Townsville City Council (Douglas Land Development) Act 1993
sec.3How object is to be achieved
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sec.3 How object is to be achieved
The object of this Act is to be achieved by— authorising the Townsville City Council to prepare a concept plan that sets out the Council’s planning intentions for the land at Douglas, Townsville; and allowing public submissions on the proposed concept plan; and enabling the Governor in Council to approve the concept plan; and authorising the Townsville City Council to call for expressions of interest for the purchase, development and subdivision of the land in stages over a period of time in accordance with the concept plan; and authorising the Townsville City Council to enter into agreements in relation to the purchase and development of the land and, for that purpose, taking mortgages by way of security for part or all of the purchase price; and authorising the Townsville City Council to prepare master plans for any part of the land in relation to which expressions of interest have been called; and enabling the Governor in Council to approve master plans that— regulate the orderly development of the land; and control the use of the developed land; and excluding the planning scheme that applies to any land the subject of a master plan on the approval of the plan by the Governor in Council; and having the planning scheme again apply to the land or any part of the land after its development in accordance with the master plan.
- (a) authorising the Townsville City Council to prepare a concept plan that sets out the Council’s planning intentions for the land at Douglas, Townsville; and
- (b) allowing public submissions on the proposed concept plan; and
- (c) enabling the Governor in Council to approve the concept plan; and
- (d) authorising the Townsville City Council to call for expressions of interest for the purchase, development and subdivision of the land in stages over a period of time in accordance with the concept plan; and
- (e) authorising the Townsville City Council to enter into agreements in relation to the purchase and development of the land and, for that purpose, taking mortgages by way of security for part or all of the purchase price; and
- (f) authorising the Townsville City Council to prepare master plans for any part of the land in relation to which expressions of interest have been called; and
- (g) enabling the Governor in Council to approve master plans that— (i) regulate the orderly development of the land; and (ii) control the use of the developed land; and
- (i) regulate the orderly development of the land; and
- (ii) control the use of the developed land; and
- (h) excluding the planning scheme that applies to any land the subject of a master plan on the approval of the plan by the Governor in Council; and
- (i) having the planning scheme again apply to the land or any part of the land after its development in accordance with the master plan.