Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND ACT 1994 - SECT 44

44 Appointing trustees

(1) The Minister may appoint trustees of trust land.

(2) A trustee may be—

(a) the State; or

(b) a statutory body; or

(c) an incorporated body; or

(d) a named individual.

(3) The Minister may appoint a trustee subject to conditions.

(4) Before a trustee may be appointed, the Minister must be given written acceptance of the appointment.

(5) Written acceptance of the appointment under subsection (4) must be in the approved form.

(6) A trustee is appointed by registering a trustee of trust land notice or plan of subdivision.

(7) The appointment of a trustee under subsection (1) is effective—

(a) if the appointment is the appointment of a trustee of a reserve—on the day the trustee of trust land notice or plan of subdivision for the dedication of the reserve is registered; or

(b) if the appointment is the appointment of a trustee of a deed of grant in trust—on the day the trustee of trust land notice for the appointment is registered.

(8) A plan of subdivision mentioned in subsection (7) (a) must include all of the following—

(a) the Minister’s approval of the appointment;

(b) the name of the trustee;

(c) any conditions to which the appointment is subject under subsection (3) .