Regulations administered by DERM
Aboriginal Land Regulation 1991 (PDF)*
This Regulation details:
- who may apply to the land claims registrar for incorporation as an Aboriginal land claim association
- how such an association is to function
- how it is to dissolve itself or be wound up.
It also deals with the functioning and rules of land trusts, and when the powers of the Supreme Court are to be exercised under the Act.
Acquisition of Land Regulation 2003 (PDF)*
This Regulation repeals the Acquisition of Land Regulation 1993, and deals with fees payable under s. 9 of the Act.
Building Units and Group Titles Regulation 1998 (PDF)*
(Except to the extent administered by the Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading).
This Regulation deals with:
- forms and requirements for registering relevant documents
- nomination and election of a body corporate committee
- nominations at subsequent annual general meetings
- miscellaneous matters (e.g. cost of improvements, retention of records).
The Regulation repeals the Building Units and Group Titles Regulation 1998 SL No.189, and includes transitional provision for forms approved under Section 3 of the repealed regulation.
Coastal Protection and Management Regulation 2003 (PDF)*
This Regulation deals with:
- fees related to the new development assessment system. It replaces the six pieces of subordinate legislation under the repealed Harbours Act 1955, Canals Act 1958 and Beach Protection Act 1968
- payment of royalties for the removal of quarry material, and the process for exempting or waiving royalties.
Environmental Protection Regulation 2008 (PDF)*
This Regulation, which replaces the Environmental Protection Regulation 1998:
supports the environmental impact statement process, and identifies environmentally relevant activities (ERAs) prescribed under the Environmental Protection Act 1994
- identifies environmentally relevant activities (ERAs)that can be included in a Regulation
- outlines matters that the administering authority must consider when making environmental management decisions, and those matters relating to environmental management and environmental offences.
- provides the statutory basis for implementing the National Environment Protection Measure for the National Pollutant Inventory
- details administrative arrangements, including the devolution of powers to local government
- details fees for ERAs and provides formulae and processes for calculating them
- details provisions enabling existing ERAs to be transitioned to the different numbering system and nomenclature in the new Regulation.
- amends other Regulations.
For detailed information on changes to the previous Regulation, see New Regulation for environmental protection.
Environmental Protection (Waste Management) Regulation 2000 (PDF)*
This Regulation, and the Environmental Protection (Waste Management) Policy 2000 coordinate and clarify waste management practices in Queensland and improve environmental safeguards.
Provisions in the Regulation relate to:
- offences for unlawful activities at waste facilities
- local government waste management administrative arrangements
- a waste tracking system to collect data on the movement of regulated waste within Queensland, and to and from other states
- requirements for premises generating clinical and related waste
- a framework for managing and ultimately phasing out certain polychlorinated biphenyls
- approval processes for beneficial use of wastes
- design rules for waste equipment.
Foreign Ownership of Land Register Regulation 2003 (PDF)*
This Regulation deals with fees payable under the Act for:
- a computer print-out of the details of interests in land held by a person, which are recorded in the Foreign Ownership of Land Register
- preparation and extraction of statistical data from computerised information recorded in the Register.
Forestry Regulation 1998 (PDF)*
(Jointly administered by the Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, and Minister for Trade, and the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability; except to the extent administered by the Treasurer and the Minister for Employment and Economic Development and the Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Rural and Regional Queensland).
This Regulation deals with activities in recreation areas, State forests and timber reserves, and details the areas that have been designated as:
- timber reserves
- feature protection areas
- scientific areas
- forest drives
- State forest parks.
Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Regulation 2003 (PDF)*
(To the extent that it is relevant to Stock Route Management) (jointly administered with the Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Rural and Regional Queensland)
This Regulation relates to local governments required to prepare stock route management plans, and the prescribed market value of seized stock.
