Queensland Consolidated Acts

PLACE NAMES ACT 1994

- As at 28 February 2023 
- Act 57 of 1994 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Place
   5.      Act binds all persons

   PART 2 - NAMING OF PLACES

           Division 1 - Procedures

   6.      Place naming issues
   7.      Powers of Minister
   8.      Development of place name proposal
   9.      Notice of place name proposal
   10.     Dispensing with publication of proposal
   11.     Decision about proposal

           Division 2 - Gazetteer of Place Names

   12.     Gazetteer of Place Names
   13.     Inspection of Gazetteer
   14.     Entries in Gazetteer

   PART 3 - OFFENCES AND PROCEEDINGS

   15.     Publishing unapproved place name
   16.     Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives
   17.     (Repealed)
   18.     Evidentiary provisions

   PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS

   19.     Protection from liability
   20.     Delegation by chief executive
   21.     Regulation making power

   PART 5 - (Repealed)