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Queensland
NATURAL RESOURCES AND
OTHER LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1999
Queensland
NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF BODY CORPORATE AND
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACT 1997
2 Act amended in pt 2 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new s 221A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
221A Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Insertion of new ch 8, pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PART 2--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1999
295 Validation of adjudicator's orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
296 Expiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF LAND ACT 1994
5 Act amended in pt 3 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6 Amendment of s 98 (Closure of road by gazette notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 Amendment of s 99 (Application to close by adjoining owner) . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Amendment of ch 3, pt 2, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Amendment of s 103 (Issue of road licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Amendment of s 104 (Conditions of issuing road licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Relocation of s 105 (Temporarily closed road still dedicated land) . . . . . . 7
12 Insertion of new ch 3, pt 2, div 3A hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Renumbering of ss 106 and 106A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
14 Amendment of s 109 (Simultaneous opening and closing of road) . . . . . . . 8
15 Omission of s 189 (Levelling concessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
16 Amendment of s 210 (Changing conditions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
17 Amendment of s 212 (Minister may change conditions after review) . . . . 9
18 Amendment of s 214 (Land protection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
19 Amendment of s 279 (Recording issue and end of tenures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
20 Amendment of s 296 (Tenure document needed for registration) . . . . . . . . 10
21 Amendment of s 358 (Changing deeds of grant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
22 Amendment of s 373A (Covenant by registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
23 Amendment of s 373C (Amending document creating covenant) . . . . . . . . 12
24 Replacement of s 373D (Releasing a covenant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
373D Releasing a covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
25 Insertion of new ch 9, pt 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 1A--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1999
521A Lease of land under repealed Act, section 269(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
26 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF LAND TITLE ACT 1994
27 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
28 Amendment of s 97A (Covenant by registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
29 Amendment of s 97C (Amending an instrument of covenant) . . . . . . . . . . . 15
30 Replacement of s 97D (Releasing a covenant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
97D Releasing a covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
97DA Application of Property Law Act 1974, s 181 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
31 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PART 5--MINOR AMENDMENTS OF ACTS
32 Acts amended in schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
MINOR AMENDMENTS
BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACT
1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
INTEGRATED PLANNING ACT 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
LAND ACT 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1999
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend various Acts administered by the Minister for
Natural Resources and another Act for related purposes
s1 4 s3
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
ART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
P
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Natural Resources and Other Legislation 4
Amendment Act 1999. 5
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF BODY CORPORATE 6
P
AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 7
amended in pt 2 and schedule 8
Act
Clause 2. This part and the schedule amend the Body Corporate and Community 9
Management Act 1997. 10
of new s 221A 11
Insertion
Clause 3. After section 221-- 12
insert-- 13
14
`Delegation
`221A.(1) An adjudicator may delegate a power the adjudicator has under 15
this part, other than under section 220(2),1 to an appropriately qualified 16
officer of the department. 17
`(2) In this section-- 18
"appropriately qualified", for a person to whom a power under this part 19
1 Section 220 (Investigation by adjudicator)
s4 5 s4
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
may be delegated, includes having the qualifications, experience or 1
standing appropriate to exercise the power. 2
3
Example of standing--
4
A person's classification level in the public service.'.
