Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (Qld)
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Queensland Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 Act No. 19 of 2007
Queensland Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 6 Part 3 7 8 9 Part 4 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Amendment of Acquisition of Land Act 1967 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Amendment of s 12 (Effect of gazette resumption notice) . . . . . . 19 Insertion of new s 12B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 12B Particular land may be dedicated as road . . . . . . . . . 19 Amendment of IntegratedPlanningAct1997 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Amendment of sch 8 (Assessable development and self-assessable development) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Amendment of sch 10 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Amendment of Land Act 1994 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Amendment of s 8 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Amendment of s 14 (Governor in Council may grant land) . . . . . 22 Amendment of s 15 (Governor in Council may lease land) . . . . . 22 Amendment of s 16 (Deciding appropriate tenure) . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Amendment of s 17 (Granting land to the State) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Replacement of s 18 (Governor in Council may exchange land) ..................................... 24 18 Exchanging land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Amendment of s 23 (Reservation for public purposes) . . . . . . . . 24 Insertion of new s 23A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 23A Floating reservation on plan of subdivision . . . . . . . . 25 19 Amendment of s 24 (Disposal of reservations no longer needed) 26 20 Amendment of s 25 (Disposal of reservations by sale) . . . . . . . . 27 21 Insertion of new s 26A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 26A Disposal of redundant reservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 22 Amendment of s 30 (Object) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 23 Replacement of s 31 (Dedication and adjustment of reserves) . . 28 Subdivision 1 Reserves generally 31 Dedication of reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 31A Changing boundaries of reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 31B Changing community purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 31C Applying for dedication or adjustment of reserve . . . . 30 31D Notice of proposal to dedicate or adjust reserve . . . . 30 31E Submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 31F Notice of registration of action in relation to reserve . 32 24 Amendment of s 33 (Revocation of reserves) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 25 Replacement of s 34 (Revocation of reserve cancels appointments, leases and permits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 34 Applying to revoke dedication of reserve . . . . . . . . . . 33 34A Notice of proposal to revoke dedication of reserve . . 33 34B Submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 34C Removal of interests before revocation . . . . . . . . . . . 34 34D Registration revokes dedication of reserve. . . . . . . . . 34 34E Notice of revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 34F Effect of revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 34G Person to give up possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 34H Dealing with improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Subdivision 2 Operational reserves 34I Applying for deed of grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 34J Notice of proposal to issue deed of grant . . . . . . . . . . 37 34K Submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 34L Removal of interests before grant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 34M Registration of deed of grant revokes reservation and setting apart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 34N Notice of registration of deed of grant . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 34O Effect of revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 26 Amendment of s 35 (Use for community purposes of land granted in trust) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 27 Amendment of s 36 (Amalgamating land with common purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 28 Amendment of s 37 (Removing area from deed of grant in trust) 41 29 Amendment of s 38 (Cancelling a deed of grant in trust) . . . . . . . 41 30 Insertion of new ss 38A–38G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 38A Applying for additional community purpose, amalgamation or cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 38B Notice of proposal to add community purpose, amalgamate land or cancel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 38C Submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 38D Notice of registration of action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 38E Effect of cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 38F Person to give up possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 38G Dealing with improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 31 Insertion of new s 42A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 42A Amalgamating unallocated State land with existing deeds of grant in trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 32 Amendment of s 43 (Only Parliament may delete land from or cancel an existing deed of grant in trust) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 33 Amendment of s 44 (Appointing trustees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 34 Amendment of s 45 (Details of trustees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 35 Amendment of s 48 (Trustees to give information and allow inspection of records) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 36 Amendment of s 50 (Vacation of office by trustee). . . . . . . . . . . . 48 37 Amendment of s 51 (Removal of trustees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 38 Amendment of s 52 (General powers of trustee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 39 Insertion of new s 53A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 53A State trustee powers and delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 40 Amendment of s 55 (Power to surrender) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 41 Insertion of new ss 55A–55H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 55A Applying to surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 55B Notice of proposal to approve surrender . . . . . . . . . . 50 55C Submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 55D Registration surrenders deed of grant in trust . . . . . . 51 55E Notice of surrender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 55F Effect of surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 55G Person to give up possession on surrender . . . . . . . . 53 55H Dealing with improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 42 Amendment of s 57 (Trustee leases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 43 Amendment of s 58 (Other transactions relating to trustee leases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 44 Amendment of s 60 (Trustee permits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 45 Amendment of s 63 (Rent to be charged) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 46 Amendment of s 64 (Minister may dispense with approval) . . . . . 56 47 Amendment of s 74 (Minister may start winding-up) . . . . . . . . . . 57 48 Amendment of s 78 (Winding-up may continue after revocation, cancellation or sale) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 49 Replacement of s 94 (Dedication of road by gazette notice) . . . . 58 94 Dedication of road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 50 Insertion of new s 97A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 97A Definitions for div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 51 Amendment of s 98 (Closure of road by gazette notice) . . . . . . . 59 52 Replacement of s 99 (Application to close road) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 99 Application to close road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 53 Amendment of s 100 (Public notice of closure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 54 Replacement of ch 3, pt 2, divs 4 and 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Division 4 Permanently closed roads 108 Permanent closure of road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 109 Closed road may be dealt with as lot or amalgamated with adjoining land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 109A Simultaneous opening and closing of roads—deed of grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 109B Simultaneous opening and closure of roads—trust land or lease land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 109C Buying or leasing land if closed road amalgamated with adjoining land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 55 Renumbering of ch 3, pt 2, div 6 (Building of roads in State developments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 56 Amendment of s 115 (Conditions of sale) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 57 Insertion of new s 120A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 120A Applying for interest in land without competition . . . . 65 58 Amendment of s 122 (Deeds of grant of unallocated State land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 59 Amendment of s 127 (Reclaimed land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 60 Amendment of s 129 (Lease for significant development) . . . . . . 66 61 Insertion of new s 130A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 130A Change of financial and managerial capabilities of lessee of lease for significant development . . . . . . . . 67 62 Amendment of s 136 (Conditions of offer and lease) . . . . . . . . . . 69
5 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 63 Insertion of new s 138A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 138A Restriction on commencement of lease or permit . . . 70 64 Amendment of s 144 (Division applies only to leases for grazing and agriculture) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 65 Replacement of s 153 (Leases must be used for purpose issued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 153 Lease must state its purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 66 Amendment of s 154 (Minister may approve additional purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 67 Amendment of s 155 (Length of term leases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 68 Insertion of new ss 155A–155E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 155A Extending particular term leases for a term of up to 40 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 155B Extending particular term leases for a term of up to 50 years .............................. 73 155C Registering and taking of effect of extension . . . . . . . 74 155D Power to reduce term of extended term lease . . . . . . 75 155E Provisions about reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 69 Insertion of new s 157A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 157A Chief executive’s approval required for renewal . . . . . 76 70 Amendment of s 158 (Application to renew lease) . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 71 Amendment of s 159 (Issues the Minister must consider) . . . . . . 77 72 Insertion of new s 159A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 159A Provisions for decision about most appropriate form of tenure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 73 Amendment of s 160 (Written notice of Minister’s decision). . . . . 79 74 Insertion of new s 160A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 160A Land management agreement condition for particular offers ........................ 79 75 Replacement of s 162 (Acceptance of offer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 162 Issuing of new lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 162A Conditions imposed on particular new leases . . . . . . 80 76 Insertion of new s 165A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 165A Chief executive’s approval required for conversion. . . 81 77 Amendment of s 166 (Application to convert lease) . . . . . . . . . . . 81 78 Amendment of s 167 (Issues the Minister must consider) . . . . . . 82 79 Amendment of s 168 (Written notice of Minister’s decision). . . . . 83 80 Insertion of new s 168A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
6 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 168A Land management agreement for new perpetual lease ............................... 84 81 Amendment of s 169 (Conditions of freehold offer) . . . . . . . . . . . 84 82 Amendment of s 170 (Purchase price if deed of grant offered) . . 84 83 Replacement of s 172 (Acceptance of offer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 172 Issuing of new tenure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 84 Insertion of new s 173A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 173A Short term extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 85 Amendment, relocation and renumbering of s 175 (Forest entitlement areas). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 86 Relocation and renumbering of s 176 (Effect of resumption of forest entitlement area). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 87 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 3, divs 4–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Division 4 Subdividing leases 175 When lease may be subdivided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 176 Application to subdivide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 176A General provisions for deciding application . . . . . . . . 87 176B Criteria for deciding application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 176C Specific grounds for refusal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 176D Notice of decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 176E Appeal against refusal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 176F Acceptance of subdivision offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 176G Issuing of new leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 176H Restriction on transferring new leases . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 176I Power to waive fees if chief executive requested application ............................ 90 Division 5 Amalgamating leases 176J When leases may be amalgamated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 176K Application to amalgamate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 176L General provisions for deciding application . . . . . . . . 91 176M Criteria for deciding application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 176N Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 176O Specific grounds for refusal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 176P Notice of decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 176Q Appeal against refusal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 176R Acceptance of amalgamation offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 176S Issuing of amalgamated lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 176T Power to waive fees if chief executive requested application ............................. 93 Division 6 Land management agreements 176U Making and registration of agreement about land management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 176V Purposes of a land management agreement . . . . . . . 94 176W Content of land management agreement . . . . . . . . . . 95 176X Reviewing land management agreement . . . . . . . . . . 95 Division 7 Miscellaneous provisions 176Y Part does not affect amounts owing relating to lease. 