 s 137; 2022 No. 21 s 52s 14 amd 2006 No. 11 s 112; 2022 No. 21 s 53s 16 amd 2022 No. 21 s 54s 17 amd 2023 No. 6 s 138s 19 om 2006 No. 11 s 113s 20 amd 2022 No. 21 s 55s 21 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2s 22 amd 2022 No. 21 s 56s 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 57s 24 amd 2022 No. 21 s 58s 29 amd 2006 No. 11 s 114s 33 sub 1996 No. 37 s 147 sch 2; 2009 No. 25 s 83 schamd 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3s 34 amd 2014 No. 59 s 173; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3s 35 amd 1995 No. 52 s 18s 41 amd 1995 No. 40 s 27; 2012 No. 25 s 195 sch; 2023 No. 6 s 139s 46 amd 2022 No. 21 s 59s 47 amd 1995 No. 40 s 28; 2022 No. 21 s 60s 48 om 1995 No. 40 s 29s 51 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2; 2023 No. 6 s 140s 52 amd 1995 No. 40 s 30; 2022 No. 21 s 50s 53 amd 2005 No. 53 s 156s 56 amd 2023 No. 6 s 141s 58 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2s 61 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2s 63 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2s 64 amd 2022 No. 21 s 61s 65 amd 2022 No. 21 s 64 sch 1 pt 2s 82 amd 2003 No. 96 s 28 schs 85 amd 2007 No. 56 s 48pt 9 hdg ins 2023 No. 6 s 142s 86 ins 2023 No. 6 s 142s 87 prev s 87 om 20 December 1995 RA s 38pres s 87 ins 2023 No. 6 s 142s 88 amd 1994 No. 62 s 223 sch 3 (retro)om 20 December 1995 RA s 38s 89 om 20 December 1995 RA s 38s 90 om 20 December 1995 RA s 38s 91 om 20 December 1995 RA s 38pt 10 hdg om 20 December 1995 RA s 38sch 1 sub 2005 No. 53 s 157amd 2005 No. 53 s 159 sch (amdt could not be given effect)om 2022 No. 21 s 62sch 2 om 2023 No. 6 s 143sch 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 schreloc 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 schreloc 2005 No. 53 s 155(4)amd 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2sub 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 49amd 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 144sch 3 Note—definitions for this Act were originally located in prev s 4pres sch 3 ins 2005 No. 53 s 158 Bill (Introduction) Explanatory Note Act 1993, No. 50