Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND ACT 1994 - SECT 242A

242A Minister may require improvements report and other information

(1) This section applies if the Minister has given a lessee a notice under section 235 (1) or 238 (3) .

(2) The Minister may, by notice given to the lessee, require the lessee to give the Minister, within a stated reasonable period, a report (an
"improvements report" ) that states the following information for each building or other structure on the lease land—

(a) the nature of the building or structure;

(b) the condition of the building or structure;

(c) the location of the building or structure;

(d) whether, if the lease is forfeited, the lessee proposes to apply under section 243 (1A) to remove the building or structure.

(3) The lessee must comply with the notice.

(4) The improvements report may include representations about why the Minister should not give the lessee an improvements notice requiring the lessee to take action under section 244 .

(5) The Minister may also, by notice given to the lessee, require the lessee, within a stated reasonable period, to—

(a) give the Minister information, or further information, about a building or other structure on the lease land; or

(b) give the Minister a report, prepared by a person with a stated qualification or expertise and at the lessee’s expense, about the condition of the buildings and other structures on the lease land.

(6) If the lessee fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (5) (b) —

(a) the Minister may obtain the report; and

(b) the cost of obtaining the report may be recovered from the lessee as a debt due to the State.