Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND ACT 1994 - SECT 165B

165B Deciding to make offer to convert lease before receiving conversion application

(1) The chief executive may, at any time before receiving a conversion application, decide to offer to convert—

(a) a perpetual lease to freehold land; or

(b) a term lease to freehold land; or

(c) a term lease to a perpetual lease, but only if the term lease is—

(i) a lease for pastoral purposes; or

(ii) a lease for tourism purposes for land on a regulated island.

(2) Before making a decision under subsection (1) , the chief executive must evaluate the lease land to assess the most appropriate tenure for the land.

(3) For conducting the evaluation under subsection (2) , section 16 applies with necessary changes.

(4) Sections 420FA and 420G apply in relation to making a decision under subsection (1) —

(a) as if a reference in the sections to deciding an application were a reference to making the decision; and

(b) with other necessary changes.