Queensland Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2011 No. 26 - SECT 155

(1) Section 27(1), ' section 26'—

omit, insert—

'section 25A or 26'.

(2) Section 27(2), ' section 11(c)'—

omit, insert—

'section 11(1)(c)'.

(3) Section 27—

insert—

'(3) However, the Minister need not act as mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) in relation to land until the Minister is reasonably satisfied—

(a) arrangements are in place to ensure—

(i) the Commonwealth and the State can continue to provide services to communities on the land after it is granted; and

(ii) the local government for the area in which the land is situated can continue to provide local government services to communities on the land after it is granted; and

Example of an arrangement for paragraph (a)—

a lease

(b) if the land is proposed to be granted to an entity other than a registered native title body corporate, arrangements that the Minister considers necessary—

(i) to support use of the land by Torres Strait Islanders particularly concerned with it; and

(ii) to ensure appropriate services, including, for example, social housing, public works and community infrastructure, can be provided for communities on the land;

are in place to deal with matters relevant to the use of the land after it is granted; and

Example of an arrangement for paragraph (b)—

an ILUA

(c) if the land is or includes township land, arrangements are in place to provide for—

(i) the township land to continue to be used as township land; and

(ii) residents of the township land to continue to live on and access the land, and obtain tenure over the land under this Act.

Examples of an arrangement for paragraph (c)—

an ILUA, a townsite lease or another lease

'(4) In this section—

local government services includes any services a local government might ordinarily provide for the community in its local government area.'.