Foreign Ownership of Land Register Act 1988

An Act to provide for the disclosure of foreign ownership of land and for related purposes

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Foreign Ownership of Land Register Act 1988.

2Definitions

The dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in this Act.

s 2 prev s 2 om 1 July 1995 RA s 37

pres s 2 ins 2013 No. 23 s 39

4Interpretation

(1)In this Act—

(a)a person who directly or indirectly controls an interest in land shall be deemed to have acquired that interest; and

(b)a reference to acquire includes a reference to agreeing to acquire.

(2)For the purposes of this Act, the time of acquisition of an interest in land shall be—

(a)where the interest in land is acquired as the result of the granting of a lease of Crown land—the time when the lease commences; and

(b)where the interest in land is acquired under an agreement—the time of entry into possession of that interest; and

(c)where the interest in land is acquired otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b)—the time when the event that gave rise to the acquisition occurred.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), the time of entry into possession in respect of an interest in land means the time under an agreement when the person acquiring the interest is entitled to—

(a)occupy, use and control that interest; or

(b)the rents and profits of that interest.

(4)For the purposes of the definition foreign person in schedule 1, a foreign natural person or a foreign corporation shall be deemed to have a controlling interest in a corporation where the person or the corporation, as the case may be, has a controlling interest in the holding corporation of that first corporation.

s 4 amd 1989 No. 3 s 3 (c)–(d); 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 1; 2013 No. 23 s 40 (8)–(11)

5Holding corporations and subsidiaries

(1)A reference in this Act to a holding corporation of another corporation is a reference to a corporation of which that other corporation is a subsidiary.

(2)For the purposes of this Act, but subject to subsection (3)—

(a)a corporation shall be deemed to be a subsidiary of another corporation if that other corporation—

(i)is in a position to control more than one-half of the voting power in the first corporation; or

(ii)holds more than one-half of the issued shares in the first corporation (excluding any shares that carry no right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital); and

(b)a corporation shall be deemed to be a subsidiary of another corporation if the first corporation is a subsidiary of any corporation that is that other corporation’s subsidiary (including a corporation that is that other corporation’s subsidiary by another application or other applications of this paragraph).

(3)In determining whether a corporation is a subsidiary of another corporation—

(a)any shares held or power exercisable by that other corporation in a fiduciary capacity shall be treated as not held or exercisable by it; and

(b)subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), any shares held or power exercisable—

(i)by any person as a nominee for that other corporation (except where that other corporation is concerned only in a fiduciary capacity); or

(ii)by, or by a nominee for, a subsidiary of that other corporation, not being a subsidiary that is concerned only in a fiduciary capacity;

shall be treated as held or exercisable by that other corporation; and

(c)any shares held or power exercisable by any person under the provisions of any debentures of the first corporation, or of a trust deed for securing any issue of such debentures, shall be disregarded; and

(d)any shares held or power exercisable by, or by a nominee for, that other corporation or its subsidiary (not being held or exercisable as mentioned in paragraph (c)) shall be treated as not held or exercisable by that other corporation if the ordinary business of that other corporation or its subsidiary, as the case may be, includes the lending of money and the shares are held or the power is exercisable solely by way of security for the purposes of a money lending agreement.

6Substantial and controlling interests in corporations and unit trusts

(1)For the purposes of this Act—

(a)a person shall be taken to hold a substantial interest in a corporation or unit trust if the person, alone or together with any associate or associates of the person, is in a position to control not less than 15% of the voting power in the corporation or attached to the issued units in the unit trust, as the case may be; and

(b)2 or more persons shall be taken to hold an aggregate substantial interest in a corporation or unit trust if they, together with any associate or associates of any of them, are in a position to control not less than 40% of the voting power in the corporation or attached to the issued units in the unit trust, as the case may be.

