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Queensland
LAND SALES AND LAND
TITLE AMENDMENT BILL
1997
Queensland
LAND SALES AND LAND TITLE
AMENDMENT BILL 1997
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF LAND SALES ACT 1984
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Insertion of new s 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Objects of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 5 (Application of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Amendment of s 6 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of pt 2 (Sale of relevant land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8 Omission of s 7 (Construction of certain provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 Amendment of s 7A (Part not to apply to large transactions) . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Amendment of s 8 (Restriction on selling and purchasing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 Amendment of s 9 (Identification of land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
12 Replacement of s 10 (Delivery of registered plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
10 Vendor must tell purchaser about significant variations
between disclosure plan and later plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
10A Purchaser must be given registrable instrument of transfer
and other documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
13 Amendment of s 11 (Contractual requirement re holding of money) . . . . . 15
14 Insertion of new s 11A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
11A Limit on deposit amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
15 Amendment of s 12 (Trustee's duty) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
16 Omission of ss 1315 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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17 Amendment of s 18 (Declaration of non-application of part in
respect of certain relevant leasehold land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
18 Amendment of s 19 (Exemption from part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
19 Amendment of s 21 (Statement identifying proposed lot etc.) . . . . . . . . . . 17
20 Amendment of s 23 (Contractual requirement re holding of money) . . . . . 17
21 Amendment of s 24 (Trustee's duty) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
22 Omission of s 26 (Avoidance of instrument for breach of s 23) . . . . . . . . . . 19
23 Replacement of s 27 (Avoidance of instrument upon ground of
lapse of time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
27 Purchaser's rights if not given a registrable instrument of
transfer within a certain period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
24 Amendment of s 31 (Contracting out of Act void) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
25 Omission of s 31B (Extension of period specified in s 15 or 27) . . . . . . . . . 20
26 Amendment of s 32 (Offences against Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
27 Insertion of new ss 32A and 32B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
32A Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives . . . . . . . . . . 21
32B Executive officers must ensure corporation complies with Act . . . . 21
28 Amendment of s 34 (Evidentiary provision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF LAND TITLE ACT 1994
29 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
30 Amendment of s 122 (Lodging a caveat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
AUCTIONEERS AND AGENTS ACT 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
CANALS ACT 1958 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
1997
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Land Sales Act 1984 and the Land Title Act 1994,
and for other purposes
s1 4 s4
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Land Sales and Land Title Amendment 4
Act 1997. 5
6
Schedule
Clause 2. The schedule amends the Acts mentioned in it. 7
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF LAND SALES ACT 1984 8
P
amended in pt 2 9
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Land Sales Act 1984. 10
of new s 2 11
Insertion
Clause 4. After section 1-- 12
insert-- 13
of Act 14
`Objects
`2. The objects of this Act are-- 15
(a) to facilitate property development in Queensland; and 16
(b) to protect the interests of consumers in relation to property 17
development; and 18
(c) to ensure that proposed allotments and proposed lots are clearly 19
identified; and 20
s5 5 s6
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(d) to achieve the objects mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) without 1
imposing procedural obligations on local governments in addition 2
to their obligations under the Local Government (Planning and 3
Environment) Act 1990.'. 4
of s 5 (Application of Act) 5
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 5(1)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`5.(1) This Act applies to a sale or purchase of a proposed allotment, or a 8
proposed lot, wherever the agreement under which the sale or purchase was 9
entered upon was made, if-- 10
(a) when the proposed allotment becomes an allotment, it will be 11
situated in Queensland; or 12
(b) when the proposed lot becomes a registered lot, it will be situated 13
in Queensland.'. 14
(2) Section 5(2), `relevant land'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`a proposed allotment'. 17
of s 6 (Interpretation) 18
Amendment
Clause 6.(1) Section 6(1), definitions "land held from the Crown for an 19
estate of leasehold", "relevant freehold land", "relevant land", and 20
"relevant leasehold land"-- 21
omit. 22
(2) Section 6(1)-- 23
insert-- 24
` "allotment" means a single parcel of land, other than a lot within the 25
meaning of this Act, the boundaries of which are shown on a plan of 26
survey registered under the Land Act 1994 or Land Title Act 1994. 27
"disclosure plan" means a plan given, or to be given, to a purchaser of a 28
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proposed allotment under section 9.1 1
"disclosure statement" means a statement given, or to be given, to a 2
purchaser of a proposed allotment under section 9.1 3
"licensed surveyor" see the Surveyors Act 1977, section 5.2 4
"Planning Act" means the Local Government (Planning and 5
Environment) Act 1990. 6
"proposed allotment" means a single parcel of land, other than a lot within 7
the meaning of this Act, the boundaries of which are shown, or to be 8
shown, on a plan of survey that is to be registered under the Land Act 9
1994 or Land Title Act 1994. 10
"real estate agent" means a person licensed under the Auctioneers and 11
Agents Act 1971 as a real estate agent. 12
"State leasehold land" means land leased under the Land Act 1994 or a 13
miners homestead under the Land Act 1994.3 14
"subdivision application" means an application made under the Planning 15
Act, section 5.1 4 to subdivide land into proposed allotments (within 16
the meaning of this Act).'. 17
(3) Section 6(1), definition "registrable instrument of transfer", 18
paragraphs (a) and (b), `relevant'-- 19
1 Section 9 (Identification of land)
2 The Surveyors Act 1977, section 5 defines "licensed surveyor" as meaning `a
registered surveyor whose registration is endorsed under this Act to the effect
that the registered surveyor may perform cadastral surveys'.