of new ch 8, pt 2 5
Insertion
Clause 4. After section 294-- 6
insert-- 7
`PART 2--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR 8
NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION 9
AMENDMENT ACT 1999 10
of adjudicator's orders 11
`Validation
`295.(1) This section applies if, before its commencement-- 12
(a) an adjudicator has made an order under the dispute resolution 13
provisions; and 14
(b) an investigation of the application for the order was carried out for 15
the adjudicator by someone other than the adjudicator. 16
`(2) The order is taken to be as valid as it would be had the adjudicator 17
carried out the investigation. 18
19
`Expiry
`296. This part expires the day after it commences.'. 20
s5 6 s7
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF LAND ACT 1994 1
P
amended in pt 3 and schedule 2
Act
Clause 5. This part and the schedule amend the Land Act 1994. 3
of s 98 (Closure of road by gazette notice) 4
Amendment
Clause 6. Section 98(2), `by an adjoining owner'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`under section 99'. 7
of s 99 (Application to close by adjoining owner) 8
Amendment
Clause 7.(1) Section 99, heading, `by adjoining owner'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`road'. 11
(2) Section 99(1), from `temporary'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`permanent closure of the road.'. 14
(3) Section 99-- 15
insert-- 16
`(1A) Any person may apply (also a "road closure application") to the 17
Minister for the temporary closure of a road.'. 18
(4) Section 99(2)(b) to (d)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(b) the road is the only dedicated access to a person's land; or 21
(c) the road is, or may be, used regularly by the public as a road or 22
stock route; or 23
(d) the road provides continuity to a road network.'. 24
s8 7 s 11
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
(5) Section 99(1A) and (2)-- 1
renumber as section 99(2) and (3). 2
of ch 3, pt 2, div 3 3
Amendment
Clause 8. Chapter 3, part 2, division 3, heading-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Division 3--Road licences for temporarily closed roads'. 6
of s 103 (Issue of road licence) 7
Amendment
Clause 9. Section 103(2), `adjoining owner'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`person'. 10
of s 104 (Conditions of issuing road licence) 11
Amendment
Clause 10.(1) Section 104(c), `adjoining the road licence--'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`for the benefit of which the road licence is issued,'. 14
(2) Section 104(c)(i), `adjoining'-- 15
omit. 16
of s 105 (Temporarily closed road still dedicated land) 17
Relocation
Clause 11. Section 105-- 18
relocate and renumber as section 106A. 19
s 12 8 s 16
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
of new ch 3, pt 2, div 3A hdg 1
Insertion
Clause 12. Chapter 3, part 2, after section 106-- 2
insert-- 3
`Division 3A--Temporarily closed roads'. 4
of ss 106 and 106A 5
Renumbering
Clause 13. Sections 106 and 106A (as renumbered by this Act)-- 6
renumber as sections 105 and 106. 7
of s 109 (Simultaneous opening and closing of road) 8
Amendment
Clause 14.(1) Section 109(1)(b)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(b) at the same time, a road closure is happening in or adjoining the 11
deed of grant or an adjoining deed of grant; and'. 12
(2) Section 109(1)(d), before `both'-- 13
insert-- 14
`for a road closure happening in or adjoining an adjoining deed of 15
grant--'. 16
of s 189 (Levelling concessions) 17
Omission
Clause 15. Section 189-- 18
omit. 19
of s 210 (Changing conditions) 20
Amendment
Clause 16. Section 210(5)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(5) If a lessee, licensee or permittee has agreed to a change of 23
condition-- 24
s 17 9 s 18
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
(a) the chief executive must record the change in the appropriate 1
register; and 2
(b) if a person has possession of a tenure document for the lease, 3
licence or permit--the person must return the tenure document to 4
the land registry.'. 5
of s 212 (Minister may change conditions after review) 6
Amendment
Clause 17. Section 212(4)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(4) If the appeal is dismissed or the lessee does not appeal-- 9
(a) the chief executive must record the change in the appropriate 10
register; and 11
(b) if a person has possession of a tenure document for the lease-- 12
the person must return the tenure document to the land registry.'. 13
of s 214 (Land protection) 14
Amendment
Clause 18.(1) Section 214(3)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(3) If a remedial action notice is given to a lessee or licensee-- 17
(a) the chief executive must record the details of the notice in the 18
appropriate register; and 19
(b) if a person has possession of a tenure document for the lease or 20
licence--the person must return the tenure document to the land 21
registry.'. 22
(2) Section 214(5)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(5) If the appeal is upheld, the chief executive must remove the details of 25
the remedial action notice from the appropriate register.'. 26
s 19 10 s 21
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
of s 279 (Recording issue and end of tenures) 1
Amendment
