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Queensland
NATURAL RESOURCES AND
OTHER LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2001
Queensland
NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2001
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 1924
3 Act amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of s 3 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Amendment of s 82 (Identification of categories for parcels of land). . . . . . 7
6 Amendment of s 84 (Entry on land to assist differential rating) . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Amendment of s 85 (Notice to owner of categorisation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8 Amendment of s 86 (Owner's objection to categorisation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 Amendment of s 87 (Determination of owner's objection). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Amendment of s 89 (Appeal against determination). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 Amendment of s 93 (Late categorisation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF LAND ACT 1994
12 Act amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
13 Amendment of s 290A (Explanatory format plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
14 Amendment of s 400 (Power to enter land). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
15 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF LAND TAX ACT 1915
16 Act amended in pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
17 Replacement of s 3CA (References to unimproved value of
subdivided land in certain cases). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3CA Discounting unimproved value of subdivided land in particular cases 10
18 Insertion of new pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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PART 9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2001
63 Discount for subdivided land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF LAND TITLE ACT 1994
19 Act amended in pt 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
20 Amendment of s 48E (Explanatory format plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
21 Amendment of s 65 (Requirements of instrument of lease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993
22 Act amended in pt 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
23 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
24 Amendment of s 978 (Identification of categories for parcels of land). . . . . 13
25 Amendment of s 980 (Meaning of "authorised person" for division). . . . . . 13
26 Amendment of s 983 (Notice to owner of categorisation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
27 Amendment of s 984 (Owner's objection to categorisation). . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
28 Amendment of s 985 (Decision on owner's objection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
29 Amendment of s 987 (Right of appeal against decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
30 Amendment of s 988 (Where and how to start appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
31 Amendment of s 992 (Late categorisation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
32 Amendment of s 996 (Amendment of land record) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1944
33 Act amended in pt 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
34 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
35 Replacement of s 20 (Chief executive to fix date of other valuations etc.) . . 15
20 Chief executive to fix date of other valuations or alterations of
valuations .......................................... 15
36 Amendment of s 25 (Valuation--discounting for subdivided land) . . . . . . . 16
37 Amendment of s 28 (Alteration of valuation in force or to come into force) 16
38 Amendment of s 29A (Alteration of valuation for rate adjustment under
Local Government Act or City of Brisbane Act). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
39 Amendment of s 41 (Advertisements). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
40 Amendment of s 43C (Effect on objection of change in valuation) . . . . . . . 17
41 Amendment of s 44 (Late objection). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
42 Amendment of s 54 (Notice to objector). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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43 Amendment of s 67 (Practice and procedure for appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
44 Omission of s 75 (Chief executive may identify land for local government) 17
45 Amendment of s 92 (Order to comply with requirements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
46 Insertion of new pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PART 9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2001
