Queensland Consolidated Acts

SURVEY AND MAPPING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2003 - SECT 99

(1) A boundary of land is a non-tidal boundary (lake) if—

(a) under the source material for the land, the boundary is identified with reference to a lake, however described; and

Examples of non-tidal boundary (lake) identifiers—

the southwest bank of Victoria Lake

the eastern bank of the lagoon

(b) having regard to how the boundary is identified, no part of the boundary can appropriately be represented on a plan of survey as a right line boundary; and

(c) the boundary is not a tidal boundary.

(2) A boundary of land is a non-tidal boundary (watercourse) if—

(a) under the source material for the land, the boundary is identified, either expressly or by necessary implication—

(i) with reference to a watercourse, however described; or

Examples of non-tidal boundary (watercourse) identifiers for subparagraph (i)—

the left bank of the Calladoon Anabranch of the Macintyre River

the Bremer River

the left bank of the Gregory River

(ii) with reference to a natural feature or other thing whose existence and location are dependent on, or otherwise linked to the existence and location of, a watercourse; and

Examples of non-tidal boundary (watercourse) identifiers for subparagraph (ii)—

an identified scour mark on a bank of the watercourse

an identified depositional feature on a bank of the watercourse

(b) having regard to how the boundary is identified, no part of the boundary can appropriately be represented on a plan of survey as a right line boundary; and

(c) the boundary is not a tidal boundary.