(2)Where—

(a)a person holds a substantial interest in a corporation or unit trust; or

(b)2 or more persons hold an aggregate substantial interest in a corporation or unit trust;

that person shall be taken to hold a controlling interest in the corporation or unit trust, or those persons shall be taken to hold an aggregate controlling interest in the corporation or unit trust, as the case may be, unless the Minister declares that, having regard to all the circumstances, that person together with the associate or associates (if any) of that person is not, or those persons together with the associate or associates (if any) of each of them are not, in a position to determine the policy of the corporation or unit trust, as the case may be.

(3)Where—

(a)a person holds a substantial interest, or 2 or more persons hold an aggregate substantial interest, in a corporation; and

(b)that corporation is in a position to control all or any of the voting power in another corporation;

that person or those persons together shall be taken to be in a position to control so much of the voting power of the other corporation as the first corporation is in a position to control.

(4)An officer of a corporation or the manager or trustee of a unit trust, as the case may be, referred to in subsection (2) may apply to the Minister, at any time prior to the expiration of the periods referred to in sections 17(1), 18(1), 18(3), 19 and 20, seeking a declaration that for the purposes of subsection (2) a person referred to in subsection (2), together with the associate or associates (if any) of that person, is not in a position to determine the policy of the relevant corporation or unit trust, as the case may be.

(5)For the purposes of calculating whether or not a notification has been lodged within the time limits specified in sections 17(1), 18(1), 18(3), 19 and 20, the period of time during which an application made under subsection (4) is in the office of the Minister to the date of the notification to the applicant of the Minister’s declaration shall be excluded from that calculation.

s 6 sub 1989 No. 3 s 4

7Voting power

In this Act, a reference to the voting power in a corporation or a unit trust is a reference to the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the corporation or the unit-holders of the unit trust, as the case may be.

s 7 amd 1989 No. 3 s 5

8Control of voting power

A reference in this Act to control of the voting power in a corporation or attached to the issued units in a unit trust is a reference to control by the shareholders or unit-holders recorded in the share register or unit-holders register of the corporation or the unit trust, as the case may be.

s 8 sub 1989 No. 3 s 6

9Associates

For the purposes of this Act, the following persons are associates of a person—

(a)the person’s spouse or a parent or remoter lineal ancestor, son, daughter or remoter issue, brother or sister of the person;

(b)any trustee for the person;

(c)any trustee of a unit trust in which the person is a unit-holder;

(d)any partner of the person;

(e)any corporation of which the person is an officer;

(f)where the person is a corporation—any officer of the corporation;

(g)any employee or employer of the person;

(h)any officer of any corporation of which the person is an officer;

(i)any employee of a natural person of whom the person is an employee;

(j)any corporation whose directors are accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the person or, where the person is a corporation, of the directors of the person;

(k)any corporation in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of which, or of the directors of which, the person is accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act;

(l)any corporation in which the person holds a substantial interest;

(m)where the person is a corporation—a person who holds a substantial interest in the corporation;

(n)any person who is, under this section, an associate of any other person who is an associate of the person (including a person who is an associate of the person by another application or other applications of this paragraph).

s 9 amd 1989 No. 3 s 7

10Trustee company common funds

For the purposes of this Act, where the legal estate of an interest in land held at the commencement of this Act or acquired after the commencement of this Act by a trustee company (within the meaning of the Trustee Companies Act 1968) was acquired through the investment of moneys forming part of a common fund of the trustee company, the interest in land held or acquired, as the case may be, shall be deemed not to be held or acquired by a foreign person.

s 10 sub 1989 No. 3 s 8

amd 2009 No. 49 s 100

11Register

(1)The registrar shall maintain a register called the Foreign Ownership of Land Register.

(2)All prescribed forms lodged with the registrar shall form part of the register.

(3)The register may be maintained wholly or partly—

(a)on paper, or microfilm or in such other medium as the registrar from time to time considers appropriate; and

(b)in such device for storing or processing information as the registrar from time to time considers appropriate.

(4)The registrar may from time to time cause a microfilm or such other copy to be made, by the means approved from time to time by the Minister for the purposes of this section, of any part of the register, including any prescribed form and, upon the registrar certifying that the microfilm or other copy is an accurate copy of that part, that microfilm or other copy shall form part of the register.

