Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (3), claimable land is--
(a) available Crown land declared by regulation to be claimable land for this Act; or
(b) Torres Strait Islander land that is transferred land.
(2) A declaration under subsection (1)(a) may describe the available Crown land concerned in any way, including, for example, describing the land as land included in a stated area of the State.
(3) A regulation may declare that an area of transferred land is not claimable land.
(4) A declaration under subsection (3) may be made only if--
(a) the land is primarily used or occupied by Torres Strait Islanders for residential or community purposes; or
(b) the Minister has consulted with Torres Strait Islanders particularly concerned with the land and a substantial majority of the Torres Strait Islanders are opposed to the land being claimable land.