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COMMITTEE'S REPORT

The committee tabled it's report to the Parliament on 16 August 2012.

View: Mines Legislation (Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2012

View: Government response

 about The Bill

On 2 August 2012, Hon Andrew Cripps MP, Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, introduced the Mines Legislation (Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2012.

The Bill was referred to the Agriculture, Resources and Environment Committee in accordance with Standing Order 131. The committee will now examine the policies the Bill seeks to give effect to as well as the Bill’s lawfulness and the application of fundamental legislative principles, as set out in s 4 of the Legislative Standards Act 1992.

The Bill amends the Acquisition of Land Act 1967, the Environmental Protection Act 1994, the Geothermal Energy Act 2010, the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009, the Land Act 1994, the Mineral Resources Act 1989, the Petroleum Act 1923, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 and the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for particular purposes, and to make consequential amendments of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003, the City of Brisbane Act 2010, the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999, the Land Court Act 2000, the Local Government Act 2009, the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971, the Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage Act 2003 and the Wild Rivers Act 2005.

According to the Explanatory Notes, the purpose of the Bill is to provide the legislative changes necessary to:

• clarify the legislative framework relating to compulsory acquisition of land as it relates to resources interests (Compulsory Acquisition);
• implement part of the Streamlining Approvals Project (Streamlining);
• confirm and clarify current jurisdictional arrangements in relation to the regulation of hazardous chemicals, major hazard facilities and operating plants (Safety and Health); and
• provide increased regulatory certainty for all parties involved in the State’s emerging Coal Seam Gas (CSG) to Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) industry (CSG/LNG Industry).

View: Mines Legislation (Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2012
View: Explanatory Notes to the Bill

The Mines Legislation (Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2012 is similar to the Resources Legislation (Balance, Certainty and Efficiency) Amendment Bill 2011 which lapsed on the dissolutuion of Parliament in February 2012.  The following documents highlight the differences between the two Bills. 

View:  Comparison between Mines Legislation (Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2012 and the Resources Legislation (Balance, Certainty and Efficiency) Amendment Bill 2011
View:   Comparison between the explanatory notes for the Mines Legislation (Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2012 and the explanatory notes for the Resources Legislation (Balance, Certainty and Efficiency) Amendment Bill 2011

submissions

Written submissions closed on 8 August 2012

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