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State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971
sec.140Powers in respect of particular works on foreshore and under waters
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### sec.140 Powers in respect of particular works on foreshore and under waters
A regulation may authorise the Coordinator-General to undertake works in, on, over, through or across any foreshore or land lying under Queensland waters and may—
authorise the Coordinator-General to take from the foreshore or from such land sand, stone, gravel and other material and to use the same for the works specified in the regulation; and
direct that the taking and use of the sand, stone, gravel and other material for the works is accepted development under the Planning Act .
The Coordinator-General may exercise an authority conferred on the Coordinator-General pursuant to subsection (1) in accordance with the regulation and subject to this section.
For the Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995 , section 101 , an authorisation under this section to take sand, stone, gravel and other material is taken to be an allocation notice under the Act for the removal of the sand, stone, gravel and other material.
s 140 amd 1978 No. 62 s 23 ; 2001 No. 46 s 30 (2) sch 2 ; 2006 No. 54 s 13 ; 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2016 No. 27 s 541
(sec.140-ssec.1) A regulation may authorise the Coordinator-General to undertake works in, on, over, through or across any foreshore or land lying under Queensland waters and may— authorise the Coordinator-General to take from the foreshore or from such land sand, stone, gravel and other material and to use the same for the works specified in the regulation; and direct that the taking and use of the sand, stone, gravel and other material for the works is accepted development under the Planning Act .
(sec.140-ssec.2) The Coordinator-General may exercise an authority conferred on the Coordinator-General pursuant to subsection (1) in accordance with the regulation and subject to this section.
(sec.140-ssec.3) For the Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995 , section 101 , an authorisation under this section to take sand, stone, gravel and other material is taken to be an allocation notice under the Act for the removal of the sand, stone, gravel and other material.
- (a) authorise the Coordinator-General to take from the foreshore or from such land sand, stone, gravel and other material and to use the same for the works specified in the regulation; and
- (b) direct that the taking and use of the sand, stone, gravel and other material for the works is accepted development under the Planning Act .