Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND ACT 1994 - SECT 109C

109C Buying or leasing land if closed road amalgamated with adjoining land

(1) This section applies if—

(a) land must be amalgamated under section 109 (2) (b) ; or

(b) a registered owner has asked for an amalgamation of land under section 109A (2) ; or

(c) a lessee has asked for an amalgamation of land under section 109B (3) .

(2) Before the road is permanently closed, the road must be—

(a) sold to 1 or more adjoining owners who are registered owners or lessees who have freeholding leases; or

(b) with or without the payment of a premium as the Minister considers appropriate—leased to 1 or more adjoining owners who are lessees, other than lessees of freeholding leases.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to an adjoining owner who is a trustee of trust land.

(4) The Minister must decide the purchase price or the cash premium in the way prescribed by regulation.