Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If the Minister is satisfied that an area should be declared a protected area, the Minister must prepare a proposal for the declaration.
(2) The proposal for the declaration must--
(a) describe the lands to be included in the area; and
(b) specify the proposed class of protected area and the proposed management intent for the area.
(3) The Minister must give written notice to all land-holders affected by the proposal.
(4) The notice must specify a day by which the land-holders may make submissions to the Minister relating to the proposal.
(5) If the Minister considers that it is impracticable to give notice to each land-holder of a particular class, it is sufficient compliance with subsection (3) if the Minister gives notice to the class by publishing a notice in such newspapers as the Minister determines.
(6) In this section--
land-holder includes a person having an interest in land.