Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may declare that a sub-block in coastal waters is a reserved sub-block.
Note 1—
A reserved sub-block may be put up for tender by the Minister publishing in the Gazette a tender sub-block tenure notice (see sections 74 and 218).
Note 2—
The Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 32C, which provides that in an Act, the singular includes the plural, allows a single declaration under this subsection to be made for 2 or more sub-blocks.
(2) A declaration under subsection (1) must not be made about a sub-block if—
(a) a tenure over that sub-block is in force; or
(b) an application for a tenure over that sub-block has been made and has not been decided.
(3) A declaration under subsection (1) must be made by gazette notice.