BRISBANE CASINO AGREEMENT BILL 1992 Explanatory Notes
BRISBANE CASINO AGREEMENT BILL 1992
BRISBANE CASINO AGREEMENT BILL 1992 EXPLANATORY NOTES PART 1--PRELIMINARY This Part should be read in conjunction with the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 to obtain the proper meaning and interpretations of terms used in this Act. Clause 1 states the short title of the Act. Clause 2 defines terms used in the Act. Clause 3 defines "development". PART 2--AUTHORITY TO AGREE TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE BRISBANE CASINO Clause 4 authorises the Minister, for and on behalf of the State, to enter into an agreement with a person for the development and operation of the Brisbane Casino. Clause 5 provides that the casino agreement when made has effect as if it were an enactment of the Act. Where the casino agreement is inconsistent with any Act the casino agreement shall prevail. Clause 6 specifies the procedure to be followed to vary the casino agreement. PART 3--APPLICATION OF OTHER ACTS Clause 7 specifies that any proposal that the Brisbane Casino be developed in relation to a registered place under the Heritage Act is a Crown
2 development for the purposes of that Act. In this situation the Minister responsible for this Act is declared to be the Minister responsible for the proposed development or works under section 37 of the Heritage Act. The Judicial Review Act is specified as not applying to a decision under section 37 of the Heritage Act in relation to a proposal that the Brisbane Casino be developed in relation to a registered place. Clause 8 specifies various matters which may be dealt with in the casino agreement in relation to the permit to occupy and special lease to be issued under the Land Act for the purposes of the Brisbane Casino. Clause 9 provides that the casino agreement may provide for the site of the Brisbane Casino to be zoned as a particular development (Brisbane Casino) zone for the purposes of any planning scheme approved for the City of Brisbane. Clause 10 provides that the casino agreement may provide for the granting of special facility licence under the Liquor Act to the Brisbane Casino. The hours during which liquor may be sold in the casino part of the complex are to be in accordance with the hours of operation for the casino as determined under the Control Act. Clause 11 provides that the casino agreement is taken to be ratified by Parliament for the purposes of the Control Act. Clause 12 specifies that nothing in Part 3 by implication limits what may be contained in the casino agreement. PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS Clause 13 provides for the making of regulations. ? The State of Queensland 1992