Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1A) This section applies if the Minister does not appoint, under section 25A, a registered native title body corporate as the grantee of land the subject of a deed of grant prepared under section 25.
(1) The Minister must appoint such persons as the Minister considers necessary to be the grantees, as trustees for the benefit of Torres Strait Islanders, of the land.
(2) The Minister may--
(a) remove or suspend trustees appointed under subsection (1); or
(b) appoint other persons as trustees.
(3) Before exercising powers under this section, the Minister must consult with, and consider the views of, Torres Strait Islanders particularly concerned with the land.
(4) In exercising powers under this section, the Minister must, as far as practicable, act in a way that is consistent with any Island custom applicable to the land concerned.
(5) Despite subsection (4), the Minister may appoint the trustees of transferable land to be the grantees of a deed of grant over the land, or part of the land, if--
(a) a declaration is in force under section 15(3) in relation to the land; or
(b) the Minister considers that in all the circumstances it is appropriate to do so.