Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The bed and banks of all watercourses and lakes forming all or part of the boundary of land are, and always have been, the property of the State.
(2) Subsection (1) applies despite the alienation of land by the State.
(3) However, a person (the owner) who may take water under section 20(3)--
(a) may exercise a right of access for himself or herself, the owner's family, executive officers, employees, agents and stock over the part of the bed or bank, of the watercourse or lake, that adjoins the owner's land; and
(b) may exercise a right of grazing for the person's stock over the part of the bed or bank, of the watercourse or lake, that adjoins the owner's land; and
(c) may bring an action against a person who trespasses on the part of the bed or bank, of the watercourse or lake, that adjoins the owner's land as if the owner were the registered owner of the bed and bank.
(4) If part of the bed or bank is being used by the State for a purpose under this Act--
(a) subsection (3)(a) and (b) applies only to the extent exercising the right does not interfere with the State's use of the bed or bank; and
(b) subsection (3)(c) does not allow the owner to bring an action against a person acting on behalf of the State.