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TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 83
Provision about resumption of Torres Strait Islander land etc.
83 Provision about resumption of Torres Strait Islander land etc.
(1) An interest in Torres Strait Islander land can not be resumed, taken or
otherwise compulsorily acquired, sold or dealt with other than under the
Acquisition Act by a constructing authority.
(2) However, an interest in
Torres Strait Islander land may be taken under the Acquisition Act only for a
relevant purpose.
(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, for taking an
interest in Torres Strait Islander land under the Acquisition Act, the Torres
Strait Islander land is land as defined in that Act.
(4) Subsection (1) has
effect despite any other Act (whether enacted before or after the enactment of
this section).
(5) In this section—
"relevant purpose" means any purpose for which land may be taken under the
Acquisition Act by a constructing authority, other than a purpose under— (a)
the Geothermal Energy Act 2010 ; or
(b) the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009 ;
or
(c) the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 ; or
(d) the
State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 .
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