Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If a reservation for a public purpose in a deed of grant or freeholding lease is no longer needed for the purpose, the Governor in Council may sell all or part of the land in the reservation to the registered owner of the deed of grant or the lessee of the lease.
(2) Alternatively, if the reservation is adequate in size to be used by a person other than the registered owner or lessee and the registered owner or lessee does not buy the land--
(a) possession of all or part of the land reserved may be resumed; and
(b) the land resumed may be dealt with as unallocated State land.
(3) Land in a reservation may be sold under subsection (1) only if the registered owner or lessee has applied to the Minister to buy the land, and the Minister is satisfied the reservation is no longer needed.
(4) In making a decision under subsection (3), the Minister--
(a) must have regard to the purpose of the reservation and the likely future use of the land; and
Example--
If the reservation is for road purposes, the Minister will have regard to whether the road is likely to be needed.
(b) may have regard to information and advice obtained in the way the Minister considers appropriate.
Example--
If the reservation is for road purposes, the Minister might decide to seek advice from the chief executive of the department in which the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 is administered.