Mixed Use Development Act 1993
sec.61Grant of Crown land
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sec.61 Grant of Crown land
The power conferred by the Land Act 1962 on the Governor in Council to grant in fee simple any Crown land within Queensland includes, in relation to Crown land included or to be included as part of a scheme, power to grant the land in fee simple to an applicant, on payment of the amount that the Governor in Council determines, in priority to and to exclusion of all other persons. Subsection (1) applies despite the Land Act 1962 . The power applies only to land— that is necessary to regularise the boundaries of the site and is required in relation to works to be carried out on the site; and that, following development of the site, is of a shape that cannot reasonably be used otherwise than in relation to the site. (sec.61-ssec.1) The power conferred by the Land Act 1962 on the Governor in Council to grant in fee simple any Crown land within Queensland includes, in relation to Crown land included or to be included as part of a scheme, power to grant the land in fee simple to an applicant, on payment of the amount that the Governor in Council determines, in priority to and to exclusion of all other persons. (sec.61-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies despite the Land Act 1962 . (sec.61-ssec.3) The power applies only to land— that is necessary to regularise the boundaries of the site and is required in relation to works to be carried out on the site; and that, following development of the site, is of a shape that cannot reasonably be used otherwise than in relation to the site.
- (a) that is necessary to regularise the boundaries of the site and is required in relation to works to be carried out on the site; and
- (b) that, following development of the site, is of a shape that cannot reasonably be used otherwise than in relation to the site.