3 The Land Act 1994, section 495 defines a "miners homestead" as meaning `any
of the following held under the Miners' Homestead Leases Act 1913--
(a) miner's homestead lease;
(b) miner's homestead perpetual lease;
(c) business area;
(d) market garden area;
(e) residence area;
and, to remove any doubt, it is declared that it includes a special perpetual
mining purposes lease issued under the Commonwealth Aluminium Body
Corporate Pty Limited Agreement Act 1957, the Alcan Queensland Pty Limited
Agreement Act 1965 or the Aurukun Associates Agreement Act 1975.'.
4 Local Government (Planning and Environment) Act 1990, section 5.1 (Application
for subdivision etc.)
s6 7 s6
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omit, insert-- 1
`a proposed allotment of'. 2
(4) Section 6(1), definition "registrable instrument of transfer", 3
paragraph (b), before `leasehold'-- 4
insert-- 5
`State'. 6
(5) Section 6(1), definition "sale" or "sell", ` "sale" or'-- 7
omit. 8
(6) Section 6(1), definition "vendor's agent", paragraphs (a) and (b), 9
`relevant land'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`a proposed allotment'. 12
(7) Section 6(2)(a), `relevant land'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`a proposed allotment'. 15
(8) Section 6(2)(a), `the land' (first mention)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`the allotment'. 18
(9) Section 6(2)(a), from `, and the person'-- 19
omit. 20
(10) Section 6(2)(b), `relevant land'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`a proposed allotment'. 23
(11) Section 6(2)(b), `the land' (first mention)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`the allotment'. 26
(12) Section 6(2)(b), from `, and the person'-- 27
omit. 28
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(13) Section 6(3), ` "sale" or'-- 1
omit. 2
of pt 2 (Sale of relevant land) 3
Amendment
Clause 7. Part 2, heading, `RELEVANT LAND'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`PROPOSED ALLOTMENTS'. 6
of s 7 (Construction of certain provisions) 7
Omission
Clause 8. Section 7-- 8
omit. 9
of s 7A (Part not to apply to large transactions) 10
Amendment
Clause 9.(1) Section 7A(1), `subdivisional portion, or proposed subdivisional 11
portion, of relevant land'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`proposed allotment'. 14
(2) Section 7A(2), definition "large transaction", `subdivisional 15
portions, or proposed subdivisional portions, of relevant land'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`proposed allotments'. 18
(3) Section 7A(2), definition "large transaction", paragraphs (a) 19
and (b), `portion'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`proposed allotment'. 22
of s 8 (Restriction on selling and purchasing) 23
Amendment
Clause 10.(1) Section 8, heading, `and purchasing'-- 24
omit. 25
s 11 9 s 11
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(2) Section 8(1)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`8.(1) A person may sell a proposed allotment of freehold land only if, 3
when the purchaser enters upon the purchase of the allotment-- 4
(a) local government unconditional approval of the subdivision 5
application for the land is in force under the Planning Act; or 6
(b) the following approvals are in force under the Planning Act-- 7
(i) approval of the subdivision application for the land, subject 8
to conditions requiring the applicant to construct works on 9
the land; and 10
(ii) approval of the engineering drawings and specifications for 11
the works mentioned in subparagraph (i).5 12
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment. 13
`(1A) A person may sell a proposed allotment of State leasehold land 14
only if, when the purchaser enters upon the purchase of the allotment, the 15
lessee has the Minister's approval, under the Land Act 1994 ,6 to subdivide 16
the land. 17
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 18
(3) Section 8(3)-- 19
omit. 20
of s 9 (Identification of land) 21
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Section 9(2)-- 22
renumber and relocate as section 9(4). 23
(2) Section 9(1)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
5 See Local Government (Planning and Environment) Act 1990, section 5.1
(Application for subdivision etc.) and section 5.2 (Subdivisions involving works).
