Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) land is, or is part of, an indigenous joint management area; and
(b) the land is dedicated as a national park or national park (recovery); and
(c) immediately before the dedication, the land was being used (the previous use) in a way that is inconsistent with the management principles of the park.
(2) The chief executive and the indigenous landholder for land in the national park or national park (recovery), or a part of the national park or national park (recovery), that is an indigenous joint management area, may grant an authority (a previous use authority) over, or in relation to, the land to allow the previous use to continue for no more than the allowable term after the dedication.
(3) However, a previous use authority must not be granted for a national park if the previous use was under a sales permit under the Forestry Act 1959, section 56.
(4) A previous use authority must not be renewed.
(5) This section applies despite sections 15 and 42AN(2).
(6) In this section—
allowable term, in relation to a previous use authority, means a term no longer than—
(a) if the previous use was under a permit or lease as follows, the term that is the unexpired term of the permit or lease—
(i) an occupation permit under the Forestry Act 1959, section 35(1)(a) under which the right of occupation is only for a service facility;
(ii) a stock grazing permit under the Forestry Act 1959, section 35(1)(c);
(iii) an apiary permit under the Forestry Act 1959, section 35(1)(d);
(iv) a sales permit under the Forestry Act 1959, section 56, for the taking of plant parts if it does not authorise cutting or pruning of plants so severely that the plant is likely to die;
(v) a lease under the Land Act 1994; or
(b) otherwise—3 years after the dedication.
authority means an agreement or a lease, licence, permit or other authority.
plant parts means the flowers, foliage, seeds or stems of the plant.