Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If, on the day land becomes Aboriginal land, the land or any part of the land is being occupied or used by the State or the Commonwealth, the State or Commonwealth is entitled to continue to occupy or use it for such period as the land, or that part of the land, is required by the State or Commonwealth.
(2) While the State or Commonwealth is entitled to the occupation or use of land under subsection (1), the improvements on the land are the property of the State or Commonwealth.
(3) If the chief executive becomes aware the occupation or use of land under subsection (1) is no longer required by the State or Commonwealth, the chief executive must give the trustee of the land written notice of that fact.
(4) Despite subsection (1), if the State or Commonwealth intends to continue to occupy or use the land, the State or Commonwealth and the trustee of the land are to use their best endeavours to provide for the continued occupation and use of the land under an interest in, or in relation to, the land given by the trustee of the land.
(5) Subsection (1) ceases to apply to land if—
(a) it is leased to a person for a private residential purpose under part 10; or
(b) the State or Commonwealth has a right to occupy or use the land under an interest in, or in relation to, the land given by the trustee of the land; or
(c) the trustee of the land receives a notice under subsection (3) for the land.
(6) Subsection (7) applies if the Aboriginal land being occupied or used by the State or the Commonwealth is land that is the subject of a townsite lease.
(7) Subsections (3) to (5) apply as if a reference to the trustee of the land were a reference to the lessee for the townsite lease.