6 See the Land Act 1994, section 351 (Minister's approval required for
subdivision).
s 11 10 s 11
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`9.(1) Before a purchaser enters upon a purchase of a proposed 1
allotment, the vendor must give the purchaser-- 2
(a) a disclosure plan and disclosure statement for the proposed 3
allotment; or 4
(b) a copy of the approved plan of survey for the proposed allotment 5
sealed under the Planning Act, section 5.3.7 6
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. 7
`(2) The disclosure plan must include the following-- 8
(a) the details shown on the proposal plan8 accompanying the 9
subdivision application for the land; 10
(b) the metes and bounds description of the proposed allotment; 11
(c) contour maps of the proposed allotment showing the following 12
contours-- 13
(i) natural surface contours, with appropriate contour intervals; 14
(ii) final surface contours as specified in the engineering 15
drawings; 16
(d) fill levels, and areas to be filled, as specified in the engineering 17
drawings for the proposed allotment. 18
`(3) The disclosure statement must be signed by the purchaser and 19
vendor and state the following-- 20
(a) the purchaser's full name and address; 21
(b) the vendor's full name and address; 22
(c) that the vendor or vendor's agent has given the purchaser the 23
disclosure plan for the proposed allotment; 24
(d) that the purchaser has-- 25
(i) for an allotment capable of being pegged by a licensed 26
surveyor--inspected the proposed allotment after it has been 27
7 Local Government (Planning and Environment) Act 1990, section 5.3 (Sealing of
plans for registration)
8 The proposal plan is required under the Local Government (Planning and
Environment) Act 1990, section 5.1(2)(c).
s 11 11 s 11
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pegged by the surveyor; or 1
(ii) for an allotment that is not capable of being pegged by a 2
licensed surveyor--inspected the proposed allotment; or 3
(iii) been given the opportunity, and declined, to do an inspection 4
mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii); 5
(e) that if the vendor or vendor's agent contravenes this section, other 6
than subsection (3)(a), (b) or (f), the purchaser may avoid the 7
instrument relating to the sale by written notice given to the 8
vendor or vendor's agent before the vendor gives the purchaser 9
the registrable instrument of transfer for the allotment; 10
(f) the day the statement is signed. 11
`(5) If the vendor or the vendor's agent contravenes this section, other 12
than subsection (3)(a), (b) or (f), the purchaser may avoid the instrument 13
relating to the sale by written notice given to the vendor or vendor's agent 14
before the vendor gives the purchaser the registrable instrument of transfer 15
for the allotment. 16
`(6) In this section-- 17
"appropriate contour intervals" means contour intervals of not more 18
than the following-- 19
(a) for a proposed allotment not in a rural or rural residential 20
zone--500 mm in height; 21
(b) for a proposed allotment in a rural or rural residential zone--the 22
smallest of the following contour intervals-- 23
(i) the contour intervals shown on a local government 24
topographic map that includes the allotment; 25
(ii) the contour intervals shown on a topographic map that 26
includes the allotment and is held in the department 27
administered by the minister administering the Land Act 28
1994 or Land Title Act 1994.'. 29
(3) Section 9(4), as renumbered, after `subsection (1)'-- 30
insert-- 31
`or (3)'. 32
s 12 12 s 12
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of s 10 (Delivery of registered plan) 1
Replacement
Clause 12. Section 10-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
must tell purchaser about significant variations between 4
`Vendor
disclosure plan and later plans 5
`10.(1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply if-- 6
(a) the vendor of a proposed allotment has not given the purchaser of 7
the proposed allotment a registrable instrument of transfer for the 8
allotment; and 9
(b) there is a significant variation between the details contained in-- 10
(i) the disclosure plan given to the purchaser under section 9(1) 11
and a plan of survey the vendor proposes to register under 12
the Land Act 1994 or Land Title Act 1994 ("survey plan") 13
for the proposed allotment; or 14
(ii) the disclosure plan given to the purchaser under section 9(1) 15
and a plan mentioned in section 10A(1)(b) ("as constructed 16
plan") for the proposed allotment. 17
`(2) As soon as practicable, but not later than 14 days, after the vendor is 18
given the plan of survey the vendor proposes to register, the vendor must 19
give the purchaser written notice ("significant variation notice")-- 20
(a) detailing the nature and extent of the significant variation; and 21
(b) advising the purchaser that the purchaser may avoid the 22
