Jurisdiction

As at 25 September 2023, sections of the legislation below confer jurisdiction on the Land Court and Land Appeal Court. You can read this legislation online.

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984, s 62(2)(b);
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Holding Act 2013, ss 23, 25, 33, 38, 47, 49, 53, 55, 57, 89(2) and (4);
  • Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003, ss 76, 106, 111, 112, 113;
  • Aboriginal Land Act 1991, ss 49, 55(3), 80, 82(5), 130, 150, 277, 283(2)(b);
  • Aboriginal Land Regulation 2011, Part 5, Land Appeal Court;
  • Acquisition of Land Act 1967;
  • Alcan Queensland Pty. Limited Agreement Act 1965;
  • Austral-Pacific Fertilizers Limited Agreement Act 1967, The Second Schedule & Third Schedule;
  • Biological Control Act 1987, s 55;
  • Breakwater Island Casino Agreement Act 1984, Schedule 1, Fifth Schedule, clause 19;
  • Central Queensland Coal Associates Agreement Act 1968, Schedule 1, Part VII, clause 2(10);
  • Century Zinc Project Act 1997, s 7;
  • City of Brisbane Act 2010, ss 69, 72(4);
  • City of Brisbane Regulation 2012, s 85;
  • Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014, s 23;
  • Environmental Protection Act 1994, ss 185, 522(1)(a), 524 & Schedule 2, Part 1;
  • Forestry Act 1959, ss 61F, 61H, 61I , 61RK;
  • Fossicking Act 1994, ss 99, 124;
  • Geothermal Energy Act 2010;
  • Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009;
  • Housing (Freeholding of Land) Act 1957, s 10C;
  • Housing Act 2003, s 112(8)(b);
  • Land Access Ombudsman Act 2017,  99a, 224a:
  • Land Act 1994;
  • Land Regulation 2009;
  • Land Court Act 2000;
  • Land Valuation Act 2010;
  • Local Government Act 2009, s 66(4);
  • Local Government Regulation 2012, s 92;
  • Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014, ss 27(1)(b), 28(2), 30(2), 31, 52, 53, 72, 96(2), 98, 99A, 100, 101;
  • Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Regulation 2016, s 100(3)(a);
  • Mineral Resources Act 1989;
  • Nature Conservation Act 1992, ss 67, 108, 137A;
  • Offshore Minerals Act 1998;
  • Petroleum Act 1923;
  • Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004;
  • Queen's Wharf Brisbane Act 2016,  s 47;
  • Queensland Nickel Agreement Act 1970, the Schedule, Part VI, clause 3(8);
  • River Improvement Trust Act 1940,  s 11D
  • Soil Conservation Act 1986, ss 22, 30;
  • State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971, ss 127, 139, 151, 152;
  • Sugar Industry Act 1999, ss 65, 68, 72, 73, 75, 287, 297;
  • Surat Basin Rail (Infrastructure Development and Management) Act 2012, s 27(5) and (6);
  • Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003, s 126;
  • Thiess Peabody Coal Pty. Ltd. Agreement Act 1962;
  • Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage Act 2003, ss 76, 106, 111, 112, 113;
  • Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991, ss 44, 50(3), 95, 115, 182, 188(2)(b);
  • Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, ss 84D, 105JA, 240F(4)(b), 260(5), 300(4), 303AC(4), 335, 351(4), 355B(4), 377R, 383, 411(3)(b), 412(2)(b);
  • Water Act 2000, ss 430, 434(3), 865(1)(b), 877(1)(b) and (d), 972B;
  • Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008, ss 562, 636;
  • Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993, ss 54, 57; and
  • Yeppoon Hospital Site Acquisition Act 2006, s 4.
Last reviewed
6 December 2023
Last updated
6 December 2023