(5)The registrar—

(a)may cause particulars recorded in one part of the register to be recorded in another part of the register; and

(b)may cause to be deleted from a part of the register particulars that the registrar is satisfied have been accurately recorded in another part of the register.

(6)The registrar may cause to be destroyed any prescribed form which has been microfilmed or copied under subsection (4) and that microfilm or copy shall be—

(a)recognised as a true copy of that part of the register; and

(b)received in evidence in any court or tribunal acting judicially.

s 11 amd 1989 No. 3 s 9

12Accurately completed prescribed forms

Each prescribed form lodged with the registrar shall be completed so as to clearly and accurately indicate in respect of each acquisition of an interest in land such information as is prescribed.

13Rectification of register

Where the registrar is satisfied that there is an error or omission in the register or a failure to comply with this Act in respect of any prescribed form or acquisition, the registrar may do all things necessary to rectify the error, omission or failure.

14Access to information in register

(1)Subject to subsection (2), a person may, upon payment of the prescribed fee and during the hours and upon the days appointed by the registrar for that purpose—

(a)obtain particulars of information recorded or contained in the register; and

(b)obtain extracts of particulars of information recorded or contained in the register; and

(c)upon the giving of adequate notice to allow its preparation—obtain from the registrar copies of any statistical data available from the computerised information recorded in the register.

(2)The registrar shall not, without the written authorisation of the Minister, provide to a person particulars of information recorded or contained in the register that would disclose or lead to the disclosure of the address of the principal place of residence of a consul or a member of the staff of an embassy.

s 14 amd 1989 No. 3 s 10; 1990 No. 106 s 4

15Delegation

The registrar may delegate the registrar’s powers under this Act to an officer or employee of the department.

s 15 sub 1992 No. 64 s 3 sch 1

17Disclosure of present interest

(1)A foreign person who has the legal estate of an interest in land vested in the person (other than as trustee) at the commencement of this Act, shall, in respect of that interest, lodge a duly completed prescribed form (a notification of ownership) with the registrar not later than 12 months after that commencement.

(2)Where the agent of a foreign person referred to in subsection (1) duly completes and lodges a notification of ownership on behalf of that foreign person, that foreign person shall be deemed to have duly completed the notification of ownership in respect of the relevant interest in land.

(3)A person who has the legal estate of an interest in land vested in the person (as trustee for a foreign person or foreign trust) at the commencement of this Act, shall, in respect of that interest, lodge a duly completed prescribed form (a trustee notification of ownership) with the registrar not later than 12 months after that commencement.

s 17 amd 1989 No. 3 s 11

18Disclosure of acquisition

(1)A foreign person who acquires the legal estate of an interest in land (other than as trustee for a foreign person or a foreign trust) after the commencement of the Foreign Ownership of Land Register Act Amendment Act 1990, shall, in respect of that interest, lodge a duly completed notification of ownership with the registrar not later than 90 days after the date of that acquisition.

(2)Where the agent of a person referred to in subsection (1) duly completes and lodges the notification of ownership on behalf of that person, that person shall be deemed to have duly completed the notification of ownership in respect of the relevant interest in land.

(3)A person who acquires the legal estate of an interest in land (as trustee for a foreign person or a foreign trust) after the commencement of the Foreign Ownership of Land Register Act Amendment Act 1990, shall, in respect of that interest, lodge a duly completed trustee notification of ownership with the registrar not later than 90 days after the date of that acquisition.

(4)A person who holds (as trustee) an interest (other than the legal estate) in land shall, for the purposes of this Act, upon the request of the person who holds (as trustee) the legal estate of that interest, supply to the person holding the legal estate the name, usual place of residence and details of the interest held in respect of each person for whom the first person holds as trustee and shall state whether or not each such person is a foreign person.

(5)Despite subsections (1) and (3), where an interest in land is acquired because of the death of a person—

(a)the personal representative of the deceased person shall not be required to lodge a trustee notification of ownership in respect of the interest in land vested in the person as personal representative; and

(b)a person beneficially entitled to an interest in the land of the deceased person shall not be required to lodge a notification of ownership before documents that result in that interest vesting in the person beneficially entitled are lodged with the relevant registering authority.