instrument relating to the sale by written notice given to the 23
vendor within the prescribed period. 24
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. 25
`(3) If the vendor gives the purchaser a significant variation notice-- 26
(a) the purchaser may avoid the instrument relating to the sale by 27
written notice given to the vendor within the prescribed period; 28
and 29
(b) the vendor must not, until the end of the prescribed period-- 30
(i) ask the purchaser to pay the balance of the purchase price; or 31
(ii) give the purchaser a registrable instrument of transfer for the 32
s 12 13 s 12
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allotment. 1
Maximum penalty for paragraph (b)--100 penalty units or 6 months 2
imprisonment. 3
`(4) If the vendor contravenes this section, the purchaser may avoid the 4
instrument relating to the sale by written notice given to the vendor-- 5
(a) for a contravention of subsection (2)--before the vendor gives the 6
purchaser the registrable instrument of transfer for the allotment; 7
or 8
(b) for a contravention of subsection (3)(b)--within 14 days after the 9
end of the prescribed period. 10
`(5) In this section-- 11
"prescribed period" means-- 12
(a) 30 days after the vendor gives the purchaser a significant variation 13
notice; or 14
(b) the period agreed, in writing, by the vendor and purchaser after 15
the vendor gives the purchaser the significant variation notice. 16
"significant variation" means-- 17
(a) in the details between a disclosure plan and a survey plan-- 18
(i) a variation of more than 2% in details of area; or 19
(ii) a variation of more than 1% in details of linear dimensions; 20
or 21
(b) in the details between a disclosure plan and an as constructed 22
plan--a variation of more than 500 mm in height in details of 23
surface contours or fill levels. 24
must be given registrable instrument of transfer and other 25
`Purchaser
documents 26
`10A.(1) The vendor of a proposed allotment must give the purchaser the 27
registrable instrument of transfer for the allotment, together with the 28
following documents relating to the allotment, not later than 18 months after 29
the purchaser enters upon the purchase of the allotment-- 30
(a) a copy of the plan of survey registered under the Land Act 1994 31
s 12 14 s 12
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or Land Title Act 1994 ("registered survey plan"); 1
(b) if works were constructed in accordance with an approval under 2
the Planning Act, section 5.2,9 a copy of the plan showing the 3
constructed works ("as constructed plan"); 4
(c) a statement certified by a licensed surveyor-- 5
(i) that there are no variations between the details contained in-- 6
(A) the disclosure plan given to the purchaser under 7
section 9(1) and the registered survey plan for the 8
proposed allotment; or 9
(B) the disclosure plan given to the purchaser under 10
section 9(1) and the as constructed plan for the 11
proposed allotment; or 12
(ii) if there are variations, other than variations of which notice is 13
required to be given under section 10--detailing the nature 14
and extent of the variations. 15
`(2) If the vendor contravenes this section, the purchaser may avoid the 16
instrument relating to the sale by written notice given to the vendor before 17
the vendor gives the purchaser the registrable instrument of transfer for the 18
allotment. 19
`(3) If the vendor contravenes subsection (1)(c), the vendor commits an 20
offence. 21
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units. 22
`(4) In this section-- 23
"variation" means-- 24
(a) in the details between a disclosure plan and a registered survey 25
plan--a variation in details of area or linear dimensions; or 26
(b) in the details between a disclosure plan and an as constructed 27
plan--a variation in height in details of surface contours or fill 28
levels.'. 29
9 Local Government (Planning and Environment) Act 1990, section 5.2
(Subdivisions involving works)
s 13 15 s 15
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of s 11 (Contractual requirement re holding of money) 1
Amendment
Clause 13.(1) Section 11(1), `relevant land'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`a proposed allotment'. 4
(2) Section 11(1) and (1A)-- 5
insert-- 6
`Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 7
(3) Section 11(3) and (3A)-- 8
omit. 9
(4) Section 11(4) and (5)-- 10
renumber as section 11(3) and (4). 11
of new s 11A 12
Insertion
Clause 14. After section 11-- 13
insert-- 14
on deposit amount 15
`Limit
`11A.(1) This section applies if the amount payable by a purchaser as a 16
deposit under an instrument relating to the sale of a proposed allotment is 17
more than 10% of the purchase price of the proposed allotment. 18
`(2) The purchaser may, by written notice given to the vendor before the 19
registrable instrument of transfer for the allotment is given to the purchaser, 20
