Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act 2024
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sec.76 Functions
The functions of a hub design body are— to identify parts of Queensland regions that are suitable to be a regional energy hub and make recommendations to the Minister for the parts to be declared to be a regional energy hub; and to assess parts of Queensland regions identified in the system outlook as possibly suitable to be a regional energy hub, and decide whether to make recommendations to the Minister for the parts to be declared to be a regional energy hub; and to develop a management plan in accordance with division 3 for each part of a Queensland region the hub design body recommends to the Minister to be declared to be a regional energy hub; and to perform any other function for this part prescribed by regulation. A hub design body may delegate any of its functions to an appropriately qualified officer or employee of the hub design body. A hub design body must perform the functions of the hub design body in a way that is consistent with achieving the purposes of this Act mentioned in section 3 (a) and (b) . s 76 amd 2025 No. 30 s 53 (sec.76-ssec.1) The functions of a hub design body are— to identify parts of Queensland regions that are suitable to be a regional energy hub and make recommendations to the Minister for the parts to be declared to be a regional energy hub; and to assess parts of Queensland regions identified in the system outlook as possibly suitable to be a regional energy hub, and decide whether to make recommendations to the Minister for the parts to be declared to be a regional energy hub; and to develop a management plan in accordance with division 3 for each part of a Queensland region the hub design body recommends to the Minister to be declared to be a regional energy hub; and to perform any other function for this part prescribed by regulation. (sec.76-ssec.2) A hub design body may delegate any of its functions to an appropriately qualified officer or employee of the hub design body. (sec.76-ssec.3) A hub design body must perform the functions of the hub design body in a way that is consistent with achieving the purposes of this Act mentioned in section 3 (a) and (b) .
- (a) to identify parts of Queensland regions that are suitable to be a regional energy hub and make recommendations to the Minister for the parts to be declared to be a regional energy hub; and
- (b) to assess parts of Queensland regions identified in the system outlook as possibly suitable to be a regional energy hub, and decide whether to make recommendations to the Minister for the parts to be declared to be a regional energy hub; and
- (c) to develop a management plan in accordance with division 3 for each part of a Queensland region the hub design body recommends to the Minister to be declared to be a regional energy hub; and
- (d) to perform any other function for this part prescribed by regulation.