Queensland Consolidated Acts

TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 142

142 Trustee (Torres Strait Islander) leases

(1) A trustee of Torres Strait Islander trust land may lease all or a part of the land under part 8 .

(2) For subsection (1) , part 8 applies in relation to the leasing of Torres Strait Islander trust land—

(a) as if a reference in the part to Torres Strait Islander land were a reference to Torres Strait Islander trust land; and

(b) as if the reference in section 87 (1) (a) to a stated standard terms document under the Land Title Act were a reference to a stated mandatory standard terms document under the Land Act.

(3) Also, for subsection (1) , sections 85 (2) and 86 (2) apply in relation to the leasing of Torres Strait Islander trust land that is prescribed DOGIT land as if a reference in those sections to a Torres Strait Islander includes a reference to an Aboriginal person.

(4) The grant of a lease over Torres Strait Islander trust land in contravention of part 8 is void, unless the lease is registered.

(5) Subsection (4) applies despite any other Act.