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Planning (Social Impact and Community Benefit) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Queensland
Planning (Social Impact and
Community Benefit) and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill
2025
Queensland
Planning (Social Impact and Community
Benefit) and Other Legislation
Amendment Bill 2025
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Chapter 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2 Social impact and community benefit amendments
Part 1 Amendment of City of Brisbane Act 2010
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 Amendment of s 99 (Cost-recovery fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5 Amendment of s 100 (Register of cost-recovery fees) . . . . . . . . 11
Part 2 Amendment of Local Government Act 2009
6 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7 Amendment of s 97 (Cost-recovery fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8 Amendment of s 98 (Register of cost-recovery fees) . . . . . . . . . 12
Part 3 Amendment of Planning Act 2016
9 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
10 Amendment of s 51 (Making development applications) . . . . . . . 13
11 Insertion of new s 52A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
52A Changes relating to development requiring social impact
assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
12 Amendment of s 63 (Notice of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
13 Amendment of s 64 (Deemed approval of applications) . . . . . . . 16
14 Amendment of s 65 (Permitted development conditions) . . . . . . 16
15 Insertion of new s 65AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
65AA Other permitted development conditions—development
requiring social impact assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
16 Amendment of s 66 (Prohibited development conditions) . . . . . . 18
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17 Amendment of s 75 (Making change representations) . . . . . . . . 18
18 Amendment of s 78A (Responsible entity for change applications) 19
19 Amendment of s 79 (Requirements for change applications) . . . 20
20 Amendment of s 99 (Directions to referral agency) . . . . . . . . . . . 21
21 Insertion of new ch 3, pt 6B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Part 6B Development requiring social impact assessment
Division 1 Preliminary
106R Definition for part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
106S References to impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Division 2 Regulation about development requiring social impact
assessment
106T Making regulation about development requiring social impact
assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
106U Regulation about pre-existing applications . . . . . . . . 23
Division 3 Social impact assessment reports
106V Meaning of social impact assessment report . . . . . . 25
106W Requirements for social impact assessment reports . 25
106X Changes to social impact assessment reports . . . . . 25
Division 4 Community benefit agreements
106Y Meaning of community benefit agreement . . . . . . . . 26
106Z Entering into community benefit agreements . . . . . . 27
106ZA Amending community benefit agreements . . . . . . . . 28
106ZB Referral to mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
106ZC Mediation process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
106ZD When community benefit agreements apply instead of
particular instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Division 5 Notices and directions by chief executive
106ZE Notices given by chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
106ZF Directions given by chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
106ZG Nominating enforcement authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
106ZH Reports about directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Division 6 Deciding particular applications and appeal rights
106ZI Deciding particular applications relating to development
requiring social impact assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
106ZJ Limitations on appeal rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Division 7 Miscellaneous
106ZK Development applications and change applications
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106ZL Use of particular amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
106ZM Fees for particular matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
22 Amendment of s 156 (Exercise of discretion unaffected by infrastructure
agreement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
23 Amendment of s 157 (Infrastructure agreement applies instead of
approval and charges notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
24 Insertion of new s 160A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
160A Who is an enforcement authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
25 Amendment of s 182 (Appointment and qualifications) . . . . . . . . 43
26 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Part 4 Amendment of Planning and Environment Court Act 2016
27 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
28 Amendment of s 11 (General declaratory jurisdiction) . . . . . . . . 45
29 Amendment of s 12, hdg (Declaratory jurisdiction for particular matters
under Planning Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
30 Insertion of new s 12A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
12A Declaratory jurisdiction for other particular matters under
Planning Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
31 Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 3 Economic development amendments
32 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
33 Amendment of s 32Q (Appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
34 Omission of s 32V (Removal by Governor in Council) . . . . . . . . 48
35 Amendment of s 32W (Vacancy in office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
36 Amendment of s 32ZD (Acting CEO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
37 Amendment of s 32ZK (Appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
38 Omission of s 32ZP (Removal by Governor in Council) . . . . . . . 49
39 Amendment of s 32ZQ (Vacancy in office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
40 Amendment of s 32ZW (Acting executive officer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
41 Amendment of s 134 (Terms and conditions of appointment and vacancy
in office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
42 Insertion of new s 139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
139 Attendance by proxy—particular board members . . . 51
43 Amendment of s 160 (Report about person’s criminal history for
particular appointments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 4 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games amendments
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44 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Part 2 Amendments commencing on assent