(6)Where a person referred to in subsection (5)(b) is under a legal disability and the person’s guardian duly completes and lodges the notification of ownership referred to in that subsection on behalf of that person, that person shall be deemed to have duly completed the notification of ownership in respect of the relevant interest in land.

s 18 amd 1989 No. 3 s 12; 1990 No. 106 s 5

18ADisclosure of disposal of interest

(1)Where the legal estate of an interest in land is registered or recorded in the register or records of a relevant registering authority—

(a)in the name of a foreign person; or

(b)in the name of a person who is the trustee for a foreign person or a foreign trust;

and the legal estate is disposed of, the person in whose name the legal estate is registered or recorded shall, in respect of the legal estate, lodge a notification of that disposal in the prescribed form with the registrar not later than 90 days after the date on which that disposal took place.

(2)Where—

(a)the legal estate of an interest in land is registered or recorded in the register or records of a relevant registering authority in the name of a person who is not a foreign person, as trustee for a foreign person or a foreign trust; and

(b)an interest other than the legal estate in that land is disposed of; and

(c)because of that disposal, the person in whom the legal estate of that interest in land was vested no longer holds the legal estate as trustee for a foreign person or a foreign trust;

the person in whose name the legal estate was registered or recorded shall, in respect of the legal estate, lodge a notification of that disposal in the prescribed form with the registrar not later than 90 days after the date on which that disposal took place.

s 18A ins 1990 No. 106 s 6

19Notification upon ceasing to be a foreign person

(1)Where the legal estate of an interest in land is registered or recorded in the register or records of a relevant registering authority—

(a)in the name of a foreign person (other than as trustee for a foreign person or a foreign trust) and the person ceases to be a foreign person; or

(b)in the name of a person, who is not a foreign person, as trustee for a foreign person or a foreign trust and that foreign person or foreign trust ceases to be a foreign person or foreign trust, as the case may be;

the person in whose name the legal estate is registered or recorded shall, in respect of that interest, lodge a notification of that cessation in the prescribed form with the registrar not later than 90 days after the date on which the cessation took place.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2)Where the agent of a person required to lodge a notification under subsection (1) duly completes and lodges a notification in the prescribed form on behalf of that person, that person shall be deemed to have duly completed the notification in respect of the relevant interest in land.

s 19 sub 1989 No. 3 s 13

amd 1990 No. 106 s 7

20Notification upon becoming a foreign person

(1)Where the legal estate of an interest in land is registered or recorded in the register or records of a relevant registering authority—

(a)in the name of a person (other than as trustee) who becomes a foreign person; or

(b)in the name of a trustee for a person or trust who becomes a foreign person or a foreign trust, as the case may be;

the person in whose name the legal estate is registered or recorded shall, in respect of that interest, lodge a duly completed notification in the prescribed form with the registrar not later than 90 days after that person or trust became a foreign person or a foreign trust, as the case may be.

(2)Where the agent of a person required to lodge a notification under subsection (1) duly completes and lodges a notification in the prescribed form on behalf of that person, that person shall be deemed to have duly completed the notification in respect of the relevant interest in land.

s 20 sub 1989 No. 3 s 14

21Other registries and transitional

(1)Every person required to lodge a notification of ownership or trustee notification of ownership with the registrar under section 18 shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of that section if that person, within the period specified in that section, lodges with the relevant registering authority a duly completed notification of ownership or trustee notification of ownership, as the case may require, contemporaneously with such other documents as are required to be lodged with that registering authority to enable the registration or recording of the relevant acquisition.

