Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 153B

153B Registration of critical infrastructure easement

(1) This section applies to land that—

(a) is the subject of a critical infrastructure project; and

(b) is burdened by a relevant public utility easement.

(2) On receiving an instrument of easement for the land, the registrar must record the particulars of the easement in the appropriate register if—

(a) the instrument—

(i) relates only to the land affected by the relevant public utility easement; and

(ii) is signed by the Minister; and

(b) the easement is in favour of the Coordinator-General.

(3) Despite the Land Act 1994 , section 363 or the Land Title Act 1994 , section 83 , the easement may be registered under the Act s—

(a) without the instrument being signed by a person other than the Minister; and

(b) for an easement under the Land Act 1994 —without the approval of the Minister under that Act.

(4) The easement is taken to be a public utility easement under the Land Act 1994 , chapter 6 , part 4 , division 8 , or the Land Title Act 1994 , part 6 , division 4 .