Minister: Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations
Agency: Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning

Minister: Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Youth
Agency: Department of Housing and Public Works


Planning Act 2016

Effective Date Publication Date Amendments Included Notes
25 May 2016 29 March 2017

RA ss 30, 42A

03 July 2017 03 July 2017 2017 Act No. 12

RA s 35

13 September 2017 21 September 2017 2017 Act No. 31

RA s 35

01 January 2018 19 December 2017 2017 Act No. 24
08 March 2018 15 May 2018 2018 Act No. 7

Includes retrospective amdts from 2018 Act No. 7

09 May 2018 17 May 2018 2018 Act No. 7
11 April 2019 09 May 2019 2019 Act No. 11
24 May 2019 05 June 2019 2019 Act No. 17
01 July 2019 30 October 2019 2018 Act No. 17
26 February 2020 27 February 2020 2020 Act No. 6
19 March 2020 08 November 2024 2020 Act No. 11
20 August 2020 08 November 2024 2020 Act No. 28
01 October 2020 08 November 2024 2020 Act No. 24
18 June 2021 08 November 2024 2021 Act No. 12
10 June 2022 13 June 2022 2022 Act No. 11

RA s 44

26 April 2024 26 April 2024 2024 Act No. 13
01 July 2024 30 June 2024 2024 Act No. 32
22 July 2024 23 July 2024 2024 Act No. 13
02 August 2024 02 August 2024 2024 Act No. 23
29 November 2024 29 November 2024 2024 Act No. 53

Planning Act 2016 No. 25

date of assent 25 May 2016

ss 1–2, 324 comm on date of assent

ss 3–7, chs 2–7, ch 8 hdg, pt 1 hdg, divs 1–6, div 7 hdg, ss 313–323, pt 2, schs 1–2 comm 3 July 2017 (see s 2 and 2017 SL No. 28)

Note—The COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 and the Planning (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020 modified this legislation from 26 June 2020 until 30 April 2022. These modifications did not amend the text of this law. Accordingly, while point-in-time versions of this legislation in force between 26 June 2020 until 30 April 2022 do not contain textual amendments, the versions are affected by and must be read with the modifications that were in force at the relevant time.

Local Government Electoral (Transparency and Accountability in Local Government) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No. 12

date of assent 19 May 2017

pts 1–3, ss 25, 26, 29, pt 5–8 comm on date of assent

Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017 No. 24

date of assent 25 August 2017

ch 1 pt 1 hdgs, pt 2–3, chs 2–7, sch 1 comm 1 January 2018 (2017 SL No. 196)

Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Act 2017 No. 31

date of assent 13 September 2017

pt 1, pt 2 hdg, ss 3, 4 (to the extent it ins pt 3A hdg, ss 99A99C, 99F–99G, pt 3B div 1, div 2 hdg, ss 99Q99R, div 3 hdg, sdiv 3 hdg, ss 99Z99ZA, 99ZC–99ZD, div 4 hdg, ss 99ZE99ZG, 99ZI–99ZL, div 6) 5–33, 34 (to the extent it ins pt 2 hdg, s 308) 35, pts 3–4 comm on date of assent

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))

Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 No. 17

date of assent 11 September 2018

pt 1 div 1 (other than ss 12), div 2, pts 27, pt 8 div 1, ss 159173, 174, pt 9 div 1, s 176F (2), pt 9 div 2, div 4, sch 1, sch 2 (other than amdts of Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017) comm 1 July 2019 (2019 SL No. 41)

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

Implementation of The Spit Master Plan Act 2020 No. 6

date of assent 26 February 2020

pt 5 div 4 comm on date of assent

Public Health and Other Legislation (Public Health Emergency) Amendment Act 2020 No. 11

date of assent 19 March 2020

pt 10 comm on date of assent

Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 No. 24

date of assent 23 July 2020

s 153 sch 1 pt 2 comm 1 October 2020 (2020 SL No. 158 item 2)

Forest Wind Farm Development Act 2020 No. 28

date of assent 20 August 2020

pt 8 div 4 comm on date of assent

Debt Reduction and Savings Act 2021 No. 12

date of assent 02 June 2021

s 148 sch 3 comm 18 June 2021 at 11.59pm (2021 SL No. 61 item 2)

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 11

date of assent 10 June 2022

pt 6 comm on date of assent

Housing Availability and Affordability (Planning and Other Legislation Amendment) Act 2024 No. 13

date of assent 26 April 2024

pt 5 (other than div 3) comm on date of assent

pt 5 div 3 (other than sdiv 3) comm 22 July 2024 (2024 SL No. 124)

pt 5 div 3 sdiv 3 not yet proclaimed into force (see s 2 (b))

Criminal Code (Decriminalising Sex Work) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 23

date of assent 09 May 2024

pt 8A comm 2 August 2024 (2024 SL No. 135 item 1)

Economic Development and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 32

date of assent 18 June 2024

pt 3 comm 1 July 2024 (see s 2)

Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games Arrangements and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 53

date of assent 29 November 2024

pt 4 div 2 comm on date of assent

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