Minister: Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
Agency: Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy


Vegetation Management Act 1999 No. 90

Effective Date Publication Date Amendments Included Notes
15 September 2000 06 October 2000 2000 Act No. 35
20 June 2002 20 June 2002 2002 Act No. 25
28 March 2003 2003 Act No. 10
21 May 2004 2004 Act No. 1
04 October 2004 2003 Act No. 64
27 October 2004 2004 Act No. 33
14 October 2005 2005 Act No. 41
02 December 2005 2005 Act No. 42
30 March 2006 2006 Act No. 11
07 December 2006 2006 Act No. 59
28 February 2007 2007 Act No. 8
18 May 2007 2007 Act No. 19
21 September 2007 2007 Act No. 41
06 March 2008 2008 Act No. 8
26 October 2008 2007 Act No. 48
08 October 2009 2009 Act No. 43
03 November 2009 2009 Act No. 43
18 December 2009 2009 Act No. 36
26 March 2010 2010 Act No. 12
01 July 2010 2009 Act No. 17
01 December 2010 2010 Act No. 53
09 September 2011 2011 Act No. 26
04 November 2011 2010 Act No. 52
01 February 2013 2012 Act No. 43
23 May 2013 2013 Act No. 24
01 July 2013 2013 Act No. 23
23 September 2013 2013 Act No. 39
02 December 2013 2013 Act No. 24 (amd 2013 No. 63)
20 February 2014 2013 Act No. 2
28 March 2014 2013 Act No. 55
31 March 2014 2013 Act No. 50
01 July 2014 2014 Act No. 33
01 October 2014 2014 Act No. 40
01 January 2015 2014 Act No. 45
02 July 2015

s 123 exp 1 July 2015

RA ss 27, 28, 43

11 September 2015 06 October 2016 2014 Act No. 64
01 July 2016 10 October 2016 2014 Act No. 72016 Act No. 22

RA ss 30, 35

08 November 2016 08 November 2016 2014 Act No. 59
03 July 2017 09 May 2018 2016 Act No. 27

RA s 30

revised version

08 March 2018 15 May 2018 2018 Act No. 7

RA s 35

Includes retrospective amdts from 2018 Act No. 7

09 May 2018 18 May 2018 2018 Act No. 7
16 November 2018 29 March 2019 2018 Act No. 7
29 March 2019 29 April 2019 2019 Act No. 8
11 April 2019 24 May 2019 2019 Act No. 11
24 May 2019 05 June 2019 2019 Act No. 17
01 December 2019 17 February 2020 2019 Act No. 28
28 February 2023 03 March 2023 2023 Act No. 2
22 November 2023 22 November 2023 2023 Act No. 2
01 February 2024 28 January 2025 2023 Act No. 23

Vegetation Management Act 1999 No. 90

date of assent 21 December 1999

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 15 September 2000 (2000 SL No. 242)

Vegetation Management Amendment Act 2000 No. 35

date of assent 13 September 2000

commenced on date of assent

Water Act 2000 No. 34 ss 1–2, 1144 sch 2 (this Act is amended, see amending legislation below)

date of assent 13 September 2000

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions never proclaimed into force and om 2001 No. 75 s 115 (13)

Amending legislation

Water Amendment Act 2001 No. 75 ss 1, 2(3), 115(13) (amends 2000 No. 34 above)

date of assent 13 November 2001

commenced on date of assent

Natural Resources and Mines Legislation Amendment Act 2002 No. 25 pts 1, 6

date of assent 20 June 2002

commenced on date of assent

Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No. 10 pts 1, 7, s 76 sch

date of assent 28 March 2003

commenced on date of assent

Integrated Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No. 64 ss 1, 2(4), pt 11

date of assent 16 October 2003

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 4 October 2004 (2004 SL No. 199)

Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No. 1 pts 1–2, s 44(1)–(2) schs 1–2

date of assent 29 April 2004

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 21 May 2004 (2004 SL No. 62)

