2018-08-07 P&E Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 3 - Noosa Biosphere Reserve 10 Year Periodic Review

                                                                       Noosa Biosphere Reserve - Periodic Review 2018




LEVEL OF              TITLE OF ACT              PURPOSE OF ACT
GOVERNMENT

                      Fisheries Act 1994        Provides for the use, conservation and enhancement of the
                                                community’s fisheries resources and fish habitats in a way that
                                                seeks to apply and balance the principles of ecologically
                                                sustainable development; and promote ecologically sustainable
                                                development.
                      Waste Reduction and       Promotes waste avoidance and reduction, and resource
                      Recycling Act 2011        recovery and efficiency action.

                      Water Act 2000            Provides a framework for making consistent, equitable and
                                                informed decisions about Queensland waters; monitoring and
                                                reporting on the condition of Queensland waters.
                      State Development         Facilitates timely, coordinated and environmentally responsible
                      and Public Works          infrastructure planning and development to support
                      Organisation Act 1971     Queensland’s economic and social progress.
                      Marine Parks Act 2004     Provides for marine parks and the conservation of the marine
                                                environment.

In terms of land use planning in Queensland, the State Government has an overarching legislation and
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State Planning Policy 2016 as well as various regional plans. Each region and Local Government
Authority must ensure that their regional and local level plans align with these policies, and the State
Government reviews and approves each local planning scheme. The policy addresses five key themes:

•       Liveable communities and housing
•       Economic growth
•       Environment and heritage
•       Safety and resilience to hazards, and
•       Infrastructure.

Local government (NSC)

NSC has responsibilities to enact various Commonwealth and State legislation.

The Queensland Government’s Shaping SEQ: SEQ Regional Plan 2017 is the relevant regional plan for
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the Noosa Shire.    Council is responsible for ensuring the Noosa Plan (to be updated 2019) aligns with
the SEQ Regional Plan. The Noosa Plan is the primary tool used by NSC to control development. In
addition NSC has a range of local laws which control many activities within the biosphere in the interest
of the community.

A critical area of NSC’s responsibility is financial management under State legislation which also
impacts on overall management of the NBR.

Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation
The NSC has sought to find the best representative management model and structure over the past
decade. There have been two major management models: the Noosa Biosphere Limited (NBL) and the
current model that includes the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation (NBRF) and the Noosa Comunity
Biosphere Association (NCBA). The NBL was a company owned by NSC and comprised community
representatives with seven committees (called Sector Boards), each focused upon a specific theme.
The current model NBRF has a small Board of directors, and the NCBA is a community-based
membership association.




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     https://dilgpprd.blob.core.windows.net/general/shapingseq.pdf (accessed 23/4/18)



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