Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The registrar of titles must not register an instrument dealing with land the subject of a reconfiguration of a lot in connection with the construction of an artificial waterway unless—
(a) the plan of subdivision for the reconfiguration of the lot is registered under the Land Title Act 1994; and
(b) if the artificial waterway is a canal—
(i) the plan of subdivision is certified by a local government under section 119(2)(a); and
(ii) the area of the canal has been surrendered to the State as a public waterway; and
(c) if the artificial waterway is not a canal—the plan of subdivision is certified by a local government under section 119(2).
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an instrument surrendering the area of a canal to the State if the plan of subdivision for the reconfiguration of a lot in connection with the construction of the canal is—
(a) registered under the Land Title Act 1994; and
(b) certified by a local government under section 119(2)(a).