100 Discounted valuation period for subdivided land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2001
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend certain Acts administered by the Minister for Natural
Resources and Minister for Mines, and for other purposes
s1 6 s4
Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment
Bill 2001
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
1 Short title
Clause 3
This Act may be cited as the Natural Resources and Other Legislation 4
Amendment Act 2001. 5
2 Commencement
Clause 6
(1) Part 4 and sections 34, 36 and 46 commence on 30 June 2002. 7
(2) The remaining provisions commence on a day to be fixed by 8
proclamation. 9
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF CITY OF BRISBANE 10
ACT 1924 11
3 Act amended in pt 2
Clause 12
This part amends the City of Brisbane Act 1924. 13
4 Amendment of s 3 (Interpretation)
Clause 14
(1) Section 3-- 15
renumber as section 2. 16
(2) Section 2, as renumbered, heading-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`2 Definitions'. 19
(3) Section 2, as renumbered, definition "decision maker"-- 20
omit. 21
s5 7 s6
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(4) Section 2(2)-- 1
renumber as section 2A. 2
(5) Section 2A, as renumbered-- 3
insert as heading-- 4
`2A Persons comprising the council service'. 5
(6) Section 2(3)-- 6
renumber as section 3. 7
(7) Section 3, as renumbered-- 8
insert as heading-- 9
`3 Meaning of words in particular applied provisions'. 10
5 Amendment of s 82 (Identification of categories for parcels of
Clause 11
land) 12
(1) Section 82(1), from `categorised by'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`categorised by the council identifying the category in which each parcel 15
of rateable land is included.'. 16
(2) Section 82(2) and (3)-- 17
omit. 18
(3) Section 82(4), from `whatever way'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`any way the council considers appropriate.'. 21
(4) Section 82(4)-- 22
renumber as section 82(2). 23
6 Amendment of s 84 (Entry on land to assist differential rating)
Clause 24
(1) Section 84(1)(b) and (c)-- 25
omit. 26
s7 8 s 11
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(2) Section 84(1)(d) and (e)-- 1
renumber as section 84(1)(b) and (c). 2
7 Amendment of s 85 (Notice to owner of categorisation)
Clause 3
(1) Section 85(c)(i)-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Section 85(c)(ii), `decision maker'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`council'. 8
(3) Section 85(c)(ii) to (v)-- 9
renumber as section 85(c)(i) to (iv). 10
8 Amendment of s 86 (Owner's objection to categorisation)
Clause 11
Section 86(2), 3(a) and 3(b), `decision maker'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`council'. 14
9 Amendment of s 87 (Determination of owner's objection)
Clause 15
Section 87(1), `decision maker'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`council'. 18
10 Amendment of s 89 (Appeal against determination)
Clause 19
Section 89(1)(b) and (4), `decision maker'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`council'. 22
11 Amendment of s 93 (Late categorisation)
Clause 23
Section 93, `decision maker'-- 24
s 12 9 s 14
Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment
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omit, insert-- 1
`council'. 2
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF LAND ACT 1994 3
12 Act amended in pt 3
Clause 4
This part amends the Land Act 1994. 5
13 Amendment of s 290A (Explanatory format plan)
Clause 6
(1) Section 290A(1), after `the lodging of a plan'-- 7
insert-- 8
`relating to an interest in land'. 9
(2) Section 290A(1), `land to which the plan relates'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`land to which the interest relates'. 12
14 Amendment of s 400 (Power to enter land)
Clause 13
(1) Section 400(1), after `may'-- 14
insert-- 15
`do any 1 or more of the following'. 16
(2) Section 400(1)(a) and (b), `; and'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`;'. 19
(3) Section 400(1)(c) and (d), `; or'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`;'. 22
s 15 10 s 17
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15 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary)
Clause 1
Schedule 6, definition "trustee", ` "trustee" '-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
` "trustees" '. 4
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF LAND TAX ACT 1915 5
16 Act amended in pt 4
Clause 6
This part amends the Land Tax Act 1915. 7
17 Replacement of s 3CA (References to unimproved value of
Clause 8
subdivided land in certain cases) 9
Section 3CA-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`3CA Discounting unimproved value of subdivided land in particular 12
cases 13
`(1) This section applies to a parcel of land if-- 14
(a) the parcel is one of the parts into which a larger parcel of land 15