avoid the instrument relating to the sale of the allotment.'. 21
of s 12 (Trustee's duty) 22
Amendment
Clause 15. Section 12(1) and (3)-- 23
insert-- 24
`Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 25
s 16 16 s 18
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of ss 1315 1
Omission
Clause 16. Sections 13 to 15-- 2
omit. 3
of s 18 (Declaration of non-application of part in respect 4
Amendment
of certain relevant leasehold land) 5
Clause 17.(1) Section 18, heading, `relevant'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`State'. 8
(2) Section 18(1), from `or any subdivisional'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`, or allotment or proposed allotment, of land mentioned in paragraph (a) 11
or (b).'. 12
(3) Section 18(2), `subdivisional portion or proposed subdivisional 13
portion thereof'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`allotment or proposed allotment of the holding or miner's homestead'. 16
of s 19 (Exemption from part) 17
Amendment
Clause 18.(1) Section 19(1), `subdivisional portions'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`allotments'. 20
(2) Section 19(1)(b), `subdivisional portion'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`allotment'. 23
(3) Section 19(4), `subdivisional portions'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`proposed allotments'. 26
s 19 17 s 20
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(4) Section 19(5), `subdivisional portion'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`proposed allotment'. 3
(5) Section 19(6), `or purchase relevant land'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`a proposed allotment'. 6
(6) Section 19(6), `the relevant land'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`the proposed allotment'. 9
(7) Section 19(7), `relevant land in question'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`proposed allotment'. 12
of s 21 (Statement identifying proposed lot etc.) 13
Amendment
Clause 19. Section 21(1)-- 14
insert-- 15
`Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.'. 16
of s 23 (Contractual requirement re holding of money) 17
Amendment
Clause 20.(1) Section 23(1)-- 18
insert-- 19
`(aa)a firm of solicitors practising in Queensland; or'. 20
(2) Section 23(1)-- 21
insert-- 22
`(c) a real estate agency in which a real estate agent carries on 23
business;'. 24
(3) Section 23(1)-- 25
insert-- 26
s 21 18 s 21
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`Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 1
(4) Section 23(1A)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(1A) Moneys paid under subsection (1) must be-- 4
(a) held-- 5
(i) if paid to an individual--by the individual in a trust account 6
kept for this Act by-- 7
(A) the individual; or 8
(B) the firm or agency of which the individual is a member; 9
and 10
(ii) if paid to a firm or agency--by the firm or agency in a trust 11
account kept for this Act by the firm or agency; and 12
(iii) if paid to the public trustee--by the public trustee in a trust 13
account kept for this Act by the public trustee; and 14
(b) dealt with by the individual, firm, agency, or public trustee in 15
accordance with this part and the law governing the operation of 16
the individual's, firm's, agency's or public trustee's trust 17
account.'. 18
(5) Section 23(3) and (3A)-- 19
omit. 20
(6) Section 23(5), after `solicitor'-- 21
insert-- 22
`or firm of solicitors'. 23
of s 24 (Trustee's duty) 24
Amendment
Clause 21.(1) Section 24(1), after `person'-- 25
insert-- 26
`, firm or agency'. 27
(2) Section 24(1), after `person's'-- 28
insert-- 29
s 22 19 s 23
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`, firm's or agency's'. 1
(3) Section 24(1), `or the instrument in terms of which the money was 2
paid'-- 3
omit. 4
(4) Section 24(1) and (3)-- 5
insert-- 6
`Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.'. 7
(5) Section 24-- 8
insert-- 9
`(1A) Subsection (1) applies despite anything in the instrument under 10
which the money was paid.'. 11
of s 26 (Avoidance of instrument for breach of s 23) 12
Omission
Clause 22. Section 26-- 13
omit. 14
of s 27 (Avoidance of instrument upon ground of lapse 15
Replacement
of time) 16
Clause 23. Section 27-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
rights if not given a registrable instrument of transfer 19
`Purchaser's
within a certain period 20
`27.(1) This section applies if-- 21
(a) a purchaser entered upon the purchase of a proposed lot under an 22
instrument relating to the sale of the proposed lot (the 23
"instrument"); and 24
(b) the vendor has not given the purchaser a registrable instrument of 25
transfer for the lot within 31/2 years after the day the instrument 26
was made. 27
`(2) The purchaser may avoid the instrument by written notice given to 28
s 24 20 s 26
