Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Generally, the purpose of the Land Court and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 is to transfer the tribunal's jurisdiction to the Land Court.
Note--
See the Land Court Act 2000, section 91 for arrangements for proceedings now falling within the jurisdiction of the Land Court that are part heard.
(2) The tribunal's ongoing jurisdiction, until the expiry of this Act takes effect under section 82A, is limited to proceedings about applications under the Mineral Resources Act 1989--
(a) lodged under that Act on or before 31 March 2003 and to which the native title (mining) provisions apply; and
(b) whether or not, for any application, a proceeding about the application was started before the tribunal before the commencement of this section.
(3) The Governor in Council--
(a) is not obliged--
(i) to act under section 7 to appoint 1 or more presiding members of the tribunal; or
(ii) to act under section 16 to appoint 1 or more non-presiding members; and
(b) for the purposes of the tribunal's ongoing jurisdiction, may act as may be convenient--
(i) under section 14, to appoint persons to act as presiding members; and
(ii) under section 19, to appoint persons to act as appointed non-presiding members.
(4) Also, the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 24B(5) does not apply to an appointment mentioned in subsection (3).
(5) A person may be both--
(a) the registrar or another member of the staff of the tribunal, as mentioned in section 29; and
(b) the registrar of the Land Court, or a deputy registrar or other officer of the Land Court, as mentioned in the Land Court Act 2000, section 48.
(6) Subsections (3) and (4) are to remove any doubt.