Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 23

23 Land that is claimable land

(1) Subject to subsection (3) , claimable land is—

(a) available State land declared by regulation to be claimable land for this Act; or

(b) Aboriginal land that—

(i) is transferred land; and

(ii) became transferred land before 22 December 2006.

(2) A declaration under subsection (1) (a) may describe the available State 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 Aboriginal people for residential or community purposes; or

(b) the Minister has consulted with Aboriginal people particularly concerned with the land and a substantial majority of the Aboriginal people are opposed to the land being claimable land.