Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND TITLE ACT 1994 - SECT 54

54 Dedication of road by notice

(1) The registered owner of a lot may dedicate the lot as a road for public use by the registration of a dedication notice.

(2) Part of a lot may not be dedicated as a road for public use under this section.

(3) A dedication notice must have been approved by the relevant planning body.

(4) On the day the dedication notice is registered—

(a) the dedication of the lot as a road for public use takes effect; and

(b) the land is opened for public use as a road.

(5) This section does not apply if the dedication notice is for the land to be dedicated as a road under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 , section 12B .

Note—

A dedication notice for land taken under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 to be dedicated as a road is registered under section 12B of that Act.

(6) In this section—

"dedication notice" means a notice in the approved form requesting the registrar to register a dedication of land as a road.

"relevant planning body" means—

(a) if the lot is in a priority development area—MEDQ; or

(aa) if the lot is in a State development area—the Coordinator-General; or

(b) otherwise—the local government.