95 176Z When payment obligations end if lease ends under part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 176ZA Overpayments relating to former lease . . . . . . . . . . . 96 88 Amendment of ch 4, pt 4 hdg (Permits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 89 Amendment of s 177 (Chief executive may issue permit) . . . . . . 96 90 Insertion of new ss 177A–177D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 177A Applying for permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 177B Notice of intention to issue permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 177C Submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 177D Notice of permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 91 Replacement of s 180 (Cancellation or surrender of permit) . . . . 99 180 When permit may be cancelled or surrendered . . . . . 99 180A Applying to cancel or surrender permit. . . . . . . . . . . . 99 180B Notice of proposal to cancel or approve surrender. . . 99 180C Submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 180D When cancellation or surrender is effective . . . . . . . . 101 180E Notice about cancellation or surrender. . . . . . . . . . . . 101 180F Effect of cancellation or surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 180G Permittee to give up possession on cancellation or surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 180H Dealing with improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 92 Amendment of s 181 (Rent periods) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 93 Amendment of s 183 (Rent payable generally) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 94 Amendment of s 183A (Rent payable in special cases) . . . . . . . . 103 95 Insertion of new s 183AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 183AA Protection against particular undue rental increases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 96 Amendment of s 185 (Development and Investigation concessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 97 Amendment of s 190 (When rent is owing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 98 Amendment of s 192 (Deferral of rent and instalment payments for hardship) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 99 Amendment of s 195 (Penalty interest on outstanding rent and instalments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 100 Amendment of s 196 (Minister may take action for non-payment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 101 Amendment of s 197 (Notice of intention to cancel). . . . . . . . . . . 106 102 Amendment of s 198 (Minister may reinstate if payment made) . 107 103 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Part 1A Future conservation areas 198A Management principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 198B Protection of reservation for future conservation area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 104 Replacement of ch 5, pt 2, div 1 hdg (General conditions) . . . . . 108 Division 1 General mandatory conditions 198C Operation of div 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 198D Mandatory conditions need not be registered . . . . . . 109 105 Amendment of s 199 (Duty of care condition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 106 Insertion of new s 199A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 199A Land may be used only for tenure’s purpose . . . . . . . 109 107 Replacement of ch 5, pt 2, div 2 hdg (Other conditions) . . . . . . . 110 Division 2 Imposed conditions 202A Operation of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 202B Imposed condition must be registered . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 108 Amendment of s 203 (Typical conditions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 109 Replacement of ch 5, pt 2, div 3 hdg (Changing conditions) . . . . 111 110 Replacement of s 210 (Changing conditions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 210 Power to change imposed condition of lease, licence or permit by agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 111 Replacement of s 211 (Conditions must be reviewed) . . . . . . . . . 112 211 Reviewing imposed conditions of lease . . . . . . . . . . . 112 112 Amendment of s 212 (Minister may change conditions after review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 113 Replacement of ss 213 and 214. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 213 Obligation to perform conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Division 5 Remedial action 214 Minister’s power to give remedial action notice . . . . . 114 214A Steps required before giving remedial action notice. . 115
9 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 214B Appeal against decision to give remedial action notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 214C Additional condition of lease or licence to take required remedial action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 214D Failure to comply with remedial action notice. . . . . . . 116 214E Power to reduce term of lease or impose additional conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 214F Provisions about reduction or additional conditions . . 117 114 Amendment of s 234 (When lease may be forfeited) . . . . . . . . . . 118 115 Amendment of ch 5, pt 4, div 2 hdg (Forfeiture of leases, generally) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 116 Replacement of s 234A (Non-application of div 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 234A Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 117 Amendment of s 235 (Notice of forfeiture for outstanding amounts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 118 Amendment of s 236 (Minister’s options if amount unpaid) . . . . . 119 119 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 4, div 2A hdg and s 237A . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Division 2A Forfeiture of leases by referral to court 237A Application of div 2A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 120 Amendment of s 238 (Application to the court for forfeiture) . . . . 120 121 Amendment of s 239 (Governor in Council’s options if court decides on forfeiture) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 122 Omission of s 240 (Publication of notice of forfeiture) . . . . . . . . . 121 123 Amendment of ch 5, pt 4, div 3, hdg (Forfeiture of leases for repeated convictions for vegetation clearing offences). . . . . . . . . 121 124 Omission of s 240E (Publication of notice of forfeiture) . . . . . . . . 121 125 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 4, div 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Division 3A Sale of lease instead of forfeiture Subdivision 1 Sale by lessee 240E Sale by lessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Subdivision 2 Sale by mortgagee Subdivision 3 Sale by local government 240G Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 240H Notice of approval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 240I Sale of lease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Subdivision 4 Sale by chief executive 240J Application of sdiv 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 240K Notice that chief executive may sell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 240L Entry into possession and sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
10 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 240M Transition to sale agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 240N Advice about entering transition to sale agreement . . 126 240O Making and registration of transition to sale agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 240P Auction or sale of lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 240Q Disposal of proceeds of sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 240R Protection from liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 126 Replacement of ch 5, pt 4, div 4 hdg (Effect of forfeiture) . . . . . . 130 127 Insertion of new s 240S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 240S Notice of forfeiture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 128 Amendment of s 241 (Effect of forfeiture). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 129 Amendment of s 243 (Improvements on forfeited lease) . . . . . . . 131 130 Amendment of s 244 (Sale by mortgagee instead of forfeiture) . . 131 131 Amendment of s 246 (Application of division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 132 Amendment of s 249 (Payment by the State for improvements) . 132 133 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Part 6 Protection of monitoring sites 252 Prohibition on interfering with monitoring marker or device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 253 Evidentiary provision for proceedings under s 252 . . 133 134 Amendment of s 275 (Registers comprising land registry) . . . . . 134 135 Amendment of s 276 (Registers to be kept by chief executive) . . 134 136 Insertion of new s 277A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 277A Registration of document evidencing tenure . . . . . . . 134 137 Amendment of s 278 (Particulars that must be recorded) . . . . . . 135 138 Replacement of s 279 (Recording issue and end of tenures) . . . 135 279 Registration of land management agreements and transition to sale agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 139 Amendment of s 286B (Requiring plan of survey to be lodged) . . 136 140 Amendment of s 287 (Registered documents must comply with particular requirements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 141 Amendment of s 290F (Plan of subdivision may be registered) . . 136 142 Insertion of new s 290FA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 290FA Taking effect of plan of subdivision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 143 Amendment of s 290J (Requirements for registration of plan of subdivision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 144 Replacement of s 290K (Particulars to be recorded on registration of plan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 290JA Dedication of public use land in plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
11 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 290JB Access for public use land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 290K Particulars to be recorded when registered plan takes effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 145 Amendment of s 294 (Chief executive may require public notice to be given of certain proposed action) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 146 Amendment of s 294B (Building management statement may be registered) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 147 Omission of s 296 (Tenure document to be returned to land registry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 148 Amendment of s 299 (When a document is registered) . . . . . . . . 141 149 Insertion of new s 299A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 299A No registration in absence of required approval or consent of Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 150 Omission of s 312 (Substitute document) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 151 Insertion of new s 318A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 318A Minister may lodge mandatory standard terms document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 152 Insertion of new s 320A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 320A Conflict with mandatory standard terms document . . 143 153 Amendment of s 321 (Withdrawal or cancellation of standard terms document) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 154 Amendment of s 322 (Requirements for transfers) . . . . . . . . . . . 143 155 Insertion of new s 322A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 322A Severing joint tenancy by transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 156 Amendment of s 325 (Effect of registration of transfer) . . . . . . . . 145 157 Insertion of new s 326A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 326A Disclosure of information to proposed transferee of lease or licensee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 158 Replacement of s 327 (Surrender of lease or deed of grant) . . . . 146 327 Absolute surrender of deed of grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 327A Surrender of lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 327B Applying to surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 327C Notice of proposal to approve surrender of lease. . . . 147 327D Submissions against proposal to approve surrender . 148 327E Registration surrenders lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 327F Notice of surrender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 327G Effect of surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 327H Person to give up possession on surrender . . . . . . . . 149 327I Dealing with improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
12 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 159 Amendment of s 328 (Surrender of subleases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 160 Amendment of s 329 (Notice of surrender needed) . . . . . . . . . . . 150 161 Amendment of s 330 (Requirements for effective surrender). . . . 150 162 Amendment of s 332 (Subleases require Minister’s approval) . . . 151 163 Replacement of s 333 (General authority to sublease) . . . . . . . . 151 333 General authority to lessee for particular dealings . . . 151 164 Amendment of s 334 (When subleasing is totally prohibited). . . . 152 165 Amendment of s 334A (Application to sub-subleases). . . . . . . . . 152 166 Insertion of new ch 6, pt 4, div 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Division 3A Mediation for disputes about terms of particular subleases 339A Application of div 3A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 339B Mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 167 Amendment of s 346 (Sale of mortgaged lease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 168 Omission of ch 6, pt 4, divs 5 and 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 169 Amendment of s 358 (Changing deeds of grant—change in description or boundary of land). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 170 Insertion of new s 358C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 358C Correction of minor error in deed of grant . . . . . . . . . 156 171 Amendment of s 359 (Correcting or cancelling deeds of grant) . . 156 172 Amendment of s 360 (Governor in Council may change leases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 173 Insertion of new ss 360A–360F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 360A Minister may change term leases, other than State leases, or perpetual leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 360B Minister may change State lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 360C Applying to amend description of lease . . . . . . . . . . . 159 360D Notice of proposal to amend lease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 360E Submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 360F Notice of registration of amendment of lease. . . . . . . 161 174 Amendment of s 361 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 175 Amendment of s 372 (End and continuation of easements) . . . . 162 176 Insertion of new s 373AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 373AA Particular matters about easements and permit land. 162 177 Amendment of s 383 (Power of attorney) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 178 Insertion of new s 389B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 389B Effect on writ of execution of transfer after sale by chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