(2)Every document that is lodged with a registering authority after the commencement of the Foreign Ownership of Land Register Act Amendment Act 1990 for the registration or recording of a dealing in respect of an acquisition of an interest in land to which section 18(1) or (3) applies, shall, even though the acquisition was made before the commencement of that Act, be accompanied by—

(a)a notification of ownership or trustee notification of ownership, as the case may require; or

(b)a certificate of exemption referred to in subsection (3); or

(c)evidence, in the prescribed form, that a notification of ownership or trustee notification of ownership has been lodged with the registrar;

in respect of that acquisition, contemporaneously with such other documents as are required to be lodged with that registering authority to enable the registration or recording of that acquisition.

(3)Where an acquisition of an interest in land occurred prior to the commencement of this Act the registrar may, in the registrar’s absolute discretion, issue in respect of that acquisition a certificate of exemption in the prescribed form, exempting that acquisition from the application of subsection (2)(a) and (c).

(4)Despite any other Act or law to the contrary, a registering authority shall not register or record in its register or records any documents lodged with that registering authority after the commencement of this Act, in respect of an acquisition of an interest in land where the registering authority is not satisfied that subsection (2) has been complied with.

(5)Every notification of ownership or trustee notification of ownership, as the case may be, lodged with a registering authority under this section shall be produced by that registering authority to the registrar within 30 days of the registration or recording of the acquisition in respect of which it was lodged with that registering authority.

s 21 amd 1989 No. 3 s 15; 1990 No. 106 s 8

22Registrar may require additional information

(1)The registrar may, for the purpose of—

(a)ascertaining whether there is any liability on a person to lodge a prescribed form; or

(b)ascertaining whether a person is required to comply with this Act or whether the Act has been contravened or not complied with by a person in any respect; or

(c)enquiring into any matter connected with the administration of this Act;

by notice in writing, require a person—

(d)to give information of a kind and in a form or manner specified in the notice or to produce records (or copies of records) of a kind specified in the notice (being information or records believed to be within the knowledge, in the custody or under the control of the person) at a place and within a time specified in the notice, to the registrar or an officer authorised by the registrar and specified in the notice; or

(e)to attend before the registrar or an officer authorised by the registrar and specified in the notice at a time and place specified in the notice and there to give information and to produce records of a kind specified in the notice (being information or records believed to be within the knowledge, in the custody or under the control of the person) and to answer questions or to do all or any of those things.

(2)The registrar or an officer authorised by the registrar under subsection (1) may require information sought under this section to be given, verbally on oath or in writing by statutory declaration, as the case may be, and for that purpose the registrar, that officer or any justice may administer an oath or take a declaration.

(3)The registrar or an officer authorised by the registrar under subsection (1) may cause to be made copies of or extracts from the whole or part of the information or records produced under subsection (1).

(4)A notice under subsection (1) which requires a person to give information to, to attend before or to produce records to an officer authorised by the registrar under subsection (1) may specify that officer by name or by the office that the officer holds.

(5)Even though a notice issued under subsection (1) requires a person to give information to, to attend before or to produce records to an officer whose name or office is specified in the notice, the registrar may at any time (without notice to the person to whom the notice was given) authorise another officer for that purpose to exercise any power or perform any duty that the other officer would be able to exercise or perform if the other officer were authorised under subsection (1).

(6)The regulations may prescribe scales of expenses to be allowed to persons whose attendance is required under this section.

s 22 amd 1989 No. 3 s 16

23Registrar may enter information

Where in respect of an acquisition of an interest in land—

(a)a notification of ownership or trustee notification of ownership is not lodged with the registrar under this Act; or

(b)a notification of ownership or trustee notification of ownership lodged with the registrar is not complete in respect of any material particular;

the registrar may, in respect of that acquisition and until correct or more accurate particulars are provided to the registrar, record in the register such particulars as the registrar considers appropriate for that acquisition.

24Offence not to comply with s 22

(1)A person who contravenes a requirement made of the person under section 22(1) commits an offence against this Act.

Maximum penalty—835 penalty units.

(2)A person shall not be convicted of an offence defined in subsection (1), if the court hearing the charge is satisfied—

(a)that the defendant could not, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, have complied with the requirement to which the charge relates; or

(b)that the defendant complied with that requirement to the extent of the defendant’s ability to do so.

