Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND ACT 1994 - SECT 214G

214G Noncompliance with particular remedial action notice

(1) This section applies if a lessee fails to comply with a remedial action notice requiring the lessee to take remedial action mentioned in section 214 (3) (a) or (b) in relation to a stated building or another structure, whether or not the lessee has been convicted of an offence against section 214D (1) for the noncompliance.

(2) The State may—

(a) take the remedial action required under the remedial action notice; or

(b) if the remedial action required is the repair of a building or another structure—remove or demolish the building or structure if it would not be in the public interest for the State to carry out the repairs to the building or structure.

(3) Also, the State may recover from the person the reasonable costs of taking the action under subsection (2) (a) or (b) as a debt due to the State.

(4) Further, the Minister may decide whether it is appropriate in the circumstances to forfeit the lease.

(5) Without limiting subsection (4) , the Minister may decide it is appropriate to forfeit the lease if—

(a) the action required under the remedial action notice is the removal or demolition of a stated building or another structure; and

(b) the building or structure is integral to the purpose for which the lease has been issued or, if the purpose has been changed under section 154 , the purpose as changed.