has been subdivided; and 16
(b) the person who subdivided the land (the "subdivider") was, 17
when the land was subdivided, the owner of the parcel; and 18
(c) when the land was subdivided, the parcel was not developed 19
land; and 20
(d) since the land was subdivided, the parcel has been held for sale; 21
and 22
(e) the parcel is not a balance lot; and 23
(f) at midnight on 30 June-- 24
(i) the subdivider is still the owner of the parcel; and 25
(ii) the parcel is still not developed land. 26
s 18 11 s 18
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`(2) For levying land tax on the parcel for the following financial year, a 1
reference to the unimproved value of the parcel is a reference to the value 2
that, apart from this section, would be the unimproved value of the parcel, 3
discounted by 40%. 4
`(3) For this section, land is taken to be subdivided when a plan of 5
subdivision, providing for the division of the land into lots, is registered 6
under the Land Title Act 1994. 7
`(4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a parcel of land-- 8
(a) if the parcel is included in a valuation under the Valuation of 9
Land Act 1944, section 34; or 10
(b) unless the parcel is 1 of at least 6 parcels of land in Queensland, 11
owned by the subdivider, to which subsection (1) applies. 12
`(5) In this section-- 13
"balance lot" means a parcel of land that is-- 14
(a) one of the parts into which land has been subdivided; and 15
(b) being held by the subdivider for further subdivision. 16
"developed land" means land improved, or being improved, by the 17
construction of a building or other facility reasonably capable of being 18
used.'. 19
18 Insertion of new pt 9
Clause 20
After section 62-- 21
insert-- 22
`PART 9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR NATURAL 23
RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION 24
AMENDMENT ACT 2001 25
`63 Discount for subdivided land 26
`(1) Subsection (2) applies if, before the commencement of this section, 27
section 3CA applied to a parcel of land for a financial year before the 28
financial year starting on 1 July 2001. 29
s 19 12 s 22
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`(2) Despite the commencement, the unimproved value of the parcel 1
must not be discounted under section 3CA as in force after the 2
commencement.'. 3
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF LAND TITLE ACT 1994 4
19 Act amended in pt 5
Clause 5
This part amends the Land Title Act 1994. 6
20 Amendment of s 48E (Explanatory format plan)
Clause 7
(1) Section 48E(1), after `the lodging of a plan'-- 8
insert-- 9
`relating to an interest in land'. 10
(2) Section 48E(1), `land to which the plan relates'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`land to which the interest relates'. 13
21 Amendment of s 65 (Requirements of instrument of lease)
Clause 14
Section 65(2)(a), `a plan'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`a sketch plan'. 17
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 18
ACT 1993 19
22 Act amended in pt 6
Clause 20
This part amends the Local Government Act 1993. 21
s 23 13 s 26
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23 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions)
Clause 1
Section 3, definition "decision maker"-- 2
omit. 3
24 Amendment of s 978 (Identification of categories for parcels of
Clause 4
land) 5
(1) Section 978(1), from `categorised by'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`categorised by the local government identifying the category in which 8
each parcel of rateable land is included.'. 9
(2) Section 978(2) and (3)-- 10
omit. 11
(3) Section 978(4), `valuation authority or'-- 12
omit. 13
(4) Section 978(4)-- 14
renumber as section 978(2). 15
25 Amendment of s 980 (Meaning of "authorised person" for
Clause 16
division) 17
(1) Section 980, definition "authorised person", paragraphs (b) 18
and (c)-- 19
omit. 20
(2) Section 980, definition "authorised person", paragraphs (d) 21
and (e)-- 22
renumber as section 980(b) and (c). 23
26 Amendment of s 983 (Notice to owner of categorisation)
Clause 24
(1) Section 983(2)(c)(i)-- 25
omit. 26
(2) Section 983(2)(c)(ii), `decision maker'-- 27
s 27 14 s 31
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omit, insert-- 1
`local government'. 2
(3) Section 983(2)(c)(ii) to (v)-- 3
renumber as section 983(2)(c)(i) to (iv). 4
27 Amendment of s 984 (Owner's objection to categorisation)
Clause 5
Section 984(2), (3)(a) and (3)(b), `decision maker'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`local government'. 8
28 Amendment of s 985 (Decision on owner's objection)
Clause 9
Section 985(1), `decision maker'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`local government'. 12
29 Amendment of s 987 (Right of appeal against decision)
Clause 13