Land Regulation 1995 (PDF)*
This Regulation includes guidelines for trustee permits for reserves and deeds of grant in trust, and model by-laws for trust land. It also specifies how to conduct a ballot to make land available; the categories of leases for rent assessment; and land for which a register of dealings is to be kept.
Land Title Regulation 2005 (PDF)*
This Regulation includes details of land registry offices where documents may be lodged; specifications of land registry forms; and fees payable under the Act. It also repeals the Land Regulation 1994.
Marine Parks Regulation 2006 (PDF)*
This Regulation includes provisions relating to:
- areas in marine parks—types of, and objectives for each zone
- permissions to enter or use a marine park
- commercial activity agreements
- accreditation of external authorities and instruments
- erection of regulatory notices and declaration of a marine park, or part thereof as a restricted access area
- entering or using a zoned marine park
- reviewing and appealing decisions
- fees payable for particular permissions issued under the Marine Parks Act 2004
- transitional provisions to ensure proper implementation of the Regulation.
Marine Parks (Declaration) Regulation 2006 (PDF)*
This Regulation provides interpretative information (e.g. defines terms used such as latitudes and longitudes, H.A.T, high water, relevant mangrove line and bracketed reef numbers).
The legislation:
- declares the Moreton Bay, Great Barrier Reef Coast and Great Sandy marine parks
- revokes the declaration of the Hervey Bay and Woongarra marine parks, and details provisions to facilitate their transition into the Great Sandy Marine Park
- amends the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Regulation 1995 to update a reference to the Marine Parks (Great Sandy) Zoning Plan 2006.
Nature Conservation (Administration) Regulation 2006 (PDF)*
This Regulation deals with administrative matters applying to the Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2006, the Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006 and the conservation plans made under the Act.
The Regulation covers:
- administrative matters relating to the grant, amendment, suspension, cancellation, surrender and replacement of relevant authorities (permits, licences and written permissions)
- carrying out activities under a relevant authority
- review and appeal of particular decisions
- procedures applying after a thing is seized
- required records
- returns of operations
- commercial activity agreements
- fees payable under the Act
- additional general provisions.
Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Regulation 1994 (PDF)*
Schedules in this Regulation list the names, former descriptions, and current descriptions of State land declared as protected areas, that is:
- national parks (scientific)
- national parks
- conservation parks
- resources reserves
- nature refuges.
Note that on 19 December 1994 previous reserves were re-declared and in some cases renamed and reclassified.
Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2006 (PDF)*
This Regulation, which provides for the management and use of Queensland's protected area estate deals with:
- the trustees of particular conservation parks and resources reserves
- permissions for certain uses of protected areas
- restrictions on the grant of particular protected area authorities
- activities authorised under each protected area authority
- offences in protected areas
- taking, using, keeping or interfering with the cultural or natural resources of a protected area
- seizure of particular things in protected areas.
Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006 (PDF)*
This Regulation lists the plants and animals considered presumed extinct, endangered, vulnerable, rare, common, international, and prohibited. It discusses their significance and states the declared management intent and the principles to be observed in any taking and use for each group.
Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006 (PDF)*
This Regulation provides for the management of wildlife( including taking, keeping and using wildlife including protected plants).
The legislation covers:
- restrictions on granting particular wildlife authorities
- activities authorised under each wildlife authority
- authorisation of particular taking, keeping, using and moving of wildlife;
- prohibited activities relating to wildlife
- seizure of particular things for the protection of native wildlife
- supply or approval of tags for attaching to wildlife
- export agreements for the movement of any live protected native mammal to another country
- conservation value payable for particular wildlife.
- Place Names Regulation 2005 (PDF)*
This Regulation repeals the Place Names Regulation 1995. It also specifies that marine parks under the Marine Parks Act 2004 and protected areas under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 do not fall under the definition of a ‘place’.
Queensland Heritage Regulation 2003 (PDF)*
This Regulation sets out the details of forms approved by the minister, and lists fees in Schedule 3. It also specifies the details that must accompany an application:
- to enter a place in the heritage register
- for a certificate of immunity from registration
- for an exemption certificate.