(3)A person is not excused from complying with a requirement under section 22 to give information or answer a question on the ground that the information or answer might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.

(4)Information given or an answer made by a person in complying with a requirement under section 22, which might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty, is not admissible against the person in any proceedings brought against the person in a court in Queensland with a view to the punishment of the person for an alleged offence except—

(a)proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act; or

(b)proceedings in respect of an offence in connection with verification of the information or answer by oath or affirmation.

(5)Where a person commits an offence defined in subsection (1)—

(a)the offence shall be a continuing offence and be deemed to continue for as long as the requirement in respect of which the offence was committed is not complied with; and

(b)the court may, upon convicting the person of the offence, in addition to any penalty that it may impose under subsection (1), order the person to pay a penalty of 100 penalty units for each day on which the offence is, under paragraph (a), deemed to have continued to the date of the person’s conviction of the offence.

(6)Subsection (5) applies even though the failure or conduct alleged against a defendant related to a particular time or a particular period.

(7)Where a person has been convicted of an offence against subsection (1), the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty that it may impose under subsection (1) and, where applicable, subsection (5), order the person to comply with the requirement in respect of which the offence was committed.

(8)Where a court makes an order under subsection (7), it shall specify in the order a place where and a time or period by or within which the order is to be complied with.

(9)A person who contravenes an order made by a court under subsection (7) commits an offence against this Act.

Maximum penalty—1670 penalty units.

(10)A person who after conviction of an offence defined in subsection (1) or this subsection (the previous conviction) continues to fail to comply with the requirement in respect of which the person incurred the previous conviction commits an offence against this Act.

Maximum penalty—170 penalty units for each day on which the person has continued to fail to comply with the requirement from the date of the last occurring previous conviction to the date of the person’s conviction for the offence under this subsection last committed by the person.

(11)When a person is convicted of an offence as defined in subsection (1) and the court makes an order under subsection (7), the person shall not be punished under subsection (10) for continuing to fail to comply with the requirement to which the order relates.

s 24 amd 1992 No. 64 s 3 sch 1

25False or misleading statements

(1)A person shall not give an answer, whether orally or in writing, that is false or misleading in a material particular to a question put to the person under section 22.

Maximum penalty—835 penalty units.

(2)A person shall not, in providing information under section 22, make a statement or representation that is false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—835 penalty units.

(3)A person (including the agent of a foreign person) shall not, in communicating information to the registrar in respect of the acquisition of an interest in land by completing a notification of ownership or trustee notification of ownership make any answer, statement or representation that is false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—835 penalty units.

(4)It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1) or (2) to prove that the defendant believed on reasonable grounds that the answer, statement or representation was neither false nor misleading.

(5)It is a defence to a charge under subsection (3) to prove that when the answer, statement or representation was given or made, the defendant believed on reasonable grounds the answer, statement or representation was neither false nor misleading.

(6)For the purposes of this Act, a notification of ownership, trustee notification of ownership or other prescribed form that is incorrectly completed in a material particular is not a duly completed form.

s 25 amd 1989 No. 3 s 17

27General penalty

(1)A person who contravenes a provision of this Act commits an offence against this Act.

(2)Where no penalty is expressly provided, a person who commits an offence against this Act is liable to a maximum penalty of—

(a)for a first offence—835 penalty units; or

(b)for a second or subsequent offence—1670 penalty units.

s 27 amd 2013 No. 23 s 352 sch 1 pt 1

28Proceedings for offences

(1)A prosecution for an offence against this Act shall be by way of summary proceedings under the Justices Act 1886 upon the complaint of the registrar or any person authorised in writing in that behalf by the Minister.

(2)The authority of a person to make a complaint in respect of an offence against this Act shall be presumed until the contrary is proved.

(3)Proceedings for an offence against this Act may be instituted within 12 months after the commission of the offence or within 6 months after the commission of the offence comes to the knowledge of the complainant, whichever is the later period.

29Show cause, Minister’s determination and appeal procedures

(1)In this part—

Land Appeal Court means the Land Appeal Court constituted by and under the Land Act 1962, section 44.