13 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 179 Insertion of new ch 6, pt 4, div 11A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Division 11A Caveats Subdivision 1 Caveats generally 389C Requirements of caveats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 389D Lodging caveat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 389E Notifying caveat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 389F Effect of lodging caveat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 389G Withdrawing caveat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 389H Removing caveat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 389I Cancelling caveat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 389J Further caveat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 389K Notices to the caveator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Subdivision 2 Chief executive’s caveat 389L Chief executive may prepare and register caveat. . . . 167 180 Amendment of s 390A (Special provision for transport land) . . . . 169 181 Insertion of new s 390B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 390B Particular dealing with rail land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 182 Insertion of new s 391A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 391A General provision about approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 183 Amendment of s 392 (Delegation by Minister) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 184 Amendment of s 393 (Delegation by chief executive) . . . . . . . . . 171 185 Replacement of s 394 (Committee of review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 394 Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 394A Ministerial guidelines about what constitutes a good condition for lease land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 186 Amendment of s 400 (Power to enter land, generally) . . . . . . . . . 172 187 Amendment of s 404 (No trespassing). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 188 Insertion of new ss 405A and 405B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 405A Exercise of chief executive’s powers under division . . 173 405B Occupation fee for unlawful occupation by offeree until grant of tenure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 189 Amendment of s 406 (Notice to person to leave land, remove structures etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 190 Insertion of new ch 7, pt 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Part 2A General provisions for applications 420A Application of pt 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 420B Application guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 420C Requirements for making an application . . . . . . . . . . 176
14 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 420D Refusal of frivolous or vexatious applications. . . . . . . 176 420E Request to applicant about application . . . . . . . . . . . 177 420F Refusing application for failure to comply with request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 420G Particular criteria generally not exhaustive. . . . . . . . . 178 420H Particular grounds for refusal generally not exhaustive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 420I General power to impose conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 191 Insertion of new s 441A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 441A Requirement for making conditional offers . . . . . . . . . 179 192 Amendment of s 442 (Lapse of offer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 193 Amendment of s 468 (Existing leases continue) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 194 Amendment of ch 8, pt 5, div 1, hdg (Occupation licences and permits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 195 Replacement of s 481 (Cancellation or surrender of occupation licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 481 Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 481A Absolute surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 481B Application to cancel or surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 481C Notice of proposal to cancel or surrender . . . . . . . . . 182 481D Submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 481E Registration cancels occupation licence . . . . . . . . . . 183 481F Registration surrenders occupation licence . . . . . . . . 184 481G Notice of cancellation or absolute surrender . . . . . . . 184 481H Effect of cancellation or absolute surrender . . . . . . . . 184 481I Person to give up possession on cancellation or absolute surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 481J Improvements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 196 Insertion of new ch 8, pt 5, div 1A, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 197 Amendment of s 495 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 198 Amendment of s 503B (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 199 Insertion of new ch 9, pt 1D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Part 1D Transitional provisions for Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 521E Divesting and vesting trust land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 521F Existing leases exempted from particular amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 521G Offer of additional area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 521H Forfeiture for outstanding amount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
200 201 202 203 Part 5 204 205 206 207 208 209 Part 6 210 211 Part 7 212 213 214 215 Part 8 216 217 15 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 521I Requirements for plan of subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521J Non-application of s 299A to particular documents . . 521K Application made before commencement . . . . . . . . . 521L Continuance of power to substitute particular tenure or registered documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521M Permits to occupy and unallocated State land . . . . . . 521N Dealing with disputes under particular subleases . . . 521O Exclusion of imposed condition reviews for particular leases ...................... Amendment of sch 1 (Community purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new sch 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schedule 1A Provisions that include mandatory conditions for tenures Amendment of sch 2 (Original decisions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Land Title Act 1994 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 10 (Form of instruments). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 50 (Requirements for registration of plan of subdivision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 51 (Dedication of public use land in plan) . . . . . Amendment of s 54A (Building management statement may be registered) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 189A (Payment to compensated mortgagee) . . Amendment of SurveyandMappingInfrastructureAct2003 Act amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 32 (Authority for cadastral surveyor to act for another in particular circumstances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Surveyors Act 2003 Act amended in pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 75 (Carrying out a cadastral survey) . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 188A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188A Board may make guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of TransportInfrastructureAct1994 Act amended in pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 477A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477A Power to deal with particular land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 188 188 188 188 188 189 189 190 191 192 202 202 202 202 203 203 203 204 205 205 205 205 206 207 207 207
Part 9 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 16 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 Amendment of Vegetation Management Act 1999 Act amended in pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new pt 2, div 4, sdiv 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new pt 2, div 4, sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 2 Declarations by chief executive 19E Request for declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19F Making declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19G Particular criteria for declaration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19H Code for clearing of vegetation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19I Amendment of management plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19J When management plan stops having effect . . . . . . . 19K Recording of declared areas and management plans ............................. 19L Ending declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19M Information to be available for inspection . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 20B (When chief executive may make property map of assessable vegetation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 20E (When maps may be revoked) . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 22A (Particular vegetation clearing applications may be assessed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 22C (Modifying PlanningAct effect of appeal rights on ongoing applications (assessment manager)). . . . . . . . Amendment of s 22D (Modifying PlanningAct effect of appeal rights on ongoing applications (concurrence agency)). . . . . . . . . Insertion of new pt 6, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4 Transitional provision for Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 84 Existing appeals under s 22C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 207 208 208 209 209 210 211 211 211 212 212 213 213 214 214 215 215 215 216
Queensland Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 Act No. 19 of 2007 An Act to amend the LandAct1994 , and for other purposes [Assented to 23 April 2007]
s 1 18 s 4 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 The Parliament of Queensland enacts— Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 . 2 Commencement This Act, other than the following provisions, commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation— • sections 61, 62 and 166; • section 199, to the extent it inserts section 521N. Part 2 Amendment of Acquisition of Land Act 1967 3 Act amended in pt 2 This part amends the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 . 4 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) Section 2, definition land , from ‘fee simple,’— omit, insert— ‘fee simple, including fee simple in trust under the Land Act1994 , but does not include a freeholding lease under that Act.’.
s 5 19 s 6 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 5 Amendment of s 12 (Effect of gazette resumption notice) Section 12(4), from ‘and may,’— omit, insert— ‘and may, having regard to the purpose for which it was taken— (a) be dedicated, under the LandAct1994, as a reserve under the trusteeship of the constructing authority or as a road; or (b) be granted or leased, under the LandAct1994, to the constructing authority; or (c) be dealt with under another Act.’. 6 Insertion of new s 12B After section 12A— insert— ‘12B Particular land may be dedicated as road ‘(1) This section applies if land taken under this Act for the purpose of roads vests in a constructing authority for an estate in fee simple. ‘(2) The land may be dedicated as a road by recording a dedication notice for the land in the freehold land register. ‘(3) If the registrar of titles receives a dedication notice for the land, the registrar must register the notice. ‘(4) The registration of the dedication notice, without anything further, opens the road for the Land Act 1994 . ‘(5) In this section— dedication notice , for land, see the Land Act 1994 , schedule 6 . ’.
s 7 20 s 9 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 Part 3 Amendment of Integrated Planning Act 1997 7 Act amended in pt 3 This part amends the Integrated Planning Act 1997 . 8 Amendment of sch 8 (Assessable development and self-assessable development) (1) Schedule 8, part 1, table 4, item 1A(c), after ‘lot’— insert— ‘, other than indigenous land,’. (2) Schedule 8, part 1, table 4, items 1A(c)(i), 1B(b)(i) and 1C(b)(i), ‘under the Standard Building Regulation’— omit. (3) Schedule 8, part 1, table 4, item 1A— insert— ‘(ca) to the extent necessary for building residences on indigenous land, and any reasonably associated building or structure, for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander inhabitants of the land or persons providing educational, health, police or other community services for the inhabitants if the building of the residences— (i) is building work for which a development permit for a building development application has been issued; or (ii) is building work mentioned in part 2, table 1, item 1; or (iii) is development to which chapter 5, part 6 applies; or’. 9 Amendment of sch 10 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 10, definition essential management , paragraph (a), ‘fence or road’—
s 10 21 s 10 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 omit, insert— ‘fence, road or vehicular track’. (2) Schedule 10, definition essential management , paragraph (e), before ‘watering’— insert— ‘vehicular tracks,’. (3) Schedule 10, definition forest practice , paragraph 1, after ‘freehold land’— insert— ‘or indigenous land’. (4) Schedule 10, definition forest practice , paragraph 2, ‘road construction and maintenance’— omit, insert— ‘construction and maintenance of roads or vehicular tracks’. (5) Schedule 10, definition routine management , paragraph (a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) to establish a necessary fence, road or vehicular track if the maximum width of clearing for the fence, road or track is 10m; or’. (6) Schedule 10, definition routine management , paragraph (b), from ‘for establishing’ to ‘roads’— omit, insert— ‘to construct necessary built infrastructure other than contour banks, fences, roads or vehicular tracks’. Part 4 Amendment of Land Act 1994 10 Act amended in pt 4 This part amends the Land Act 1994.
s 11 22 s 13 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 11 Amendment of s 8 (Definitions) Section 8, heading, after ‘Definitions’— insert— ‘ for pt 4 ’. 12 Amendment of s 14 (Governor in Council may grant land) (1) Section 14(1), after ‘land’— insert — ‘, an operational reserve or rail land’. (2) Section 14— insert— ‘(4) A grant of rail land under subsection (1) may be made only to the State.’. 13 Amendment of s 15 (Governor in Council may lease land) (1) Section 15, heading— omit, insert— ‘15 Leasing land ’. (2) Section 15(1), ‘Governor in Council’— omit, insert— ‘Minister’. (3) Section 15(1), (2), (3) and (4)— renumber as section 15(2), (4), (5) and (6). (4) Section 15— insert— ‘(1) The Governor in Council may issue a freeholding lease following an application to convert a lease made under section 166(1). ‘(3) However, a lease in perpetuity of unallocated State land may be granted only if—
s 14 23 s 15 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (a) under a provision of an Act, other than this Act, a perpetual lease must be issued over the unallocated State land; or Example of a provision of an Act for paragraph (a) — Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , section 105J(4) and (5) (b) under a provision of this Act, the Minister may issue a perpetual lease; or Example of a provision of this Act for paragraph (b) — section 17(2) (c) the Minister considers the lease is in the interests of the State.’. 14 Amendment of s 16 (Deciding appropriate tenure) (1) Section 16(5)— renumber as section 16(6). (2) Section 16— insert— ‘(5) This section does not apply to a grant of rail land in fee simple to the State.’. 15 Amendment of s 17 (Granting land to the State) (1) Section 17, from ‘may—’— omit, insert— ‘may grant unallocated State land, an operational reserve or rail land in fee simple to the State.’. (2) Section 17— insert— ‘(2) The Minister may lease unallocated State land to the State for either a term of years or in perpetuity.’.
