The purpose of this Act is the establishment, maintenance and use of recreation areas, and to provide, coordinate, integrate and improve recreational planning, recreational facilities and recreational management for recreation areas.The Act consists of 12 Parts divided into 251 sections. Part 2 provides for the establishment of recreational areas and Part 3 concerns the preparation, contents and approval of management plans. Part 4 covers provisions regarding the access to, and permits for, recreation areas and Part 5 deals with commercial activity agreements for recreation areas.

This Act applies for an SMBI application and an SMBI request, about development that would not have required a development permit under a superseded planning scheme but requires a development permit under the Redland’s IPA planning scheme and in relation to a class 1 building on prescribed land made by or on behalf of the owner of the prescribed land within 10 years after the day the Redland’s IPA planning scheme has effect and for which the person making the request states the owner wishes this Act to apply.

This Regulation, consisting of 9 Parts and divided into 45 sections, completed by 26 Schedules, provides on matters prescribed for the State planning instruments (State planning regulatory provision; regional plan; State planning policy; standard planning scheme provisions) and local planning instruments, for the identification, by local governments of areas (called master planned areas) to be the subject of integrated land use and infrastructure planning and the designation for community infrastructure, and for integrating State and local government assessment and approval processes for de