(2)Where in respect of an interest in land—

(a)a foreign person has the legal estate of an interest in land vested in the foreign person at the commencement of this Act or acquires the legal estate of an interest in land after the commencement of this Act (other than as trustee); or

(b)a foreign person has the beneficial interest of an interest in land at the commencement of this Act or acquires the beneficial interest of an interest in land after the commencement of this Act;

and the foreign person, where the foreign person has completed or is deemed to have completed the notification of ownership, or the person who completed the trustee notification of ownership in respect of the interest in land beneficially held or acquired by the foreign person, is convicted of an offence (a prescribed offence)—

(c)against section 17 or 20; or

(d)where it is incorrectly stated that the person beneficially entitled to the interest in land is not a foreign person—against section 18;

the Minister may, by notice in writing—

(e)where the person convicted of the offence has not lodged an appeal against conviction—within 30 days after the expiration of the time for lodging an appeal against that conviction; or

(f)where the person convicted of the offence has appealed against that conviction and on the final determination of that appeal the appeal is dismissed—within 30 days of the dismissal of the appeal;

require the person who has the legal estate of the interest in land (a prescribed person) to show cause, in writing and within 60 days of the date of the issue of the notice, why that interest should not be forfeited to the Crown under this part.

(3)Where the Minister issues a notice under subsection (2), the Minister shall, in writing, immediately—

(a)notify each person who has a registered security interest in that interest in land; and

(b)upon receiving written advice under subsection (5) in respect of any person who has an unregistered security interest in that interest in land, notify each such person;

of the issue of the notice.

(4)Where the Minister is of the opinion that—

(a)a prescribed offence in respect of an interest in land has been committed without the knowledge or connivance of the public officer of a corporation, or a person in Queensland who manages or acts or takes part in the management or administration of the business of that corporation in Queensland; and

(b)the public officer or that person, as the case may be, had used the person’s best endeavours to ascertain the correct percentage, for the purposes of section 6, of the interest in land owned by foreign persons;

the Minister shall immediately notify those persons whom the Minister notified under subsections (2) and (3) that the Minister does not intend to take any further action under this part in respect of the notice given under subsection (2).

(5)A person (or a person’s agent) who receives notification under subsection (2) shall, within 30 days of the date of the issue of the notice or such extended period as the Minister may allow, advise the Minister in writing of the full and correct names and addresses of all persons who have an interest (whether a security interest or otherwise and whether registered or unregistered) in the interest in land.

(6)Where the Minister under this part has issued a notice under subsection (2) in respect of an interest in land the Minister shall, having considered the written response (if any) to that notice and within 90 days of the issue of that notice, determine whether or not that interest in land should be forfeited to the Crown.

(7)Where the Minister under subsection (6) determines that an interest in land should be forfeited to the Crown, the Minister shall—

(a)in writing, immediately notify those persons whom the Minister notified under subsections (2) and (3) of the Minister’s determination; and

(b)within 14 days after the Minister’s determination advertise the determination in the gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the locality where the interest in land is situated.

(8)Where the Minister under subsection (6) determines that an interest in land should not be forfeited to the Crown the Minister shall immediately notify those persons whom the Minister notified under subsections (2) and (3) that the Minister does not intend to take any further action under this part in respect of the notice given under subsection (2).

(9)A prescribed person may appeal to the Land Appeal Court from a determination of the Minister made under subsection (7) by serving notice of appeal on the Minister not later than 42 days after the person has been advised of the Minister’s determination.

(10)Service of the notice of appeal on the Minister shall be effected by serving it on the registrar.

(11)Not later than 7 days before the hearing of an appeal, the appellant shall notify the Minister and the registrar of the Land Appeal Court whether the appellant intends to rely on the written response (if any) to the notice given under subsection (2) or whether the appellant proposes to adduce further evidence on the appeal.

(12)Subject to subsections (9), (10) and (11), an appeal made under this section shall be deemed to be an appeal made under the Land Act 1962, section 44(11) and for that purpose the relevant provisions of that Act shall apply, subject to all necessary adaptations.

