Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND TITLE ACT 1994 - SECT 51

51 Dedication of public use land in plan

(1) The dedication of a lot to public use in a plan of subdivision must be of the registered proprietor’s whole interest in the lot.

(2) On registration of the plan, without anything further—

(a) if the dedication is for a road—the road is opened for the Land Act 1994 ; or

(b) if the dedication is for a non-tidal watercourse or a lake—the plan is taken to be the source material for the land for the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003 , section 99 ; or

Note—

The Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003 , section 99 defines when a boundary of land is a non-tidal boundary (watercourse) or non-tidal boundary (lake). See the Land Act 1994 , section 13A for provisions about the ownership of land on the watercourse side or lake side of one of these boundaries.

(c) if the dedication is of a lot for a purpose mentioned in the Land Act 1994 , section 31 (1) and the Minister administering that Act consents to the plan—the lot is dedicated as a reserve for the purpose; or

(d) otherwise—the lot becomes unallocated State land under the Land Act 1994 .

(3) Subsection (4) applies to an easement over a lot if—

(a) the easement is an easement for providing access or a right of way, including a public thoroughfare easement; and

(b) the lot or a part of the lot is dedicated for a road under subsection (2) .

(4) The easement is extinguished to the extent it is over the lot or the part of the lot dedicated for the road.