Legislation

Amendments to legislation

Economic Development Queensland operates under the Economic Development Act 2012 (ED Act).

The ED Act establishes a streamlined planning and development assessment framework that applies to declared priority development areas (PDAs) within the state.

On 11 April 2019 amendments to the Act were made as part of the Economic Development and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019.

Changes to the interpretation of PDA exempt and PDA self-assessable development

As a result of amendments to the ED Act, the development categories PDA self-assessable development and PDA exempt development have been replaced with the new category, PDA accepted development.

This means that development instruments (i.e. both Interim Land Use Plans (ILUPs) and development schemes) made after the ED Act was amended will now refer to PDA accepted development.

However, when interpreting an Interim Land Use Plan (ILUP) or development scheme made before the Act was amended:

• read PDA exempt development as - PDA accepted development
• read PDA self-assessable development as - PDA accepted development, subject to compliance with any applicable development requirements.

Ministerial direction

• Ministerial direction 20 May 2014
• Ministerial direction 23 April 2009

Impact analysis statements

• Woolloongabba PDA Impact Analysis Statement
• Waraba PDA Impact Analysis Statement