Clause 19.(1) Section 279(1), from `must--'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`must record the particulars of the issue or dedication in the appropriate 4
register.'. 5
(2) Section 279(2)(b)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(b) if a person has possession of a tenure document for the lease, 8
licence or permit--the person must return the tenure document to 9
the land registry.'. 10
of s 296 (Tenure document needed for registration) 11
Amendment
Clause 20.(1) Section 296, heading-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Tenure document to be returned to land registry'. 14
(2) Section 296(1)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(1) A document mentioned in section 295 may be registered only if any 17
tenure document for the land is returned to the land registry for 18
cancellation.'. 19
(3) Section 296(2), `for registration of the dealing'-- 20
omit. 21
of s 358 (Changing deeds of grant) 22
Amendment
Clause 21.(1) Section 358, heading-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`Changing deeds of grant--change in description or boundary of 25
land'. 26
(2) Section 358(3)-- 27
s 22 11 s 22
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
omit, insert-- 1
`(3) On the surrender of the land-- 2
(a) the deed of grant or deed of grant in trust is cancelled; and 3
(b) a new deed must be issued containing the land to which the 4
registered owner or trustee is entitled.'. 5
of s 373A (Covenant by registration) 6
Amendment
Clause 22.(1) Section 373A(1), from `With' to `a road)'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Non-freehold land (other than a road for which a person does not hold a 9
road licence)'. 10
(2) Section 373A(2), after `State'-- 11
insert-- 12
`, or a statutory body representing the State,'. 13
(3) Section 373A(3), `A covenant'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Subject to subsection (4), a covenant'. 16
(4) Section 373A-- 17
insert-- 18
`(4) If non-freehold land is the subject of a lease, other than a trustee 19
lease, or is land over which a person holds a road licence, a covenant to 20
which the land is subject may-- 21
(a) relate to the use of-- 22
(i) the land or part of the land; or 23
(ii) a building, or building proposed to be built, on the land; or 24
(b) relate to the conservation of a physical or natural feature of the 25
land, including soil, water, animals and plants. 26
`(5) A covenant under this division may be a positive covenant or a 27
negative covenant. 28
s 23 12 s 24
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
`(6) In this section-- 1
"building" means a fixed structure that is wholly or partly enclosed by 2
walls and is roofed, and includes a part of a building. 3
"use", of a building, does not include architectural or landscaping standards 4
for the building.'. 5
of s 373C (Amending document creating covenant) 6
Amendment
Clause 23.(1) Section 373C-- 7
insert-- 8
`(1A) The amending document may be registered only if-- 9
(a) it is validly executed; and 10
(b) the Minister has given written approval to the amendment.'. 11
(2) Section 373C(3)-- 12
omit. 13
(3) Section 373C(1A) and (2)-- 14
renumber as section 373C(2) and (3). 15
of s 373D (Releasing a covenant) 16
Replacement
Clause 24. Section 373D-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
a covenant 19
`Releasing
`373D.(1) A registered covenant may be wholly or partly discharged by 20
registering a document releasing the covenant. 21
`(2) The document must be signed by the covenantee. 22
`(3) On lodgement of the document, the registrar may register the release 23
to the extent shown in the document. 24
`(4) On registration of the document, the covenant is discharged, and the 25
land is released from the covenant, to the extent shown in the document.'. 26
s 25 13 s 26
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
of new ch 9, pt 1A 1
Insertion
Clause 25. Chapter 9-- 2
insert-- 3
`PART 1A--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR 4
NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION 5
AMENDMENT ACT 1999 6
of land under repealed Act, section 269(1) 7
`Lease
`521A.(1) This section applies if-- 8
(a) a lease (an "additional lease") was issued under the repealed 9
Act, section 269(1)2 to a lessee of a grazing homestead perpetual 10
lease or pastoral lease; and 11
(b) on the commencement of this section, the additional lease is an 12
interest in land held under this Act. 13
`(2) The additional lease is taken to have been issued on condition that the 14
land the subject of the lease is tied to the land held under the grazing 15
homestead perpetual lease or pastoral lease. 16
`(3) The condition is a tied condition under section 205.3'. 17
of sch 6 (Dictionary) 18
Amendment
Clause 26. Schedule 6-- 19
insert-- 20
` "adjoining owner" means the registered owner, lessee or trustee of land 21
adjoining a road. 22
"encumbrance" includes a registered covenant under chapter 6, part 4, 23
division 8A. 24
2 Section 269 (Additional areas (1927, s. 100)) of the repealed Act
3 Section 205 (Tied condition)
s 27 14 s 28
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
"pastoral lease" means a pastoral holding, preferential pastoral holding, 1
pastoral development holding or stud holding issued under the repealed 2
Act, part 3, division 1 or 2.'. 3
