The objectives of the Act are to:
provide for the granting of a single instrument that authorises commercial activities operating across recreation areas and State and/or Commonwealth Marine Parks, including in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA);
provide for an alternative mechanism to regulate access to recreation areas, State forests and timber reserves for the subset of higher impact non-commercial community, sports and recreation events that are currently regulated under the group activity permit (GAP) classification; and
remove the Group Activity Permit classification.
The Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel (OQPC) informed the Indigenous joint managers of North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah) of the proposal in September 2014. On the basis that the proposed amendments will not impact on any existing native title notification processes, broader consultations with native title representative bodies were not considered necessary.
For more information about the Act see the Explanatory Notes.