2022-09-06 P&E Agenda - Item 5 - Attachment 1 - Six Mile Creek Bridge Replacement Offset Report - TMR

Legislation/ policy/plans    Legislative jurisdiction   Intent                                                                             Applicability to proposed action
Water Act 2000 (Qld)         Queensland                 The Water Act provides for the sustainable management of non-tidal                 The proposed action involves works within/adjacent
(Water Act)                                             waters and other resources, together with the establishment and                    to a defined mapped watercourse and the provisions
                                                        operation of water authorities, and for other purposes.                            of the Water Act may apply.
                                                        Through the Planning Act 2016, certain water related development                   TMR are an existing approved entity under the
                                                        under the Water Act is assessable.                                                 departments ‘Riverine Protection Permit Exemption
                                                        In addition to the approvals triggered under Planning Act, the Water               Requirements’ (Schedule 2, Item 2 provides for ‘a
                                                        Act regulates the undertaking of works that involve the excavating or              government department declared under the Public
                                                        placing fill in a watercourse, lake or spring.                                     Service Act 2008’).

Biosecurity Act 2014 (Qld)   Queensland                 The Biosecurity Act provides a framework for an effective                          The proposed action may involve interaction with
(Biosecurity Act)                                       biosecurity system for Queensland that helps to manage and                         restricted matters and prohibited matters (potentially
                                                        minimise State biosecurity risks, as well as facilitate the                        including pests and weeds) and will therefore require
                                                        response to biosecurity issues and events in a timely and                          compliance with the Biosecurity Act.
                                                        effective way, so as to align with National and International
                                                        obligations.
                                                        The Biosecurity Act introduces the general biosecurity obligation
                                                        upon all persons to take all reasonable and practical measures
                                                        to prevent or minimise biosecurity risks.
Fisheries Act 1994 (Qld)     Queensland                 The Fisheries Act provides for the management, use,                                The proposed action transverses mapped waterways
(Fisheries Act)                                         development and protection of fish habitats and resources,                         for waterway barrier works. The design of the bridge
                                                        together with the management of aquaculture activities.                            has been confirmed to not be a waterway barrier and
                                                        Administered by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries                        the culverts have been designed in accordance with
                                                        (DAF), the Fisheries Act applies to:                                               the accepted development requirements.
                                                         Works in a declared Fish Habitat Area (FHA)
                                                         Waterway barrier works resulting in the construction of instream
                                                           structures inhibiting the free movement of fish along waterways.
                                                        Waterways providing for fish passage are a Matter of State
                                                        Environmental Significance (MSES).




                                                                                               Project number 511784 File Six Mile Creek - Matters of National Environmental Significance Report 2021-12-03 Revision 1   13