Land Act Amendment Act 1986 (No. 2) (Qld)

754 (? ueen5Ianb ANNO TRICESIMO QUINTO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 49 of 1986 An Act to amend the Land Act 1962-1986 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 25TH S EPTEMBER, 1986]

Land Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986, No. 49 755 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Land Act Amendment Act 1986 (No. 2). (2) In this Act the Land Act 1962-1986 as amended by the LandAct Amendment Act 1986 is referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Land Act 1962-1986. 2. Amendment of s. 9. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:- "(1 A) Amalgamation in one title of certain trust lands. Where land granted in trust for the benefit of Aboriginal or Islander inhabitants is held by an owner as trustee and it is proposed- (a) that additional land be granted in trust to the owner upon the same trust; and (b) that one instrument of title should comprise both the land granted in trust and the additional land to be granted in trust, the owner shall surrender to the Crown the title to the land granted in trust and a fresh deed of grant shall be issued comprising all the land that the owner is to be entitled to hold upon the trust after the proposal is effected.". 3. Amendment of s. 334. Grants and reservations for public purposes. Section 334 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:- "(3A) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act or any rule of law or practice to the contrary where land granted in trust is held by the trustee for the benefit of Aboriginal or Islander inhabitants, and additional land is to be granted in trust to the trustee upon the same trust, whether or not the additional land is contiguous to the land granted in trust, both areas of land may, at the discretion of the Minister, be included in the one instrument of title.".