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Land Act 1994
sec.56Model by-laws
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### sec.56 Model by-laws
The Minister may make model by-laws for trust land.
The chief executive must publish a model by-law made under subsection (1) on a Queensland government website.
Without limiting subsection (1) , a model by-law may be made about the following matters—
the protection and use of trust land, including buildings on trust land;
regulating the business and management of trusts;
penalties, not more than 100 penalty units, for the contravention of a model by-law.
A model by-law may state that all or part of trust land is a public place within the meaning of an Act—
conferring or imposing on police officers powers or duties about public places; or
providing for the punishment of offences committed in public places.
If a local government is the trustee it may—
make local laws for the trust land under the Local Government Act 2009 or the City of Brisbane Act 2010 ; and
adopt a model by-law.
If a local government adopts a model by-law, it must follow the procedure under the Local Government Act 2009 for adopting a model local law when it adopts the model by-law.
A local law made under subsection (4) (a) must not be inconsistent with this Act.
A trustee other than a local government, in the way prescribed under the regulations, may adopt as its by-laws all or any of the model by-laws.
A model by-law has no effect unless it is adopted in the prescribed way.
In a proceeding, a copy of a public notice about the adoption of a model by-law is—
evidence of the information in the notice; and
evidence that the model by-law had been properly adopted.
In this section—
Queensland government website means a website with a URL that contains ‘qld.gov.au’, other than the website of a local government.
s 56 amd 2009 No. 17 s 331 sch 1 ; 2010 No. 23 s 352 sch 1 ; 2020 No. 9 s 24
(sec.56-ssec.1) The Minister may make model by-laws for trust land.
(sec.56-ssec.1A) The chief executive must publish a model by-law made under subsection (1) on a Queensland government website.
(sec.56-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a model by-law may be made about the following matters— the protection and use of trust land, including buildings on trust land; regulating the business and management of trusts; penalties, not more than 100 penalty units, for the contravention of a model by-law.
(sec.56-ssec.3) A model by-law may state that all or part of trust land is a public place within the meaning of an Act— conferring or imposing on police officers powers or duties about public places; or providing for the punishment of offences committed in public places.
(sec.56-ssec.4) If a local government is the trustee it may— make local laws for the trust land under the Local Government Act 2009 or the City of Brisbane Act 2010 ; and adopt a model by-law.
(sec.56-ssec.5) If a local government adopts a model by-law, it must follow the procedure under the Local Government Act 2009 for adopting a model local law when it adopts the model by-law.
(sec.56-ssec.6) A local law made under subsection (4) (a) must not be inconsistent with this Act.
(sec.56-ssec.7) A trustee other than a local government, in the way prescribed under the regulations, may adopt as its by-laws all or any of the model by-laws.
(sec.56-ssec.8) A model by-law has no effect unless it is adopted in the prescribed way.
(sec.56-ssec.9) In a proceeding, a copy of a public notice about the adoption of a model by-law is— evidence of the information in the notice; and evidence that the model by-law had been properly adopted.
(sec.56-ssec.10) In this section— Queensland government website means a website with a URL that contains ‘qld.gov.au’, other than the website of a local government.
- (a) the protection and use of trust land, including buildings on trust land;
- (b) regulating the business and management of trusts;
- (c) penalties, not more than 100 penalty units, for the contravention of a model by-law.
- (a) conferring or imposing on police officers powers or duties about public places; or
- (b) providing for the punishment of offences committed in public places.
- (a) make local laws for the trust land under the Local Government Act 2009 or the City of Brisbane Act 2010 ; and
- (b) adopt a model by-law.
- (a) evidence of the information in the notice; and
- (b) evidence that the model by-law had been properly adopted.