Environmental Protection Regulation 2019
LegislationReferenced in 2 bills
Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020
This bill establishes a Rehabilitation Commissioner to provide independent advice on mine site rehabilitation and improves the framework for managing environmental risks on former resource sites. It ensures the State receives adequate funds from mining companies to manage residual risks after sites are closed, and requires these risks to be recorded on land titles.
Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill modernises Queensland's environmental protection enforcement by consolidating three types of compliance notices into one 'environmental enforcement order', creating new offences for breaching environmental duties, and requiring polluters to restore contaminated environments. It implements recommendations from an independent review to make environmental regulation more proactive rather than reactive.