Section 987(b), `decision maker'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`local government'. 16
30 Amendment of s 988 (Where and how to start appeal)
Clause 17
Section 988(3), `decision maker'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`local government'. 20
31 Amendment of s 992 (Late categorisation)
Clause 21
Section 992, `decision maker'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`local government'. 24
s 32 15 s 35
Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment
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32 Amendment of s 996 (Amendment of land record)
Clause 1
Section 996(2), `a general valuation'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`an annual valuation'. 4
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF VALUATION OF LAND 5
ACT 1944 6
33 Act amended in pt 7
Clause 7
This part amends the Valuation of Land Act 1944. 8
34 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions)
Clause 9
Section 2-- 10
insert-- 11
` "discounted valuation period" see section 25.'. 12
35 Replacement of s 20 (Chief executive to fix date of other
Clause 13
valuations etc.) 14
Section 20-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`20 Chief executive to fix date of other valuations or alterations of 17
valuations 18
`(1) The chief executive must fix the date from which a valuation or 19
alteration of a valuation, made by the chief executive, has effect. 20
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the date is fixed under another 21
section of this Act. 22
`(3) The date fixed under subsection (1) may be objected to under part 6 23
or appealed under part 6A. 24
`(4) A notice of valuation must state the date fixed under subsection (1).'. 25
s 36 16 s 39
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36 Amendment of s 25 (Valuation--discounting for subdivided land)
Clause 1
(1) Section 25(7), definition "discounted valuation period", 2
paragraph (a)-- 3
omit. 4
(2) Section 25(7), definition "discounted valuation period", 5
paragraphs (b) and (c)-- 6
renumber as paragraphs (a) and (b). 7
37 Amendment of s 28 (Alteration of valuation in force or to come
Clause 8
into force) 9
Section 28(7)-- 10
omit. 11
38 Amendment of s 29A (Alteration of valuation for rate adjustment
Clause 12
under Local Government Act or City of Brisbane Act) 13
Section 29A(1), from `Local"-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Local Government Act 1993, section 10261 or the City of Brisbane Act 16
1924, section 70.2'. 17
39 Amendment of s 41 (Advertisements)
Clause 18
Section 41(3), `This section'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`Subsection (1)(b)'. 21
1 Local Government Act 1993, section 1026 (Rate levied for a period in which a
change takes effect)
2 City of Brisbane Act 1924, section 70 (Levy of rate on alteration in unimproved
value etc.)
s 40 17 s 44
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40 Amendment of s 43C (Effect on objection of change in valuation)
Clause 1
Section 43C(1)(c), `28 or'-- 2
omit. 3
41 Amendment of s 44 (Late objection)
Clause 4
Section 44(1)(b)(i), after `valuation notice'-- 5
insert-- 6
`or notice of valuation for rental purposes'. 7
42 Amendment of s 54 (Notice to objector)
Clause 8
(1) Section 54(2)(a), `an annual valuation'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`a valuation'. 11
(2) Section 54(2)(b), `annual'-- 12
omit. 13
(3) Section 54(2)(c), `28 or'-- 14
omit. 15
43 Amendment of s 67 (Practice and procedure for appeals)
Clause 16
Section 67(1), `The provisions of' to `adaptations,'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`The Land Court Act 2000 and the Land Court Rules 2000'. 19
44 Omission of s 75 (Chief executive may identify land for local
Clause 20
government) 21
Section 75-- 22
omit. 23
s 45 18 s 46
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45 Amendment of s 92 (Order to comply with requirements)
Clause 1
Section 92, `sections 80, 83, and 89'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`section 80, 83 or 89'. 4
46 Insertion of new pt 9
Clause 5
After section 99-- 6
insert-- 7
`PART 9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR NATURAL 8
RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION 9
AMENDMENT ACT 2001 10
`100 Discounted valuation period for subdivided land 11
`(1) Subsection (2) applies if-- 12
(a) before the commencement of this section-- 13
(i) the discounted valuation period for a parcel of land ended; 14
and 15
(ii) the parcel was included in a valuation under section 34; and 16
(b) on the commencement, the owner of the parcel still owns another 17
parcel that was included in the valuation. 18
`(2) Despite the commencement-- 19
(a) the chief executive must continue to value the parcel under 20
section 34; and 21
(b) the unimproved value of the parcel must not be discounted under 22
section 25.' 23
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