45 Amendment of s 3 (Main purposes of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
46 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
47 Replacement of s 5A (Venues and villages) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5A Authority venues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5B Other venues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5C Villages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5D Delivery of venues and villages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
48 Amendment of s 10 (Requirements for performance of functions) 54
49 Insertion of new s 36A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
36A Attendance at meetings by Minister’s nominee . . . . . 54
50 Amendment of s 46 (Requirement for meetings of particular committees)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
51 Amendment of s 53AB (Legal status) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
52 Insertion of new s 53ABA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
53ABA Authority represents the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
53 Amendment of s 53AD (Functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
54 Omission of s 53ADA (100-day review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
55 Replacement of s 53AE (Requirements for performance of functions)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
53AE Requirements for performance of functions . . . . . . . 56
56 Replacement of ch 3, pt 3 (Games governance and planning documents)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Part 3 Provision of information and assistance to chief
executive
53AI Authority to give chief executive information and assistance
relating to delivery of venues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
57 Omission of ch 3, pt 4 (Provisions facilitating development for venues
and villages) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
58 Amendment of s 53BF (Composition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
59 Replacement of s 53BJ (Conditions of appointment) . . . . . . . . . 59
53BJ Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
60 Amendment of s 53BL (Vacancy in office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
61 Insertion of new ch 3, pt 5, div 4, sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Subdivision 3 Other provisions
53CAA No duty to disclose particular information acquired in
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53CAB Councillors’ conflicts of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
62 Amendment of s 53CD (Appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
63 Amendment of s 53CE (Term) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
64 Amendment of s 53CF (Conditions of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . 63
65 Amendment of s 53CL (Particular entities to give information, documents
or assistance to authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
66 Insertion of new ch 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 3A Provisions facilitating development etc. for the games
Part 1 Preliminary
53DA Purpose of chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
53DB Definitions for chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Part 2 Lawfulness of development and use etc.
53DC Application of part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
53DD Development, use or activity declared to be lawful . . 67
53DE Building work—authority venues and other venues . 69
53DF Building work—villages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Part 3 Cultural heritage provisions
Division 1 Preliminary
53DG Definitions for part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
53DH Operation of part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Division 2 Initiating development of part 3 plan
53DI Proponent may give cultural heritage notice . . . . . . . 73
53DJ Requirement for proponent to give negotiation proposal 73
53DK Requirement for proponent to give information notice 75
53DL Additional requirement to give negotiation proposal . 78
Division 3 Negotiation of part 3 plan
53DM What is the negotiation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
53DN Requirement to negotiate in good faith . . . . . . . . . . . 79
53DO Terms of part 3 plan agreed during negotiation period 79
Division 4 Mediation
53DP Application of division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
53DQ Mediation by Land Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Division 5 Default plan
53DR Application of division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
53DS When default plan takes effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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53DT Lawfulness of development, use or activity carried out in
accordance with plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
53DU Limitation on provisions about stop orders and injunctions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
53DV Amending or replacing part 3 plan settled by negotiating
parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
53DW Amending or replacing default plan that has taken effect 85
53DX Immunity from prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Part 4 Use of necessary games infrastructure
53EA Use of necessary games infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . 86
53EB Requirements for particular entities that own or control
necessary games infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Part 5 Village infrastructure charges
53EC Purpose of part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
53ED Regulation prescribing matters about village infrastructure
charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
53EE Imposition of village infrastructure charge . . . . . . . . . 90
Part 6 Miscellaneous provisions
53EF Exemption from infrastructure charges under other Acts 91
53EG Particular decisions are final . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
67 Amendment, relocation and renumbering of s 54A (Funding agreements)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
68 Insertion of new s 55A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
55A Games leadership group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
69 Amendment of s 63 (Interim chief executive officer) . . . . . . . . . . 95
70 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Part 3 Transitional provisions for Planning (Social Impact and
Community Benefit) and Other Legislation Amendment
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66 Definitions for part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Division 2 Provisions for amendments relating to the authority
67 Application of new s 53BL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
68 Existing appointment of chief executive officer of authority
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
71 Amendment and renumbering of sch 1 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . 97
72 Insertion of new schs 1–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100