Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIf--
(a) a claim (the first claim) is duly made under this Act by a Torres Strait Islander or a group of Torres Strait Islanders for an area of claimable land; and
(b) a claim (the subsequent claim) is duly made under this Act by another Torres Strait Islander or group of Torres Strait Islanders for the whole or a part of the area of claimable land (whether or not an additional area of claimable land is also claimed); and
(c) the subsequent claim is referred to the Land Tribunal within the period specified in the notice published under section 47 in relation to the first claim or before the hearing of the first claim has started;
then--
(d) the first claim and the subsequent claim are to be heard and determined together; and
(e) if the subsequent claim does not include an additional area of claimable land--section 47 does not apply to the subsequent claim.