Sustainable Ports Development Act 2015

An assessment manager must refuse a development application to the extent the application is for development for, or relating to, a port facility, if the development is—

within the State marine park; or

within a restricted area that is outside a port’s existing port limits.

However, subsection (1) does not apply to the following development—

the carrying out of dredging;

the disposing, or depositing, of material generated from dredging activities.

Also, subsection (1) does not apply to development for, or relating to, a port facility for the Port of Gladstone if the development is carried out on an island—

that, on 12 October 2015, was included in the special industry zone under the planning scheme made under the Planning Act for the Gladstone local government area; or

that is completely or partly within the port’s strategic port land, or a State development area, and the strategic port land or State development area is within, or adjacent to, the existing port limits of the Port of Gladstone.

This section applies despite the following—

the Economic Development Act;

the Planning Act;

the State Development Act;

the Transport Infrastructure Act, section 291.

In this section—

for a PDA development application under the Economic Development Act—MEDQ; and

for an SDA application under the State Development Act—the Coordinator-General; and

for a change application—the responsible entity for the application.

a PDA development application under the Economic Development Act; and

an SDA application under the State Development Act; and

a change application, other than a minor change application.