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the vendor before the vendor gives the purchaser the registrable instrument 1
of transfer for the proposed lot.'. 2
of s 31 (Contracting out of Act void) 3
Amendment
Clause 24. Section 31(1), definition "avoidance provision", paragraph (a), 4
`relevant land'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`a proposed allotment'. 7
of s 31B (Extension of period specified in s 15 or 27) 8
Omission
Clause 25. Section 31B-- 9
omit. 10
of s 32 (Offences against Act) 11
Amendment
Clause 26.(1) Section 32, heading-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Penalties under this Act are in addition to other penalties etc.'. 14
(2) Section 32(1) and (2)-- 15
omit. 16
(3) Section 32(3), `Any liability imposed by this section'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`A penalty imposed under this Act'. 19
(4) Section 32(4), `(3)'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(1)'. 22
(5) Section 32(3) and (4)-- 23
renumber as section 32(1) and (2). 24
s 27 21 s 27
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of new ss 32A and 32B 1
Insertion
Clause 27. After section 32-- 2
insert-- 3
for acts or omissions of representatives 4
`Responsibility
`32A.(1) In this section-- 5
"representative" means-- 6
(a) of a corporation--an executive officer, employee or agent of the 7
corporation; or 8
(b) of an individual--an employee or agent of the individual. 9
"state of mind" of a person includes-- 10
(a) the person's knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose; and 11
(b) the person's reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose. 12
`(2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply in a proceeding for an offence against 13
this Act. 14
`(3) If it is relevant to prove a person's state of mind about a particular 15
act or omission, it is enough to show-- 16
(a) the act was done or omitted to be done by a representative of the 17
person within the scope of the representative's actual or apparent 18
authority; and 19
(b) the representative had the state of mind. 20
`(4) An act done or omitted to be done for a person by a representative of 21
the person within the scope of the representative's actual or apparent 22
authority is taken to have been done or omitted to be done also by the 23
person, unless the person proves the person could not, by the exercise of 24
reasonable diligence, have prevented the act or omission. 25
officers must ensure corporation complies with Act 26
`Executive
`32B.(1) The executive officers of a corporation must ensure the 27
corporation complies with this Act. 28
`(2) If a corporation commits an offence against a provision of this Act, 29
each of the corporation's executive officers also commits an offence, 30
s 28 22 s 29
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namely, the offence of failing to ensure that the corporation complies with 1
the provision. 2
Maximum penalty--the penalty for the contravention of the provision by an 3
individual. 4
`(3) Evidence that the corporation has been convicted of an offence 5
against a provision of this Act is evidence that each of the executive officers 6
committed the offence of failing to ensure that the corporation complies 7
with the provision. 8
`(4) However, it is a defence for an executive officer to prove-- 9
(a) if the officer was in a position to influence the conduct of the 10
corporation in relation to the offence--the officer exercised 11
reasonable diligence to ensure the corporation complied with the 12
provision; or 13
(b) the officer was not in a position to influence the conduct of the 14
corporation in relation to the offence; or 15
(c) that information that tended to incriminate the corporation was 16
obtained under section 30F.'. 17
of s 34 (Evidentiary provision) 18
Amendment
Clause 28. Section 34, `relevant land'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`a proposed allotment'. 21
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF LAND TITLE ACT 1994 22
amended in pt 3 23
Act
Clause 29. This part amends the Land Title Act 1994. 24
s 30 23 s 30
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of s 122 (Lodging a caveat) 1
Amendment
Clause 30. Section 122-- 2
insert-- 3
`(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that an interest in a lot does not 4
include an interest in a proposed allotment under the Land Sales Act 1984 5
that a person obtains when the person agrees to purchase the allotment 6
under that Act.'. 7
8
24
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 2
section 2 3
UCTIONEERS AND AGENTS ACT 1971 4
´A
1. Section 75(1)(b), `relevant land'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`a proposed allotment'. 7
CANALS ACT 1958 8
´
1. Section 8A(1), `relevant land'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`proposed allotments'. 11
2. Section 8A(1), `which is'-- 12
omit. 13
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