Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An owner of improvements on a lease that has been surrendered may apply to remove the owner's improvements on the lease.
(2) The owner may remove the improvements only with the written approval of, and within a time stated by, the Minister.
(3) The improvements become the property of the State if—
(a) the Minister has not given written approval for their removal; or
(b) the Minister has given written approval for their removal but the improvements have not been removed within the time stated by the Minister.
(4) However, if the lease the subject of surrender is leased or sold, the owner has a right to payment for the improvements under chapter 5, part 5.
(5) In this section—
owner, of improvements, means—
(a) if the lessee owned the improvements—the lessee; or
(b) a person who—
(i) made the improvements on the land the subject of the surrender with the lessee's authority; and
(ii) owned the improvements.