s 16 24 s 17 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 16 Replacement of s 18 (Governor in Council may exchange land) Section 18— omit, insert— ‘18 Exchanging land ‘(1) The Governor in Council, by agreement with a registered owner, or the holder of a native title interest in land, may grant unallocated State land in exchange for all or part of the freehold land or the native title interest. Note — A deed of grant issued because of an exchange of land is issued under section 358. ‘(2) The Governor in Council, by agreement with a lessee of a freeholding lease, may grant a freeholding lease over unallocated State land in exchange for all or part of the freeholding lease. Note — A freeholding lease amended because of an exchange of land is amended under section 360(1)(d). ‘(3) The Minister, by agreement with a lessee of a term lease, other than a State lease, or a perpetual lease, or the holder of a native title interest in land, may lease unallocated State land for a term of years or in perpetuity in exchange for all or part of the lease or the native title interest. Note — A term or perpetual lease amended because of an exchange of land is amended under section 360A(2)(c). ‘(4) A power under this section may be exercised only if the State’s equity in land would not be reduced.’. 17 Amendment of s 23 (Reservation for public purposes) Section 23— insert — ‘(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a reservation for a future conservation area—
s 18 25 s 18 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (a) may only be contained in a lease; and (b) must identify the particular land reserved. ‘(4) A reservation for a future conservation area may be made only if the NCA department has given the Minister— (a) a map showing the required particulars for a map of the area; or (b) a description of the boundary of the area by reference to Map Grid of Australia 1994 coordinates and zone references for the area.’. 18 Insertion of new s 23A After section 23— insert — ‘23A Floating reservation on plan of subdivision ‘(1) A person seeking to have a plan of subdivision registered in relation to the land contained in a deed of grant, deed of grant in trust or lease may apply to the Minister for the allocation of a floating reservation to some or all of the lots created by the plan. ‘(2) In making a decision for subsection (1), the Minister— (a) must have regard to the purpose of the reservation, the likely future use of the land and where the reservation is most likely to be needed; and Example — If the reservation is for road purposes, the Minister will have regard to where the road is most likely to be needed. (b) may have regard to information and advice obtained in the way the Minister considers appropriate. Example — If the reservation is for road purposes, the Minister might decide to seek advice from the chief executive of the department in which the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 is administered. ‘(3) If the reservation is contained in a deed of grant or freeholding lease, and the Minister is satisfied that all or part of the
s 19 26 s 19 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 reservation is no longer needed, the reservation, to the extent it is no longer needed, may be dealt with under section 24. ‘(4) If the reservation is contained in a deed of grant in trust, or in a lease other than a freeholding lease, and the Minister is satisfied that all or part of the reservation is no longer needed, the reservation, to the extent it is no longer needed, may be dealt with under section 26A. ‘(5) Written notice of the Minister’s decision for subsection (1) and the reasons for the decision must be given to the applicant. ‘(6) The applicant may appeal against the Minister’s decision.’. 19 Amendment of s 24 (Disposal of reservations no longer needed) (1) Section 24(1), after ‘a deed of grant’— insert — ‘or freeholding lease’. (2) Section 24(1), after ‘the deed of grant’— insert — ‘or the lessee of the lease’. (3) Section 24(2), after ‘registered owner’— insert — ‘or lessee’. (4) Section 24— insert — ‘(3) Land in a reservation may be sold under subsection (1) only if the registered owner or lessee has applied to the Minister to buy the land, and the Minister is satisfied the reservation is no longer needed. ‘(4) In making a decision under subsection (3), the Minister— (a) must have regard to the purpose of the reservation and the likely future use of the land; and Example —
s 20 27 s 21 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 If the reservation is for road purposes, the Minister will have regard to whether the road is likely to be needed. (b) may have regard to information and advice obtained in the way the Minister considers appropriate. Example — If the reservation is for road purposes, the Minister might decide to seek advice from the chief executive of the department in which the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 is administered.’. 20 Amendment of s 25 (Disposal of reservations by sale) Section 25, after ‘registered owner’— insert — ‘or lessee’. 21 Insertion of new s 26A Chapter 2, part 2— insert — ‘26A Disposal of redundant reservation ‘(1) If a reservation for a public purpose in a deed of grant in trust, a term lease or a perpetual lease is no longer needed for the purpose, the Minister may dispose of the reservation under this section. ‘(2) The Minister disposes of the reservation by approving the lodgement of a plan of subdivision that cancels the reservation and incorporates the land the subject of the reservation as land contained in the grant or lease. ‘(3) If the reservation is in a deed of grant in trust, the disposal must happen in conjunction with a surrender, under section 358(1), of the land contained in the deed of grant in trust. ‘(4) If the reservation is in a term lease or a perpetual lease, section 184(6) applies in relation to any increase in the area of land in the lease. ‘(5) In this section— reservation includes part of a reservation.’.
s 22 28 s 23 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 22 Amendment of s 30 (Object) Section 30— insert — ‘(d) enable a deed of grant to be issued over an operational reserve.’. 23 Replacement of s 31 (Dedication and adjustment of reserves) Section 31— omit, insert— ‘Subdivision 1 Reserves generally ‘31 Dedication of reserve ‘(1) The Minister may dedicate unallocated State land as a reserve for 1 or more community purposes. ‘(2) However, the Minister may dedicate unallocated State land as a reserve for a community purpose that is the provision of services beneficial to Aboriginal people particularly concerned with land or Torres Strait Islanders particularly concerned with land only if the unallocated State land is transferrable land. ‘(3) The Minister may dedicate land under this section without receiving an application under section 31C. ‘(4) Land is dedicated as a reserve by registering a dedication notice or plan of subdivision for the reserve. ‘(5) The dedication notice or plan of subdivision must state the community purpose for which the land is dedicated as a reserve. ‘(6) The dedication notice must also state the description of the land dedicated as a reserve. ‘(7) The dedication of a reserve takes effect on the day the dedication notice or plan of subdivision for the dedication of the reserve is registered.
s 23 29 s 23 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘31A Changing boundaries of reserve ‘(1) The Minister may change the boundaries of a reserve other than a reserve dedicated for a community purpose mentioned in section 31(2). ‘(2) The Minister may change the boundaries of a reserve under this section without receiving an application under section 31C(a). ‘(3) The boundaries of a reserve are changed by registering an adjustment notice or plan of subdivision. ‘(4) The adjustment notice must state— (a) the reason for the change of the boundaries of the reserve; and (b) the amended description of the land dedicated as the reserve. ‘(5) The change of the boundaries of a reserve takes effect on the day the adjustment notice or plan of subdivision for the change is registered. ‘31B Changing community purpose ‘(1) The Minister may change the community purpose for which a reserve is dedicated. ‘(2) However, the Minister may change the community purpose for which a reserve is dedicated to a purpose mentioned in section 31(2) only if the reserve is transferable land. ‘(3) Also, the Minister may change the community purpose of a reserve dedicated for a purpose mentioned in section 31(2) only to Aboriginal purposes or Torres Strait Islander purposes. ‘(4) The Minister may change the community purpose for which a reserve is dedicated under this section without receiving an application under section 31C(b). ‘(5) The community purpose for which a reserve is dedicated is changed by registering an adjustment notice. ‘(6) The adjustment notice must state— (a) the reason for the change of community purpose of the reserve; and
s 23 30 s 23 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (b) the changed community purpose for which the reserve is dedicated. ‘(7) The change of community purpose for which a reserve is dedicated takes effect on the day the adjustment notice for the change is registered. ‘31C Applying for dedication or adjustment of reserve ‘A person may apply to the Minister for the dedication of a reserve and the trustee of a reserve may apply— (a) to change the boundaries of the reserve; or (b) to change the purpose for which the reserve is dedicated. ‘31D Notice of proposal to dedicate or adjust reserve ‘(1) If the Minister proposes to dedicate unallocated State land as a reserve, written notice of the proposal must be given to the following— (a) the proposed trustee of the reserve; (b) a person who made an application under section 31C, other than the proposed trustee; (c) each person with a registered interest in the unallocated State land over which the reserve is proposed to be dedicated; (d) another person the Minister considers should be given the notice. ‘(2) If the Minister proposes to change the boundaries of a reserve, written notice of the proposal must be given to the following— (a) the trustee of the reserve; (b) a person who made an application under section 31C, other than the trustee; (c) each person with a registered interest in the reserve; (d) another person the Minister considers should be given the notice.
s 23 31 s 23 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘(3) If the Minister proposes to change the purpose for which a reserve is dedicated, written notice of the proposal must be given to the following— (a) the trustee of the reserve; (b) a person who made an application under section 31C, other than the trustee; (c) each person with a registered interest in the reserve; (d) another person the Minister considers should be given the notice. ‘(4) The notice must— (a) be in the approved form; and (b) state the following— (i) the reason for the proposal; (ii) that the person given the notice may make a submission against the proposal to the Minister; (iii) that the submission must be made in the approved form; (iv) the closing day for the submission; (v) the place where or the way the submission must be lodged. ‘31E Submissions ‘(1) A person given notice of a proposal under section 31D, other than a person who applied for the dedication or adjustment of the reserve, may make a submission against the proposal to the Minister. ‘(2) The submission must— (a) be made in the approved form; and (b) be received by the closing day for the submission in the notice under section 31D(4)(b)(iv); and (c) be lodged at the place or in the way stated in the notice under section 31D(4)(b)(v).
