Queensland Consolidated Acts

TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 12

DOGIT land is land (other than a road) that, at the beginning of the enactment day, is--

(a) granted in trust under the Land Act 1962 for the benefit of Torres Strait Islander inhabitants or for the purpose of a Torres Strait Islander reserve; or

(b) within the external boundaries of an area of such land and--

(i) is reserved and set apart for, or dedicated to, a public purpose under the Land Act 1962; or

(ii) is land that has become Crown land by way of resumption for a public purpose within the meaning of the Land Act 1962; or

(iii) is subject to a lease granted by the Crown under the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (Land Holding) Act 1985; or

(iv) is subject to a special lease granted by the Crown under the Land Act 1962;

and includes land within those external boundaries that has, since the enactment day, ceased to be a road if the land is declared by regulation to be transferable land.