Natural Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No. 33 pts 1, 6

date of assent 27 October 2004

commenced on date of assent

Wild Rivers Act 2005 No. 42 ss 1–2, 52 sch 1

date of assent 14 October 2005

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 2 December 2005 (2005 SL No. 287)

Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005 No. 41 pts 1–2

date of assent 14 October 2005

commenced on date of assent

Integrated Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2006 No. 11 s 1, pt 13

date of assent 30 March 2006

commenced on date of assent

Wild Rivers and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2006 No. 59 pts 1, 10, s 85 sch

date of assent 07 December 2006

commenced on date of assent

Wild Rivers and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 8 pts 1, 4

date of assent 28 February 2007

commenced on date of assent

Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19 pts 1, 9

date of assent 23 April 2007

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 18 May 2007 (2007 SL No. 88)

Urban Land Development Authority Act 2007 No. 41 ss 1–2, pt 14

date of assent 11 September 2007

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 21 September 2007 (2007 SL No. 235)

Cape York Peninsula Heritage Act 2007 No. 48 ss 1–2, pt 7 div 4

date of assent 25 October 2007

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 26 October 2008 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2))

Vegetation Management Amendment Act 2008 No. 8 pts 1–2

date of assent 06 March 2008

commenced on date of assent

Local Government Act 2009 No. 17 ss 1, 2(4), 331 sch 1

date of assent 12 June 2009

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2010 (2010 SL No. 122)

Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Act 2009 No. 24 ss 1–2, ch 6 pt 10 (this Act is amended, see amending legislation below)

date of assent 26 June 2009

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions never proclaimed into force and om 2009 No. 43 s 59

Amending legislation

Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2009 No. 43 pts 1, 6 (amends 2009 No. 24 above)

date of assent 03 November 2009

commenced on date of assent (see s 2)

Sustainable Planning Act 2009 No. 36 ss 1–2, 872 sch 2

date of assent 22 September 2009

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 18 December 2009 (2009 SL No. 281)

Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2009 No. 43 pts 1–2, s 63 sch

date of assent 03 November 2009

ss 1–2, 31, 39, 40 (2)–(3), 47, sch amdts 2, 11, 15 commenced on date of assent (see s 2)

sch amdt 1 commenced on date of assent (see s 2) (amdt could not be given effect)

remaining provisions commenced 8 October 2009 (see s 2)

Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 No. 12 s 1, pt 20

date of assent 26 March 2010

commenced on date of assent

Water and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 No. 53 s 1, pt 13

date of assent 01 December 2010

commenced on date of assent

Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2010 No. 52 pts 1, 12

date of assent 01 December 2010

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 4 November 2011 (2011 SL No. 217)

Aboriginal Land and Torres Strait Islander Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011 No. 26 pt 1, s 189 sch

date of assent 29 August 2011

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 9 September 2011 (2011 SL No. 173)

Economic Development Act 2012 No. 43 ss 1, 2(c), 325 sch 2

date of assent 11 December 2012

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

s 325 commenced on date of assent (see s 2 (c))

remaining provisions commenced 1 February 2013 (2013 SL No. 1)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Holding Act 2013 No. 2 ss 1–2, pt 12 div 11

date of assent 19 February 2013

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 20 February 2014 (automatic commencement under AIA s15DA(2))

Land, Water and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No. 23 ss 1, 2(a), (d), pt 18, s 352 sch 1 pt 2

date of assent 14 May 2013

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2013 (2013 SL No. 126)

Vegetation Management Framework Amendment Act 2013 No. 24 ss 1–2(a)–(b), pt 2 (this Act is amended, see amending legislation below)

date of assent 23 May 2013

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

ss 5, 7, 11–32, 35, 36, 40, 46–49, 57–61, 64 (to the extent it ins new ss 111, 112, 114–120), 65 commenced 2 December 2013 (2013 SL No. 255)

remaining provisions commenced on date of assent

Treasury and Trade and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No. 39 ss 1, 109 sch 2

date of assent 23 September 2013

commenced on date of assent

Nature Conservation (Protected Plants) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No. 50 pts 1, 4

date of assent 29 October 2013

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 31 March 2014 (2014 SL No. 31)

Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2013 No. 55 pts 1, 3 div 12, s 175 sch 1 pt 3

date of assent 07 November 2013

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

pt 3 div 12 commenced 28 March 2014 (2014 SL No. 34)

remaining provisions commence 7 November 2015 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2) (2014 SL No. 252 s 2))

Biosecurity Act 2014 No. 7 ss 1–2, 578 sch 4 pt 2

date of assent 13 March 2014

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2016 (see s 2 (1)–(2))

Environmental Offsets Act 2014 No. 33 pts 1, 24

date of assent 28 May 2014

ss 12 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2014 (2014 SL No. 144)

State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (Red Tape Reduction) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 40 ss 1–2, 154 sch 1 pt 2

date of assent 15 August 2014

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 1 October 2014 (2014 SL No. 209)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land (Providing Freehold) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 45 ss 1–2(1)–(2), 58 sch 1 pt 2

date of assent 05 September 2014

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

sch 1 pt 2 commenced 1 January 2015 (2014 SL No. 270)

remaining provision commenced 1 January 2015 (see s 2 (1))

Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 59 ss 1, 2(d)(ii), 174 sch 1

date of assent 07 November 2014

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 8 November 2016 (2015 SL No. 153 s 2)

Water Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No. 64 ss 1, 2(2), pt 7

date of assent 05 December 2014

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 11 September 2015 (2015 SL No. 122)

Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No. 22

date of assent 25 May 2016

ss 1–2 comm on date of assent

s 48 sch 1 comm 1 July 2016 (see s 2(b)–(c))

Planning (Consequential) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No. 27

date of assent 25 May 2016

ss 1–2 comm on date of assent

pts 2–69 comm 3 July 2017 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA(2))

Note—The Planning Act 2016 was renumbered in the first reprint—see 2016 Act No. 26 s 320A. Cross-references to the Planning Act 2016 have been updated to reflect the renumbering.

Vegetation Management and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No. 7

date of assent 09 May 2018

pt 1, pt 2 hdg, ss 35, 7–13, 15, 16(1)–(10), (12), 17–34, 36, 37 (to the extent it ins s 144), 38, pt 3 hdg, 39–44 and pts 4–5 comm on date of assent

ss 6, 14, 16 (11), 37 (other than to the extent it ins s 144) and 45 comm 8 March 2018 (see s 2(1))

s 35 comm 16 November 2018 (2018 SL No. 188)

Nature Conservation (Special Wildlife Reserves) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No. 8

date of assent 29 March 2019

comm on date of assent

Economic Development and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No. 11

date of assent 11 April 2019

pts 1–2, pt 4–5, 6 divs 1–2, 7 divs 1–2, 8–9, 11, 13, 14 divs 1–2, 15–20, sch 1 pt 1 comm on date of assent

Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No. 17

date of assent 24 May 2019

chs 1–2, 4, 6–7, sch 1 comm on date of assent

Environmental Protection (Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No. 28

date of assent 26 September 2019

pts 2–8, sch 1 comm 1 December 2019 (2019 SL No. 233)

Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 2

date of assent 28 February 2023

pt 11 (other than ss 94, 101–104, 106–107) comm on date of assent

ss 94, 101–104 and 106–107 comm 22 November 2023 (2023 SL No. 164)

Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 23

date of assent 20 September 2023

s 247 sch 1 s 4 comm 1 February 2024 (2024 SL No. 1)

Agriculture and Fisheries and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 17

date of assent 26 April 2024

s 192 sch 1 pt 3 not yet proclaimed into force (see s 2(3)(d))

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Vegetation Management Act 1999

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