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Water Act 2000
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### sec.1009A Publishing under this Act
This section applies if—
a provision of this Act requires or allows an entity to publish information in a document; and
the provision does not require the entity to publish the document in a particular way.
The entity must—
for a document made by an entity under chapter 2A —publish the document on—
if the entity is the Minister or the chief executive—a Queensland Government website; or
otherwise—the entity’s website; or
for another document—publish the document in a way that is likely to bring the document to the attention of each person to whom it is to be published.
any way a document required to be served on the person may be served
announcing the document over a radio station broadcasting generally throughout the area in which the person resides
publishing the document in an online newspaper relevant to the area in which the person resides
publishing the document on a Queensland Government website
publishing the document by gazette notice
Subsection (2) does not prevent the entity from also publishing the document in other ways.
s 1009A ins 2014 No. 64 s 189
sub 2023 No. 24 s 28
(sec.1009A-ssec.1) This section applies if— a provision of this Act requires or allows an entity to publish information in a document; and the provision does not require the entity to publish the document in a particular way.
(sec.1009A-ssec.2) The entity must— for a document made by an entity under chapter 2A —publish the document on— if the entity is the Minister or the chief executive—a Queensland Government website; or otherwise—the entity’s website; or for another document—publish the document in a way that is likely to bring the document to the attention of each person to whom it is to be published. any way a document required to be served on the person may be served announcing the document over a radio station broadcasting generally throughout the area in which the person resides publishing the document in an online newspaper relevant to the area in which the person resides publishing the document on a Queensland Government website publishing the document by gazette notice
(sec.1009A-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not prevent the entity from also publishing the document in other ways.
- (a) a provision of this Act requires or allows an entity to publish information in a document; and
- (b) the provision does not require the entity to publish the document in a particular way.
- (a) for a document made by an entity under chapter 2A —publish the document on— (i) if the entity is the Minister or the chief executive—a Queensland Government website; or (ii) otherwise—the entity’s website; or
- (i) if the entity is the Minister or the chief executive—a Queensland Government website; or
- (ii) otherwise—the entity’s website; or
- (b) for another document—publish the document in a way that is likely to bring the document to the attention of each person to whom it is to be published. Examples of ways likely to bring the document to the attention of each person to whom it is to be published— • any way a document required to be served on the person may be served • announcing the document over a radio station broadcasting generally throughout the area in which the person resides • publishing the document in an online newspaper relevant to the area in which the person resides • publishing the document on a Queensland Government website • publishing the document by gazette notice
- • any way a document required to be served on the person may be served
- • announcing the document over a radio station broadcasting generally throughout the area in which the person resides
- • publishing the document in an online newspaper relevant to the area in which the person resides
- • publishing the document on a Queensland Government website
- • publishing the document by gazette notice
- (i) if the entity is the Minister or the chief executive—a Queensland Government website; or
- (ii) otherwise—the entity’s website; or
- • any way a document required to be served on the person may be served
- • announcing the document over a radio station broadcasting generally throughout the area in which the person resides
- • publishing the document in an online newspaper relevant to the area in which the person resides
- • publishing the document on a Queensland Government website
- • publishing the document by gazette notice