s 24 32 s 25 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘(3) The Minister must consider all submissions received under this section before dedicating, changing the boundaries of, or changing the purpose for, the reserve. ‘31F Notice of registration of action in relation to reserve ‘(1) Written notice of the registration of an action in relation to a reserve must be given to each person given notice under section 31D about the proposed action. ‘(2) The notice must include the date of registration of the action. ‘(3) If an action is not registered, written notice of the fact must be given to each person given notice under section 31D about the proposed action. ‘(4) In this section— action , in relation to a reserve, means— (a) the dedication of the reserve under section 31; or (b) the change of the boundaries of the reserve under section 31A; or (c) the change of community purpose for which the reserve is dedicated under section 31B.’. 24 Amendment of s 33 (Revocation of reserves) (1) Section 33(1), ‘, by gazette’ to ‘revoke’— omit, insert— ‘may revoke the dedication of’. (2) Section 33(2), (3) and (4)— omit, insert— ‘(2) The Minister may revoke the dedication of all or part of a reserve without receiving an application under section 34.’. 25 Replacement of s 34 (Revocation of reserve cancels appointments, leases and permits) Section 34— omit, insert—
s 25 33 s 25 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘34 Applying to revoke dedication of reserve ‘A person may apply for the revocation of the dedication of all or part of a reserve. ‘34A Notice of proposal to revoke dedication of reserve ‘(1) If the Minister proposes to revoke the dedication of all or part of a reserve, written notice of the proposal must be given to the following— (a) the trustee of the reserve; (b) any person who applied for the revocation, other than the trustee; (c) each person with a registered interest in the reserve; (d) another person the Minister considers should be given the notice. ‘(2) The notice must— (a) be in the approved form; and (b) state the following— (i) the reason for the proposed revocation; (ii) that the person given the notice may make a submission against the proposed revocation to the Minister; (iii) that the submission must be made in the approved form; (iv) the closing day for the submission; (v) the place where or the way the submission must be lodged. ‘34B Submissions ‘(1) A person given notice of a proposal to revoke the dedication of all or part of a reserve under section 34A(1), other than a person who applied for the revocation of the dedication of the reserve, may make a submission against the proposed revocation to the Minister.
s 25 34 s 25 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘(2) The submission must— (a) be made in the approved form; and (b) be received by the closing day for the submission stated in the notice under section 34A(2)(b)(iv); and (c) be lodged at the place or in the way stated in the notice under section 34A(2)(b)(v). ‘(3) The Minister must consider all submissions received under this section before revoking the dedication of the reserve. ‘34C Removal of interests before revocation ‘Before the Minister revokes the dedication of a reserve— (a) any State lease or easement existing over the reserve must be resumed or surrendered; and (b) any permit to occupy existing over the reserve must be cancelled or surrendered. Note — Under section 372(2), a public utility easement may continue over unallocated State land when the dedication of a reserve is revoked. ‘34D Registration revokes dedication of reserve ‘(1) The dedication of all or part of a reserve is revoked by registering a revocation notice or plan of subdivision for the reserve. ‘(2) However, if the revocation relates to only part of a lot, the revocation may only be made by registering a plan of subdivision. ‘(3) Also, if all or part of a reserve for cemetery purposes has been used for cemetery purposes, the dedication of the reserve or any part of it may be revoked under this section only if a regulation authorises the revocation. ‘(4) A revocation notice or plan of subdivision registered for subsection (3)— (a) must state the particulars of the regulation mentioned in subsection (3); and
s 25 35 s 25 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (b) may only be registered when the Statutory InstrumentsAct 1992 , section 50, can no longer operate to cause the regulation to cease to have effect. ‘(5) The revocation of the dedication of all or part of a reserve takes effect on the day a revocation notice or plan of subdivision is registered. ‘34E Notice of revocation ‘(1) Written notice of the revocation of the dedication of a reserve must be given to each person given notice under section 34A(1) about the proposed revocation. ‘(2) The notice under subsection (1) must include all of the following— (a) the date of the revocation; (b) the effect, under section 34F, of the revocation; (c) if there are improvements on the land the subject of the reserve owned by the person receiving the notice—a statement that the person may apply to remove the improvements. ‘(3) If the Minister decides not to revoke the dedication of a reserve, written notice of the fact must be given to each person given notice under section 34A(1) about the proposed revocation. ‘34F Effect of revocation ‘On the revocation of all or part of a reserve, all of the following apply in relation to the land the subject of the revocation— (a) the reserve ends; (b) all appointments of trustees are cancelled; (c) all trustee leases and interests in the trustee leases are cancelled; (d) all trustee permits are cancelled; (e) the land becomes unallocated State land;
s 25 36 s 25 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (f) no person has a right to claim compensation from the Minister or the State for the revocation. ‘34G Person to give up possession ‘(1) On the revocation of the dedication of all or part of a reserve, a person occupying land the subject of the revocation must immediately vacate the land. ‘(2) A person who does not give up possession under subsection (1), and is not otherwise entitled to possession, is a person who is unlawfully occupying unallocated State land. Note — Action for trespassing may be taken under chapter 7, part 2. ‘34H Dealing with improvements ‘(1) An owner of improvements on a reserve the dedication of which has been revoked may apply to remove the owner’s improvements on the reserve. ‘(2) The owner may remove the improvements only with the written approval of, and within a time stated by, the Minister. ‘(3) The improvements become the property of the State if— (a) the Minister refuses to give written approval for their removal; or (b) the Minister gives written approval for their removal but the improvements have not been removed within the time stated by the Minister. ‘(4) However, if the land the subject of revocation is leased or sold, the owner has a right to payment for the improvements under chapter 5, part 5. ‘(5) In this section— owner , of improvements, means— (a) if the trustee of the reserve the dedication of which has been revoked owned the improvements—the trustee; or (b) a person who—
s 25 37 s 25 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (i) made the improvements with the trustee’s authority; and (ii) owned the improvements. ‘Subdivision 2 Operational reserves ‘34I Applying for deed of grant ‘(1) The trustee of an operational reserve may apply for the issue of a deed of grant over the reserve. ‘(2) An application under subsection (1) may not be made for the issue of a deed of grant over part only of the reserve. ‘34J Notice of proposal to issue deed of grant ‘(1) If the Governor in Council proposes to issue a deed of grant over an operational reserve, written notice of the proposal must be given to the following— (a) the trustee of the reserve; (b) each person with a registered interest in the reserve; (c) another person the Minister considers should be given the notice. ‘(2) The notice must— (a) be in the approved form; and (b) state the following— (i) the reason for the proposed issue of a deed of grant; (ii) that the person given the notice may make a submission against the issue of the deed of grant to the Governor in Council; (iii) that the submission must be made in the approved form; (iv) the closing day for the submission; (v) the place where or the way the submission must be lodged.
s 25 38 s 25 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘34K Submissions ‘(1) A person given notice of a proposal under section 34J(1), other than a trustee of the operational reserve, may make a submission against the issue of the deed of grant to the Governor in Council. ‘(2) The submission must— (a) be made in the approved form; and (b) be received by the closing day for the submission in the notice under section 34J(2)(b)(iv); and (c) be lodged at the place or in the way stated in the notice under section 34J(2)(b)(v). ‘(3) The Governor in Council must consider all submissions received under this section before issuing the deed of grant. ‘34L Removal of interests before grant ‘Before the Governor in Council may issue a deed of grant over an operational reserve— (a) any State lease that exists over the reserve must be resumed or surrendered; and (b) any permit to occupy that exists over the reserve must be cancelled or surrendered. ‘34M Registration of deed of grant revokes reservation and setting apart ‘(1) The reservation and setting aside of an operational reserve is revoked by registering a deed of grant over the reserve. ‘(2) The deed of grant takes effect on the day the deed of grant is registered. ‘34N Notice of registration of deed of grant ‘(1) Written notice of the registration of the deed of grant over an operational reserve must be given to each person given notice under section 34J(1) about the issue of the deed of grant.
