Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND ACT 1994 - SECT 31

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 transferable land.

(3) The Minister may dedicate land under this section without receiving an application under section 31C (1) .

(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.