Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Notwithstanding that land, or land and improvements, within an indigenous council area have been excluded from a grant in trust of a trust area, either expressly in the grant or by virtue of the Land Act 1994, for the purposes of--
(a) the discharge of the functions of local government within the trust area and the exercise of powers incidental thereto; and
(b) the charging of service charges in respect of the land or the land and improvements; and
(c) the application of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984 in respect of the land or the land and improvements;
the land, or the land and improvements shall be deemed to be part of the trust area and the indigenous council in which the trust area is vested shall be deemed to be charged with the functions of local government in respect of the land or the land and improvements.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not be construed as authorising the making and levying of any rate on the land or the land and improvements referred to therein.