Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Every accountable person shall keep and maintain a register, in the form approved by the public trustee, at the person's principal place of business in Queensland.
(1A) On 14 February in every year each accountable person shall enter in such register the particulars specified, in the form approved by the public trustee, of all unclaimed moneys which have not previously been entered in the corresponding register for any previous year.
(2) On and after 15 February in every year and for a period of 2 years after the entry is made, the entry shall, on payment of a fee of $1, be open to inspection by all persons at such principal place of business during the hours within which the accountable person transacts the person's ordinary business.
(3) Every such register shall be advertised by the person keeping it by publishing a copy thereof in the gazette during the month of February.
(3A) However, it shall not be necessary to include in such advertisement entries which, with all other moneys entered in the register in respect of the same entitlement, do not exceed in the aggregate $500 or, if the public trustee consents in writing, $1000.
(4) An accountable person who fails to keep or advertise such register, or who refuses inspection thereof, shall be liable to a maximum penalty of 1 penalty unit for every day during which such default or refusal continues.