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committee's report 

The committee tabled its report on 14 July 2017 

View:  Report No. 46, 55th Parliament - Gasfields Commission and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
View:  Government Response tabled on 7 September 2017.
View:  The Hon. Anthony Lynham speech introducing the Bill into the Queensland Parliament
View:  Gasfields Commission and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
View:  Gasfields Commission and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - Explanatory notes

Referral

On 10 May 2017, the Hon. Anthony Lynham MP, Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, introduced the Gasfields Commission and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017.

In accordance with Standing Order 131 of the Standing Rules and Orders of the Legislative Assembly, the Bill was referred to the Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources Committee (the committee) for detailed consideration.

The Bill

The purpose of the Bill is to:

• Amend the Gasfields Commission Act 2013 to provide clearer separation between the strategic and operational functions of the commission. The Bill seeks to modify membership requirements and clarify the responsibilities of the chief executive officer. The Bill implements specific recommendations made by the independent reviewer in relation to the Gasfields Commission Act 2013.
• Amend the Biodiscovery Act 2004 to allow a party to a benefit sharing agreement with the State to enter into subsequent use agreement with other biodiscovery entities. A party to a subsequent use agreement may enter into further subsequent use agreements with downstream entities, allowing the formation of biodiscovery commercial chains.
• Amend the Sustainable Ports Development Act 2015 to ensure that port overlay provisions which implement a priority port master plan are applied consistently to development assessed against a local government planning scheme under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 or a land use plan under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 in priority port master planned areas, providing that development is not regulated by the development scheme for a state development area or a priority development area.

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