Ecological Assessment Report

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3 Environmental Regulatory Framework
Table 2: describes Australian, State and Local Government legislative arrangements to manage potential environmental and ecological impacts arising from
development. The table details the relevant Act, Regulation, Policy, Code, Zoning Scheme and overlays for Matters of National Environmental Significance
(MNES), Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES) and Matters of Local Environmental Significance (MLES). Some matters are listed in all three
jurisdictions while others are specific to a single authority.

                                                                       Table 2: Legislative Framework


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 Legislative Element        Description                                                     Triggers                                       Applicable to report
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 Australian Government

 Environment                The EPBC Act protects the environment in relation to            Action resulting in         EPBC               Yes – refer to Section 4
 Protection and             Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES).          significant impacts upon    Protected
 Biodiversity               Under the EPBC Act, if a development proposal involves          a MNES.                     Matters Search
 Conservation Act           an action that will or is likely to result in a significant                                 Tool (PMST)
 1999 (EPBC Act)            impact on a MNES, the proposal must be referred to the
                            DAWE (an EPBC Referral).

 Queensland Government

 Coastal Protection         The State Coastal Management Plan 2002 (Coastal                 Action resulting in         Coastal            Yes. The site is located
 and Management Act         Plan) describes how the coastal zone is to be managed           interference with the       Management         within a coastal
 1995                       and guides relevant decisions by the State and local            coastal zone.               District and the   management district.
                            governments for effective protection and management of                                      coastal hazard
                            the coastal zone. The State Coastal Plan applies to the                                     maps
                            coastal zone defined in section 11 of the Coastal
                            Protection and Management Act 1995. The determination




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