Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act--
Aborigine means a person who is a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant of Australia other than the Torres Strait Islands.
indigenous council means--
(a) an indigenous regional council under the Local Government Act 1993; or
(b) a community government under the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004.
indigenous council area means the local government area of an indigenous council.
Islander means a person who is a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands.
qualified person means--
(a) an Aborigine or other person who is authorised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984 to enter upon, be in and reside in a trust area as a member of the community of Aborigines resident in the area and who, in the opinion of the indigenous council in which the trust area is vested or under whose control the trust area is, is a resident of that community; and
(b) an Islander or other person who is authorised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984 to enter upon, be in and reside in a trust area as a member of the community of Islanders resident in the area and who, in the opinion of the indigenous council in which the trust area is vested or under whose control the trust area is, is a resident of that community;
and includes a body corporate or other incorporated body comprised of qualified persons only.
trust area means land granted in trust by the Governor in Council for the benefit of Aboriginal inhabitants or Islander inhabitants or reserved and set apart by the Governor in Council for the benefit of Aborigines or Islanders under the provisions of law relating to Crown lands.
trustee council means, in relation to an application for a tenure of land--
(a) where the land in question is situated within a trust area that is vested in or under the control of an indigenous council--the indigenous council;
(b) where the land in question is situated within a trust area that is vested in or under the control of any other council--that council.
visiting justice means a visiting justice holding appointment under section 32A.
(2) Where pursuant to this Act an appeal tribunal has classified a person as a qualified person the definition qualified person shall be construed as if the opinion required to satisfy that definition were that of the appeal tribunal in lieu of the opinion therein referred to.
(3) For the purposes of this Act--
prescribed person is the Crown in right of the State or of the Commonwealth and any statutory body acting in discharge of its statutory functions under an Act of the State or of the Commonwealth but does not include the Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Corporation in its capacity as a bare trustee of land.