Recreation Areas Management Regulation 2007 (PDF)*
This Regulation deals with matters relating to use of recreation areas including:
- permits and permit fees
- access and personal safety
- fires and litter
- behaviour and nuisance.
River Improvement Trust Regulation 1998 (PDF)*
This Regulation deals with:
- the continued existence of certain river improvement areas and trusts
- transfer of the assets and liabilities of the Douglas Shire River Improvement Trust to the Cairns River Improvement Trust
- changes to the Boonah Shire River Improvement Area and Boonah Shire River Improvement Trust
- the area that comprises the Burdekin Shire Rivers Improvement Area
- administrative matters about trusts
- improvement notices and annual budgets.
Soil Conservation Regulation 1998 (PDF)*
This Regulation states that existing approved project plans continue in force, and lists these plans in the Schedule. It also deals with requirements for inspection of these plans.
Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Regulation 2004 (PDF)*
This Regulation deals with the principles to be applied in carrying out surveys, with provisions relating to:
- all surveys
- cadastral surveys (e.g. boundary locations)
- geodetic reference framework
- standard and survey guideline matters.
Surveyors Regulation 2004 (PDF)*
This Regulation includes provisions for:
- insurance cover for registration endorsement of individuals as consulting surveyor; insurance cover for corporations
- criteria for registration as an emeritus surveyor
- requirements for an application for competency assessment
- title a surveyor can use to show he/she is registered for conducting cadastral surveys
- fees payable under the Act.
Torres Strait Islander Land Regulation 1991 (PDF)*
This Regulation deals with processes for land claims by Torres Strait Islander peoples, and who may apply to the land claims registrar for incorporation as a land claim association.
The legislation details:
- the form and content of this application
- what the rules of the proposed association must cover, and how to amend them
- the effects of incorporation
- procedures for dissolving or winding up an association
- the formation of land trusts, their nature, function and rules
- powers of the Supreme Court in relation to grantees
- prescribed percentages for mining royalties.
Valuation of Land Regulation 2003 (PDF)*
This Regulation repeals the Valuation of Land Regulation 1993.
It deals with fees payable under the Act (e.g. for making a valuation, for a copy of the valuation roll, and other fees as detailed in the Schedule); and with extension of the periods for making valuations in specific local government areas.
Valuers Registration Regulation 2003 (PDF)*
This regulation deals with the code of professional conduct for valuers, and details provisions for their duty to their clients, professional responsibility, professional fees and other miscellaneous matters.
Vegetation Management Regulation 2000 (PDF)*
This Regulation specifies:
- the status of regional ecosystems listed in Schedules 1–5
- what is prescribed in a property vegetation management plan, and in an application for a property map of assessable vegetation
- regions of the State where ballots are mandated
- fees payable under the Act.
Water Regulation 2002 (PDF)*
This Regulation includes provisions for:
- the allocation and sustainable management of water (planning, implementing water resource plans, granting unallocated water, interim allocation and management, water licences)
- water authorities
- investigations, enforcement and offences (e.g. destroying vegetation, excavating or placing fill in a watercourse, lake or spring); decommissioning a bore
- water metering (e.g. installing meters; preparing the site; assessment notices; metering entitlements)
- ensuring the security of water supplies in an emergency
- transitional provisions for:
- water bore drillers in specific situations
- allocation and sustainable management (declared subartesian areas)
- assessing the impact of dam failure
- former water areas
- granting particular interim water allocations—applications, decision-making process, amendments
- water charges.
Water and Other Legislation Amendment (Postponement) Regulation 2008 (PDF)*
This Regulation deals with the postponed commencement of uncommenced provisions
Wild Rivers Regulation 2007 (PDF)*
This Regulation deals with the fee for an application for approval of a proposed plan.
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Last updated: 14 October 2009