Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies when—
(a) the Land Court in its cultural heritage division is exercising jurisdiction; or
(b) the Land Court in its general division is exercising jurisdiction under any of the following Acts that was conferred on the Land Court under the Land Court and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007—
(c) the Land Court in its general division is exercising jurisdiction under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008; or
(c) the Land Court in its general division is exercising jurisdiction under—
(i) the Aboriginal Land Act 1991, part 3, division 2, subdivision 4 or part 5, division 2, subdivision 4; or
(ii) the Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991, part 3, division 2, subdivision 4.
(2) The Land Court has, for exercising jurisdiction conferred under an Act, all the powers of the Supreme Court, and may in a proceeding before the Land Court, in the same way and to the same extent as may be done by the Supreme Court in a similar proceeding—
(a) grant any relief or remedy; and
(b) make any order, including an order for attachment or committal because of disobedience to an order; and
(c) give effect to every ground of defence or matter of set-off, whether equitable or legal.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the Land Court has, in a proceeding before it, power to grant relief—
(a) under a declaration of rights of the parties; or
(b) under an injunction, whether interim, interlocutory or final, in the proceeding; or
(c) by staying the proceeding or a part of the proceeding; or
(d) by appointing a receiver including an interim receiver.
(4) The Land Court may order that a record of, or information about, a proceeding before the Land Court must not be made available to the public.
(5) Without limiting the things the Land Court may have regard to in deciding whether to make an order under subsection (4), the Land Court may have regard to Aboriginal tradition and Island custom.
(6) To the extent that the practice and procedure of the Land Court in exercising its jurisdiction in particular matters, including enforcing its judgments and orders, are not provided for in the rules, they must as far as practicable be the same as the practice and procedure of the Supreme Court in similar matters.
(7) Without limiting subsection (6), the appropriate officer of the Land Court must, in addition to duties otherwise imposed on the officer, discharge—
(a) any duty an officer of the Supreme Court would be required under the practice of the Supreme Court to discharge in similar circumstances; and
(b) any duty imposed on the officer by an order of the Land Court.
(8) For subsection (7), the appropriate officer of the Land Court has the powers of the relevant officer of the Supreme Court.
(9) Subsections (2) and (6) have effect subject to—
(a) another provision of this Act; and
(b) a provision of another Act under which jurisdiction is conferred on the Land Court.