Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The annual rent reserved by a lease provided for by section 9(2) shall be payable in advance to the indigenous council that is charged with the functions of local government in respect of the land held under the lease on or before 31 December in each year in respect of the next following year.
(1A) However where, upon the commencement of a lease, the rent payable in respect of the lease would be as provided by section 16(2) the rent shall be payable, by 1 payment or by instalments as determined by the Minister administering the Land Act 1994 and specified in the instrument of lease, such payment or the first of such instalments being payable on or before the commencement of the lease in respect of the period until the rent can be assessed in accordance with section 16(1) and becomes payable as provided by subsection (1).
(2) Subject to subsection (3), rent payable in respect of a lease provided for by section 9(2) shall be the property of the council to which it is payable under subsection (1) to be used by it for the purposes of the local government of the trust area under its control or otherwise for the benefit of that trust area.
(3) Rent payable in respect of a lease provided for by section 9(2) that is not paid and any penalties accrued in respect of arrears of rent shall be a debt due and owing to Her Majesty and may be recovered as such in any court of competent jurisdiction.