Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If there is no reservation to the Crown of forest products or quarry material, within the meaning of the Forestry Act 1959, above, on or below the surface of Aboriginal land, the community government for the community government area in which the land is situated may, subject to subsection (2), authorise the gathering or digging, and removal, of forest products or quarry material for use in the community government area.
(2) A community government must not give an authority unless--
(a) the authority is given under an agreement between the community government and the grantees of the land; or
(b) failing agreement, the community government pays the grantees of the land such compensation as is determined by the Land Court.