ART 4--AMENDMENT OF LAND TITLE ACT 1994 4
P
amended in pt 4 5
Act
Clause 27. This part amends the Land Title Act 1994. 6
of s 97A (Covenant by registration) 7
Amendment
Clause 28.(1) Section 97A(2), after `State'-- 8
insert-- 9
`, or a statutory body representing the State,'. 10
(2) Section 97A(3)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(3) The covenant must-- 13
(a) relate to the use of-- 14
(i) the lot or part of the lot; or 15
(ii) a building, or building proposed to be built, on the lot; or 16
(b) relate to the conservation of a physical or natural feature of the lot, 17
including soil, water, animals and plants; or 18
(c) be for ensuring that the lot may be transferred to a person only if 19
there is also transferred to the person-- 20
(i) another lot that is also the subject of the covenant; or 21
(ii) non-freehold land that, under the Land Act 1994, is the 22
subject of the covenant; or 23
(iii) a lot mentioned in subparagraph (i) together with 24
non-freehold land mentioned in subparagraph (ii). 25
s 29 15 s 30
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
`(4) The covenant-- 1
(a) may be a positive covenant or a negative covenant; and 2
(b) is binding on the covenantor and the covenantor's successors in 3
title. 4
`(5) In this section-- 5
"use", of a building, does not include architectural or landscaping standards 6
for the building.'. 7
of s 97C (Amending an instrument of covenant) 8
Amendment
Clause 29.(1) Section 97C-- 9
insert-- 10
`(1A) The instrument of amendment may be registered only if it is 11
validly executed.'. 12
(2) Section 97C(1A) and (2)-- 13
renumber as section 97C(2) and (3). 14
of s 97D (Releasing a covenant) 15
Replacement
Clause 30. Section 97D-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
a covenant 18
`Releasing
`97D.(1) A registered covenant may be wholly or partly discharged by 19
registering an instrument releasing the covenant. 20
`(2) The instrument must be signed by the covenantee. 21
`(3) On lodgement of the instrument, the registrar may register the 22
release to the extent shown in the instrument. 23
`(4) On registration of the instrument, the covenant is discharged, and the 24
lot is released from the covenant, to the extent shown in the instrument. 25
s 31 16 s 32
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
of Property Law Act 1974, s 181 1
`Application
`97DA. The Property Law Act 1974, section 181,4 applies to a registered 2
covenant.'. 3
of sch 2 (Dictionary) 4
Amendment
Clause 31. Schedule 2-- 5
insert-- 6
` "building" means a fixed structure that is wholly or partly enclosed by 7
walls and is roofed, and includes a part of a building.'. 8
ART 5--MINOR AMENDMENTS OF ACTS 9
P
amended in schedule 10
Acts
Clause 32. The schedule amends the Acts it mentions. 11
4 Property Law Act 1974, section 181 (Power to modify or extinguish easements
and restrictive covenants)
17
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE 1
¡
MINOR AMENDMENTS 2
section 32 3
ODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY 4
´B
MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 5
1. Section 221(3) and (4), `commissioner'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`adjudicator'. 8
2. Chapter 8, heading-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`CHAPTER 8--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS'. 11
INTEGRATED PLANNING ACT 1997 12
´
1. Chapter 2, part 1, division 6, after section 2.1.24-- 13
insert-- 14
`Covenants not to be inconsistent with planning schemes 15
`2.1.25 A covenant under the Land Act 1994, section 373A(4) or the 16
Land Title Act 1994, section 97A(3)(a) or (b) is of no effect to the extent it 17
is inconsistent with a planning scheme-- 18
(a) for the land subject to the covenant; and 19
(b) in effect when the document creating the covenant is registered.'. 20
18
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
2. Chapter 3, part 5, division 6, after section 3.5.36-- 1
insert-- 2
`Covenants not to be inconsistent with development approvals 3
`3.5.37(1) Subsection (2) applies if a covenant under the Land Act 1994, 4
section 373A(4) or the Land Title Act 1994, section 97A(3)(a) or (b) is 5
entered into in connection with a development application. 6
`(2) The covenant is of no effect unless it is entered into as a requirement 7
of a condition of a development approval for the application.'. 8
LAND ACT 1994 9
´
1. Section 38(4), `reserve'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`deed of grant in trust'. 12
2. Section 359, heading-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Correcting or cancelling deeds of grant'. 15
3. Section 360, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Governor in Council may change leases'. 18
4. Section 399(2), `a authorised'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`an authorised'. 21
19
Natural Resources and Other Legislation
Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
5. Section 472(2)-- 1
omit. 2
6. Chapter 9, and chapter 9, part 1, headings-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`CHAPTER 9--TRANSITIONAL AND REPEAL 5
PROVISIONS 6
`PART 1--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR 7
ORIGINAL ACT (No. 81 OF 1994)'. 8
© State of Queensland 1999
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