s 26 39 s 26 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘(2) The notice under subsection (1) must include both of the following— (a) the date of registration of the deed of grant; (b) the effect, under section 34O, of the registration of the deed of grant. ‘(3) If the Governor in Council does not issue a deed of grant over an operational reserve, written notice of the fact must be given to each person given notice under section 34J(1) about the proposed issue of the deed of grant. ‘34O Effect of revocation ‘On the registration of a deed of grant over an operational reserve, all of the following apply— (a) the reservation and setting apart of the reserve is revoked; (b) the reserve ends; (c) all appointments of trustees are cancelled; (d) the deed of grant is issued subject to— (i) all easements and trustee leases over the reserve; and (ii) all registered interests in the easements and trustee leases.’. 26 Amendment of s 35 (Use for community purposes of land granted in trust) Section 35— insert— ‘(3) The Governor in Council may notify an additional community purpose without receiving an application under section 38A(1)(a). ‘(4) An additional community purpose for land granted in trust is registered by registering an adjustment notice. ‘(5) The adjustment notice under subsection (4) must state—
s 27 40 s 27 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (a) the particulars of the gazette notice notifying an additional community purpose; and (b) the additional community purpose for the deed of grant in trust. ‘(6) The additional community purpose for land granted in trust takes effect on the day the adjustment notice is registered.’. 27 Amendment of s 36 (Amalgamating land with common purposes) (1) Section 36(1), ‘If land to be granted in trust’— omit, insert — ‘If unallocated State land to be granted in trust for a purpose’. (2) Section 36(2)— omit, insert— ‘(2) If land contained in a deed of grant in trust for a purpose adjoins land contained in another deed of grant in trust for the same purpose, both areas of land may be included in a single deed of grant in trust. Note for subsections (1) and (3) — A deed of grant issued because of an addition of land is issued under section 358. ‘(3) However, the following land must not be included with land contained in a deed of grant in trust issued on or after 1 July 1995— (a) land contained in a deed of grant in trust issued before 1 July 1995; (b) land contained in a conditional deed that became a deed of grant in trust under section 493(1). ‘(4) For this section— (a) land separated from other land by a road or watercourse is taken to adjoin the other land; and (b) a reference to a deed of grant in trust issued before 1 July 1995 is taken to include a reference to a deed of grant in trust issued on or after 1 July 1995 under
s 28 41 s 30 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 section 358 for land originally granted in trust before 1 July 1995.’. 28 Amendment of s 37 (Removing area from deed of grant in trust) Section 37(3), ‘or with the trustees approval’— omit, insert— ‘or a person with the trustee’s authority’. 29 Amendment of s 38 (Cancelling a deed of grant in trust) (1) Section 38(2), from ‘Before’ to ‘Council’— omit, insert— ‘Before a deed of grant in trust is cancelled, the Minister’. (2) Section 38(3) to (7)— omit, insert— ‘(3) The Governor in Council may cancel a deed of grant in trust without receiving an application under section 38A(2). ‘(4) A deed of grant in trust is cancelled by the registration of a cancellation notice. ‘(5) The cancellation notice must include the particulars of the gazette notice cancelling the deed of grant in trust. ‘(6) The cancellation of the deed of grant in trust takes effect on the day the cancellation notice is registered.’. 30 Insertion of new ss 38A–38G Chapter 3, part 1, division 3— insert— ‘38A Applying for additional community purpose, amalgamation or cancellation ‘(1) The trustee of a deed of grant in trust may apply— (a) for an additional community purpose to be notified under section 35; or
s 30 42 s 30 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (b) to amalgamate land with common purposes under section 36. ‘(2) A person may apply for the cancellation of a deed of grant in trust under section 38. ‘38B Notice of proposal to add community purpose, amalgamate land or cancel ‘(1) If the Minister proposes to notify an additional community purpose for land granted in trust under section 35, written notice of the proposal must be given to the following— (a) the trustee of the deed of grant in trust; (b) a person who made an application under section 38A(1)(a); (c) each person with a registered interest in the trust land; (d) another person the Minister considers should be given the notice. ‘(2) If the Minister proposes to amalgamate land with common purposes under section 36, written notice of the proposal must be given to the following— (a) the trustee of the deed of grant in trust; (b) a person who made an application under section 38A(1)(b); (c) each person with a registered interest in the trust land; (d) another person the Minister considers should be given the notice. ‘(3) If the Minister proposes to cancel a deed of grant in trust under section 38, written notice of the proposal must be given to the following— (a) the trustee of the deed of grant in trust; (b) a person who made an application under section 38A(2); (c) each person with a registered interest in the trust land; (d) another person the Minister considers should be given the notice. ‘(4) The notice must—
s 30 43 s 30 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (a) be in the approved form; and (b) state the following— (i) the reason for the proposal; (ii) that the person given the notice may make a submission against the proposal to the Governor in Council; (iii) that the submission must be made in the approved form; (iv) the closing day for the submission; (v) the place where or the way the submission must be lodged. ‘38C Submissions ‘(1) A person given notice of a proposal under section 38B, other than a person who applied for the cancellation of the deed of grant in trust, may make a submission against the proposal to the Governor in Council. ‘(2) The submission must— (a) be made in the approved form; and (b) be received by the closing day for the submission in the notice under section 38B(4)(b)(iv); and (c) be lodged at the place or in the way stated in the notice under section 38B(4)(b)(v). ‘(3) The Governor in Council must consider all submissions received under this section before adding a community purpose to, amalgamating land with, or cancelling the deed of grant in trust. ‘38D Notice of registration of action ‘(1) Written notice of the registration of an action in relation to a deed of grant in trust must be given to each person given notice under section 38B about the proposed action. ‘(2) The notice under subsection (1) must include the following— (a) the date of registration of the action;
s 30 44 s 30 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (b) if the action is the addition of a community purpose for the deed of grant in trust—a copy of the gazette notice mentioned in section 35(2); (c) if the action is the amalgamation of land with common purposes—the particulars of the new deed of grant in trust issued under section 358; (d) if the action is the cancellation of a deed of grant in trust— (i) a copy of the gazette notice mentioned in section 38(1); and (ii) the effect, under section 38E, of the cancellation; and (iii) if there are improvements on the land the subject of the deed of grant in trust owned by the person receiving the notice—a statement that the person may apply to remove the improvements. ‘(3) If an action is not registered, written notice of the fact must be given to each person given notice under section 38B(1) about the proposed action. ‘(4) In this section— action , in relation to a deed of grant in trust, means— (a) the addition of a community purpose for the deed of grant in trust under section 35(2); or (b) the amalgamation of land with common purposes under section 36; or (c) the cancellation of a deed of grant in trust under section 38. ‘38E Effect of cancellation ‘On the cancellation of a deed of grant in trust, all of the following apply— (a) the trust ends; (b) all appointments of trustees are cancelled; (c) all interests in the deed of grant in trust are cancelled;
s 30 45 s 30 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (d) the land becomes unallocated State land; (e) no person has a right to claim compensation from the Minister or the State for the cancellation. ‘38F Person to give up possession ‘(1) On the cancellation of a deed of grant in trust, a person occupying the land the subject of the cancellation must immediately vacate the land. ‘(2) A person who does not give up possession under subsection (1), and is not otherwise entitled to possession, is a person who is unlawfully occupying unallocated State land. Note — Action for trespassing may be taken under chapter 7, part 2. ‘38G Dealing with improvements ‘(1) An owner of improvements on a deed of grant in trust that has been cancelled may apply to remove the owner’s improvements on the deed of grant in trust. ‘(2) The owner may remove the improvements only with the written approval of, and within a time stated by, the Minister. ‘(3) The improvements become the property of the State if— (a) the Minister has not given written approval for their removal; or (b) the Minister has given written approval for their removal but the improvements have not been removed within the time stated by the Minister. ‘(4) However, if the land the subject of cancellation is leased or sold, the owner has a right to payment for the improvements under chapter 5, part 5. ‘(5) In this section— owner , of improvements, means— (a) if the trustee under the cancelled deed of grant in trust owned the improvements—the trustee; or (b) a person who—
s 203 196 s 203 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (b) destruction of soil structure, including, for example, the loss of fertility, organic matter or nutrients; (c) decline in perennial pasture grasses, pasture composition and density; (d) low ground cover; (e) thickening in woody plants; (f) stream bank instability and slumping; (g) the presence of any declared pest; (h) water logging; (i) rising water tables; (j) a process that results in declining water quality. land management agreement see section 176U(3). land registry means the land registry under section 275. lease means the interest in land comprising a lease held under this Act, as shown by the current particulars of the interest in the appropriate register, and— (a) for chapter 6, part 4, division 8B, see also section 373F; or (b) for chapter 6, part 4, division 11A—includes sublease. lease land , for a provision about a lease or proposed lease, a lease to be made available or an offer of a lease, means the land subject to the lease, proposed lease or the lease to be made available or offered. lessee means the person registered in the land registry as the holder of a lease from the State under this Act or the repealed Act, and for chapter 6, part 4, division 11A, includes sublessee . licence means the occupation rights comprising a licence held under this Act, as shown by the current particulars of the rights in the appropriate register. licence land , for a provision about a licence, means the land subject to the licence. mandatory condition , of a lease, licence or permit, see section 198C(2).
s 203 197 s 203 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 mandatory standard terms document means a document lodged by the Minister as a standard terms document if the document states that it is a mandatory standard terms document. Map Grid of Australia 1994 has the meaning given in ‘Geocentric datum of Australia technical manual’ published by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping. Editor’s note — At the commencement of this definition a copy of the manual could be found on the committee’s website < marker , for a monitoring site, means a marker for the site, installed or placed under section 400. miners homestead means— (a) for chapter 8, part 7, division 2, see section 495; or (b) for chapter 8, part 7, division 2A, see section 503B. monitoring device see section 400(1)(g). monitoring site see section 400(1)(e). native title registrar means the Native Title Registrar under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth), section 253. natural environmental values , of lease land, means the qualities and characteristics of the land that contribute to its biological diversity and integrity. natural resource , for chapter 6, part 4, division 8B, see section 373F. NCA department means the department in which the NatureConservation Act 1992 is administered. offer , for chapter 8, part 7, division 2, see section 495. operational reserve means a reserve that was reserved and set apart under the repealed Act for a public purpose that is not a community purpose under this Act. Examples of possible operational reserves — reserves for abattoirs, ambulance, electrical works and kindergartens permanent road closure application see section 97A.
s 203 198 s 203 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 permit means the occupation rights comprising a permit held under this Act, as shown by the current particulars of the rights in the appropriate register. permit land , for a provision about a permit, means the land subject to the permit. permittee means— (a) for a permit for a term of not more than 12 months, issued under chapter 4, part 4, that is not registered—the holder of the permit; or (b) otherwise—the person registered as the holder of a permit from the State issued under this Act or the repealed Act. public purpose means— (a) a purpose for which land may be taken under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 ; or (b) a community purpose; or (c) a future conservation area. public thoroughfare easement , for chapter 6, part 4, division 8, see section 361. public use land means land dedicated to public use by a plan of subdivision. public utility provider means— (a) the State or another entity representing the State; or (b) the Commonwealth or another entity representing the Commonwealth; or (c) a local government; or (d) a person authorised by law to provide a public utility service; or (e) a person approved by the Minister as suitable to provide a particular public utility service. rail land means non-rail corridor land or rail corridor land, as defined under the TransportInfrastructureAct1994 , that is held under a perpetual lease.
