Committee Details

Committee's Report

The Transport, Housing and Local Government Committee tabled Report No. 55 - Queensland Heritage and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 on Wednesday, 22 October 2014.  The Bill was PASSED with Amendment by the Queensland parliament on 29 October 2014.

View:       Report
View:       Government Response
View:       Bill
View:       Explanatory Notes
View:       Explanatory Speech

Referral

On Tuesday, 9 September 2014 the Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection, the Hon. Andrew Powell MP, introduced the Queensland Heritage and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 into the Queensland Parliament. In accordance with Standing Order 131 of the Standing Rules and Orders of the Legislative Assembly, the Bill was referred to the Transport, Housing and Local Government Committee for detailed consideration.

The Bill

The Explanatory Notes provide that the primary policy objectives of this Bill are to amend the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 to:

• Collaborate with the community in promoting the value of Queensland’s places of cultural heritage significance;
• Streamline the statutory processes whereby places are considered for entry in, or removal from, the Queensland heritage register;
• Reduce unnecessary regulatory burden, particularly on owners of heritage places, and further encourage appropriate development of these places;
• Strengthen protections for the state’s most important historic heritage places to ensure they can be appreciated by present and future generations of Queenslanders;
• Provide greater flexibility to local government in carrying out its important role of identifying and protecting places of local heritage significance.

timeline

Submissions closed:                    24 September 2014
Public Briefing and Hearing:     1 October 2014 - Transcript  
Report tabled on:                        22 October 2014