s 203 199 s 203 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 relevant local government , in relation to land or a tenure, means the local government in whose area the land or tenure is situated. relevant tenure , in relation to a caveat, means a lease, licence or reserve. remedial action order see section 214D(2). repealed Act means— (a) for chapter 8, part 7A, see section 506A; or (b) otherwise, the Land Act 1962 . repealed miners homestead Acts means— (a) for chapter 8, part 7, division 2, see section 495; or (b) for chapter 8, part 7, division 2A, see section 503B. required particulars , for a map of a future conservation area or a part of lease land, means— (a) the boundary of the area or part on an image base; and (b) 5 or more points visible in the image base that correspond to identifiable fixed features; and (c) the Map Grid of Australia 1994 coordinates and zone references for each point, acquired by GPS or similar system of satellites that receives and processes information; and (d) a description of the feature that each point represents. revocation notice means a notice in the approved form requesting the registrar to register a revocation under this Act. rural leasehold land means land for which, under this Act, leases may be issued in perpetuity or for a term of years for agricultural, grazing or pastoral purposes, other than land in any of the following— (a) a reserve; (b) a State forest; (c) a timber reserve; (d) any of the following under the Nature Conservation Act1992 —
s 203 200 s 203 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (i) a national park (scientific); (ii) a national park; (iii) a national park (Aboriginal land); (iv) a national park (Torres Strait Islander land); (v) a national park (recovery); (vi) a conservation park; (vii) a resources reserve; (viii) a forest reserve. special perpetual mining purposes lease , for chapter 8, part 7, division 2A, see section 503B. State lease means— (a) a lease issued over a reserve under section 15(2)(b); or (b) a special lease issued over a reserve under section 203(b) 8 of the repealed Act. subdivision offer , for chapter 4, part 3, division 4, see section 176A(2). surrender notice means a notice in the approved form requesting the registrar to register a surrender of a tenure or interest in land under this Act. temporary road closure application see section 97A. term lease means a lease for a term of years. Torres Strait Islanders particularly concerned with land means Torres Strait Islanders particularly concerned with land within the meaning given by the Torres Strait Islander LandAct 1991 , section 4. transferrable land means transferrable land under the Aboriginal Land Act 1991 or Torres Strait Islander Land Act1991 . transition to sale agreement see section 240K(2)(b). 8 Section 203 (Issue of special lease without notification) of the repealed Act
s 203 201 s 203 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 trustee of trust land notice means a notice in the approved form requesting the registrar to register particulars about the office of a trustee.’. (3) Schedule 6, definition appropriate register , paragraph (f), ‘easements over’— omit. ’. (4) Schedule 6, definition noxious plant , from ‘under the’ to ‘2002’— omit. (5) Schedule 6, definition pastoral lease , ‘, part 3, division 1 or 2’— omit. (6) Schedule 6, definition reserve , after ‘repealed Act’— insert — ‘, as shown by the current particulars in the appropriate register’. (7) Schedule 6, definition road closure application , ‘section 99’— omit, insert— ‘section 97A’. (8) Schedule 6, definition set rent , ‘section 183A(3)’— omit, insert — ‘section 183A’. (9) Schedule 6, definition unallocated State land , paragraph (c), ‘by the State’— omit, insert — ‘by or for the State, other than a permit to occupy under this Act issued by the chief executive’.
s 204 202 s 207 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 Part 5 Amendment of Land Title Act 1994 204 Act amended in pt 5 This part amends the Land Title Act 1994. 205 Amendment of s 10 (Form of instruments) Section 10(1)(b)(i), ‘; or’— omit, insert— ‘; and’. 206 Amendment of s 50 (Requirements for registration of plan of subdivision) Section 50— insert— ‘(2) If the plan of subdivision is to give effect to a surrender under the Land Act 1994 , section 55, of all or part of land contained in a deed of grant in trust, the plan of subdivision— (a) must be endorsed with the written approval of the Minister under that section; and (b) need not have been approved by the local government concerned as would otherwise be required under subsection (1)(h) or (i).’. 207 Amendment of s 51 (Dedication of public use land in plan) Section 51— insert — ‘(3A) However, if a dedication mentioned in subsection (3) is stated to be for an identified community purpose under the Land Act1994 , and the plan is endorsed with the approval of the Minister administering the Land Act 1994 , on registration of
s 208 203 s 210 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 the plan, without anything further, the lot is dedicated as a reserve for the community purpose.’. 208 Amendment of s 54A (Building management statement may be registered) (1) Section 54A(3), ‘At least 1 of the lots’— omit, insert — ‘Each lot’. (2) Section 54A(4)— omit, insert — ‘(4) However, a building management statement that otherwise complies with subsection (3) may also apply to a lot that is not entirely or partly contained in, and does not entirely or partly contain, 1 or more buildings if the lot is the subject of a building development approval.’. 209 Amendment of s 189A (Payment to compensated mortgagee) Section 189A, heading— omit, insert— ‘189A Limit on amounts recoverable by mortgagee’. Part 6 Amendment of Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003 210 Act amended in pt 6 This part amends the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act2003 .
s 211 204 s 211 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 211 Amendment of s 32 (Authority for cadastral surveyor to act for another in particular circumstances) (1) Section 32(4) to (8)— renumber as section 32(7) to (11). (2) Section 32(1) to (3)— omit, insert— ‘(1) A cadastral surveyor (the original surveyor ) may, in writing, authorise another person who is a cadastral surveyor (an authorised surveyor ) to take the action necessary to comply with any requirement about a relevant survey of the original surveyor made by— (a) the registering entity; or (b) for a plan of survey required for a purpose under the MineralResourcesAct1989 —a person acting under that Act. ‘(2) The authorisation may be for— (a) a particular plan of survey stated in the authorisation; or (b) a stated period. ‘(3) For subsection (2)(b), the authorisation may state it has effect until it is ended by the original surveyor. ‘(4) As soon as practicable after giving the authorisation, the original surveyor must give a copy of it to the surveyors board. ‘(5) If the original surveyor ends the authorisation, the surveyor must as soon as practicable give the surveyors board written notice of its ending. ‘(6) Subsection (7) applies if— (a) a plan of survey has been lodged or deposited for registration; and (b) the chief executive reasonably believes the cadastral surveyor responsible for the survey’s survey quality can not comply with a requirement about the plan.’. (3) Section 32(9)(b), as renumbered, ‘that the action’— omit, insert—
s 212 205 s 214 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘to which the action relates that it’. (4) Section 32(10), as renumbered, ‘subsection (6)’— omit, insert— ‘subsection (9)’. (5) Section 32(11), as renumbered, definition original surveyor — omit. (6) Section 32(11), as renumbered— insert— ‘ relevant survey , of an original surveyor, means a plan of survey for the survey quality of which the original surveyor is responsible.’. Part 7 Amendment of Surveyors Act 2003 212 Act amended in pt 7 This part amends the Surveyors Act 2003 . 213 Amendment of s 75 (Carrying out a cadastral survey) Section 75(1)(b), ‘personal’— omit. 214 Insertion of new s 188A After section 188— insert— ‘188A Board may make guidelines ‘(1) The board may make guidelines to provide guidance to registrants about matters relating to the board’s functions under this Act.
s 215 206 s 215 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a guideline may be about— (a) in relation to a registrant carrying out a cadastral survey, the supervision the board considers necessary— (i) to help ensure the survey’s survey quality; or (ii) to help the registrant gain a relevant competency for a registration or registration endorsement; or (b) matters that relate to the code of practice and may help registrants comply with the code. ‘(3) The board must ensure registrants are notified of the making of a guideline and any amendment of it. ‘(4) The board must publish each guideline, as in force from time to time, on the board’s web site on the internet.’. 215 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 3, definition professional conduct , paragraph (b), ‘for a survey’— omit, insert— ‘for a survey, including, for example, a cadastral survey carried out under the supervision of the registrant or former registrant’. (2) Schedule 3, definition professional conduct , paragraph (d)(iii)— omit, insert— ‘(iii) the SurveyandMappingInfrastructureAct2003 , including survey standards made under that Act; or (iv) survey standards made under the repealed Act.’. (3) Schedule 3, definition professional misconduct , paragraph (d)(iii)— omit, insert— ‘(iii) the SurveyandMappingInfrastructureAct2003 , including survey standards made under that Act; or (iv) survey standards made under the repealed Act.’.
s 216 207 s 219 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 Part 8 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 216 Act amended in pt 8 This part amends the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 . 217 Insertion of new s 477A After section 477— insert— ‘477A Power to deal with particular land ‘(1) The chief executive may apply under the Land Act 1994 for the issue of a deed of grant for a part of rail land if the chief executive considers the issue of the deed of grant is necessary— (a) to facilitate development for commercial purposes; or (b) to provide community infrastructure. ‘(2) In this section— community infrastructure means community infrastructure stated in the Integrated Planning Act 1997 , schedule 5. rail land means non-rail corridor land or rail corridor land that is held under a perpetual lease under the Land Act 1994 .’. Part 9 Amendment of Vegetation Management Act 1999 218 Act amended in pt 9 This part amends the Vegetation Management Act 1999 . 219 Insertion of new pt 2, div 4, sdiv 1 hdg Before section 16—
s 220 208 s 220 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 insert— ‘Subdivision 1 Declarations by Governor in Council or Minister’. 220 Insertion of new pt 2, div 4, sdiv 2 Part 2, division 4, after section 19D— insert— ‘Subdivision 2 Declarations by chief executive ‘19E Request for declaration ‘(1) The owner of land (the proponent ) may, by written notice given to the chief executive, ask the chief executive to declare that a stated area of the land is— (a) an area of high nature conservation value; or (b) an area vulnerable to land degradation. ‘(2) The notice must be accompanied by a management plan for the stated area. ‘(3) The management plan must— (a) be signed by the proponent; and (b) include enough information to allow the chief executive to map the boundary of the stated area; and (c) state the proponent’s management intent, and management outcomes proposed by the proponent, for the conservation of the high nature conservation value of the area or the prevention of land degradation in the area; and (d) state the activities the proponent intends to carry out, or refrain from carrying out, to achieve the management outcomes mentioned in paragraph (c); and (e) state the restrictions, if any, to be imposed on the use of, or access to, the area by other persons to achieve the management outcomes mentioned in paragraph (c).
s 220 209 s 220 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘(4) Subsection (3) does not limit the matters the management plan may contain. ‘19F Making declaration ‘(1) The chief executive may, by written notice given to the proponent, declare that the stated area is— (a) an area of high nature conservation value; or (b) an area vulnerable to land degradation. ‘(2) If a person other than the proponent has a registered interest in the stated area the chief executive must not make the declaration without the person’s written consent. ‘(3) The chief executive need not make a declaration for the stated area if the chief executive— (a) prepares a code for the clearing of vegetation in the area and the proponent does not agree, under section 19H(2), that it is the code for the clearing of vegetation in the area; or (b) considers the making of the declaration is not in the interests of the State, having regard to the public interest. ‘(4) In this section— registered means registered under the Land Act 1994 or LandTitle Act 1994 . ‘19G Particular criteria for declaration ‘(1) The chief executive may declare an area to be an area of high nature conservation value only if the chief executive considers— (a) implementation of the management plan for the area will help to conserve its high nature conservation value; and (b) the area is 1 or more of the following— (i) a wildlife refugium; (ii) a centre of endemism;
s 220 210 s 220 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (iii) an area containing a vegetation clump or corridor that contributes to the maintenance of biodiversity; (iv) an area that makes a significant contribution to the conservation of biodiversity; (v) an area that contributes to the conservation value of a wetland, lake or spring stated in the notice mentioned in section 19F(1) for the declaration; (vi) another area that contributes to the conservation of the environment. ‘(2) The chief executive may declare an area to be an area vulnerable to land degradation only if the chief executive considers— (a) implementation of the management plan for the area will help to prevent or minimise land degradation in the area; and (b) the area is subject to 1 or more of the following— (i) soil erosion; (ii) rising water tables; (iii) the expression of salinity, whether inside or outside the area; (iv) mass movement by gravity of soil or rock; (v) stream bank instability; (vi) a process that results in declining water quality. ‘(3) An area declared under this subdivision may include an area of regrowth vegetation. ‘19H Code for clearing of vegetation ‘(1) The chief executive may prepare a code for the clearing of vegetation in an area declared to be a declared area under this subdivision. ‘(2) A code mentioned in subsection (1) is the code for the clearing of vegetation in the declared area (a declared area code ) if, before the declaration for the area is made, the proponent agrees by written notice given to the chief
s 220 211 s 220 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 executive that it is the code for the clearing of vegetation in the area. ‘(3) If there is no declared area code for the area, the regional vegetation management code for the region of the State in which the area is situated is the code for the clearing of vegetation in the area. ‘(4) The chief executive may, with the agreement of the owner of the land the subject of a declared area code, amend the code. ‘19I Amendment of management plan ‘The chief executive may, with the agreement of the owner of the land the subject of a management plan, amend the plan. ‘19J When management plan stops having effect ‘A management plan for a declared area has effect until the earlier of the following happens— (a) the plan ends under its terms; (b) the declaration of the area as a declared area ends under section 19L. ‘19K Recording of declared areas and management plans ‘(1) As soon as practicable after declaring an area to be a declared area, the chief executive must give the registrar of titles written notice of— (a) the declaration; and (b) the management plan for the declared area. ‘(2) The notice must include particulars of the land the subject of the declaration. ‘(3) The registrar must keep records that— (a) show the land is a declared area; and (b) state the places where particulars of the management plan may be inspected.
s 220 212 s 220 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘(4) The registrar must keep the records in a way that a search of the register kept by the registrar under any Act relating to title to the land will show— (a) the declaration has been made; and (b) the existence of the management plan. ‘(5) As soon as practicable after a declaration ends or a management plan for the land the subject of a declaration stops having effect— (a) the chief executive must give the registrar written notice of the fact; and (b) the registrar must remove the particulars of the declaration or management plan from the registrar’s records. ‘(6) While a management plan has effect for the land and is recorded by the registrar under this section, the plan is binding on— (a) each person who is from time to time the owner of the land, whether or not the person signed the plan or agreed to any amendment of the plan; and (b) each person who has an interest in the land. ‘19L Ending declaration ‘The chief executive may, by written notice given to the owner of the land the subject of a declaration under this subdivision, end the declaration if the chief executive considers— (a) the declaration is not in the interests of the State, having regard to the public interest; or (b) the management outcomes mentioned in section 19E(3)(c) for the management plan relevant to the declaration have been achieved. ‘19M Information to be available for inspection ‘(1) For each declaration under this subdivision, the chief executive must keep a copy of the following documents available for inspection—
s 221 213 s 222 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 (a) the notice given to the proponent under section 19F(1); (b) the management plan relevant to the declaration; (c) the declared area code, if any, relevant to the declaration. ‘(2) The documents must be kept at the department’s head office and each regional office the chief executive considers appropriate. ‘(3) The chief executive must, on payment by a person of the reasonable fee decided by the chief executive, give a copy of a document mentioned in subsection (1) to the person.’. 221 Amendment of s 20B (When chief executive may make property map of assessable vegetation) Section 20B(2)— omit. 222 Amendment of s 20E (When maps may be revoked) (1) Section 20E(1)(a), ‘section 20B(1)(a)’— omit, insert— ‘section 20B(a)’. (2) Section 20E(1)(b), ‘section 20B(1)(c)’— omit, insert— ‘section 20B(c)’. (3) Section 20E(1)(c), ‘section 20B(1)(d)’— omit, insert— ‘section 20B(d)’. (4) Section 20E(1)(d), ‘section 20B(1)(e)’— omit, insert— ‘section 20B(e)’. (5) Section 20E(1)— insert—
s 223 214 s 224 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘(e) for a map made under section 20B(b) for a declared area under division 4, subdivision 2—the declaration for the area ends.’. 223 Amendment of s 22A (Particular vegetation clearing applications may be assessed) (1) Section 22A(2)(d)— omit, insert— ‘(d) for establishing a necessary fence, firebreak, road or vehicular track, or for constructing necessary built infrastructure, if there is no suitable alternative site for the fence, firebreak, road, track or infrastructure; or’. (2) Section 22A— insert— ‘(2C) In addition, a vegetation clearing application is not for a relevant purpose under this section if the development applied for is— (a) mentioned in subsection (2)(e), (f), (i) or (j); and (b) proposed for an area declared to be a declared area under division 4, subdivision 2.’. 224 Amendment of s 22C (Modifying Planning Act effect of appeal rights on ongoing applications (assessment manager)) (1) Section 22C, heading, ‘ongoing’— omit, insert— ‘ particular ’. (2) Section 22C(1), ‘an ongoing application’— omit, insert— ‘a vegetation clearing application that is for a relevant purpose under section 22A’. (3) Section 22C(2), from ‘a tribunal’— omit, insert—
s 225 215 s 226 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘the Planning and Environment Court under the Planning Act, section 4.1.27.’. 225 Amendment of s 22D (Modifying Planning Act effect of appeal rights on ongoing applications (concurrence agency)) (1) Section 22D, heading, ‘ongoing’— omit, insert— ‘ particular ’. (2) Section 22D(1), ‘an ongoing application’— omit, insert— ‘a vegetation clearing application that is for a relevant purpose under section 22A’. 226 Insertion of new pt 6, div 4 After section 83— insert— ‘Division 4 Transitional provision for Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 ‘84 Existing appeals under s 22C ‘(1) Subsection (2) applies if, before the commencement— (a) a person has appealed to a tribunal under the PlanningAct, section 4.2.9, about an application for which section 22C as in force before the commencement applied; and (b) the appeal has not been decided. ‘(2) The tribunal may hear, or continue to hear, and decide the appeal as if the Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act2007 , part 9, had not commenced. ‘(3) In this section— commencement means the day this section commences.’.
s 227 216 s 227 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 227 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) (1) Schedule, definitions declared area code , ongoing application and unlawfully cleared — omit. (2) Schedule — insert— ‘ declared area code — (a) for a declared area under part 2, division 4, subdivision 1—see section 17(2); and (b) for a declared area under part 2, division 4, subdivision 2—see section 19H(2). proponent , for part 2, division 4, subdivision 2, see section 19E(1). road see the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , schedule 6. unlawfully cleared means cleared of vegetation by a person in contravention of— (a) a vegetation clearing provision, if the person— (i) has not contested an infringement notice given for the contravention; or (ii) has been convicted of the contravention, whether or not the conviction is recorded; or (b) a tree clearing provision under the Land Act 1994 , as in force before the commencement of the VegetationManagementandOtherLegislationAmendmentAct2004 , section 3.’. (3) Schedule, definitions category 1 area , category 2 area and category 3 area , paragraph (b), ‘an ongoing application for the area’— omit, insert— ‘a vegetation clearing application for the area that was for a relevant purpose under section 22A’. (4) Schedule, definition category 1 area — insert—
s 227 217 s 227 Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 19, 2007 ‘(f) is subject to any of the following notices containing conditions about restoration of vegetation— (i) a compliance notice; (ii) an enforcement notice under the Planning Act.’. (5) Schedule, definition declared area , ‘section 17 or 18’— omit, insert— ‘section 17, 18 or 19F’. (6) Schedule, definition forest practice , paragraph 1, after ‘freehold land’— insert— ‘or indigenous land on which the State does not own the trees’. (7) Schedule, definition forest practice , paragraph 1(b)(ii), ‘if there is no code, the all’— omit, insert— ‘if there is no code, all the’. (8) Schedule 10, definition forest practice , paragraph 2, ‘road construction and maintenance’— omit, insert— ‘construction and maintenance of roads or vehicular tracks’. © State of Queensland 2007
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