(13)Jurisdiction is conferred on the Land Appeal Court to hear and consider matters referred to it under this part and to make determinations on the matters.

s 29 sub 1989 No. 3 s 18

30Authorisation to sell or recommended forfeiture

(1)Where—

(a)a prescribed person has not lodged an appeal under section 29(9) against the determination of the Minister made under section 29(7); or

(b)a prescribed person has appealed under section 29(9) against the determination of the Minister made under section 29(7) and on the final determination of that appeal the appeal is dismissed;

the Minister shall, immediately, despite any other Act—

(c)where there is a registered security interest in the interest in land—without any other authority than this Act, authorise the holder of the security interest, in writing, to sell the interest in land under the procedures in this part; or

(d)where there is no registered security interest in the interest in land—recommend to the Governor in Council that the interest in land be forfeited to the Crown.

(2)Where the Minister takes action under subsection (1), the Minister shall immediately notify—

(a)the person who has the legal estate of an interest in land, the subject of the determination; and

(b)any person (other than the person authorised under subsection (1)(a) to sell the interest in land) whom the Minister has been advised in writing has a security interest in the interest in land;

of the course of action adopted.

(3)Where the Minister under subsection (1) authorises the holder of a registered security interest in a relevant interest in land to sell the interest in land, the holder may—

(a)where the holder has advised the Minister in writing within 30 days (or such extended period as the Minister may allow) of receiving written authorisation under subsection (1)(c) that the holder wishes to sell the interest in land; and

(b)upon production of a statutory declaration to the Minister that the holder of the registered security interest was not aware and had no knowledge of the prescribed offence, the subject of the determination of the Minister under section 29(6), at the time of the execution of the relevant security interest;

without further notice whatsoever to the person who has the legal estate of the interest in land, the subject of the determination, sell the interest in land.

s 30 sub 1989 No. 3 s 18

31Sale of relevant interest in land

(1)A person who is authorised under section 30(1) to sell a particular interest in land shall arrange for the sale of the interest in land within 6 months of the date of the Minister’s written authorisation to that person to sell the interest in land.

(2)Despite subsection (1), where the Minister is of the opinion that it would be more appropriate, having regard to market forces or other circumstances, that the sale of an interest in land under subsection (1) should be delayed, the Minister may, from time to time, extend the period referred to in that subsection.

(3)Where a person—

(a)does not advise the Minister under section 30(3)(a) that the person wishes to sell the relevant interest in land; and

(b)does not sell the interest in land within the period of time referred to in subsection (1), or such extended period as the Minister may allow under subsection (2);

the Minister, without any other authority than this Act, shall sell the interest in land at the earliest occasion the Minister considers appropriate.

(4)Every sale or attempted sale of an interest in land under this section shall, in the first instance, be by public auction.

(5)For the purposes of transferring an estate or interest in an interest in land sold under this part, an instrument in the form prescribed or required by the relevant registering authority and executed—

(a)by the person authorised under this part to sell the relevant interest in land; or

(b)by the Minister under subsection (3);

shall vest in the purchaser, free of all security interests (but subject to all other existing interests whether registered or unregistered), the legal estate of the interest in land sold as completely and effectually as if the instrument had been executed by the registered owner of the interest in land.

(6)A relevant registering authority shall, upon production of an instrument of transfer executed under subsection (5) and where necessary a request for substitute title, record particulars of the instrument and request (if any) in the relevant register and where necessary issue a new title in the form required by the registering authority for the interest in land despite section 38(7) and that an instrument of title to the land is not produced.

s 31 sub 1989 No. 3 s 18

32Application of and accounting for proceeds of sale

(1)Where an interest in land is sold under the authority of this part, the person receiving the proceeds of the sale shall immediately apply those proceeds—

(a)firstly, in payment of all costs, charges and expenses properly incurred as incidental to the sale, or any attempted sale; and

(b)secondly, in payment, in order of priority, of any registered security interests in the interest in land; and

(c)thirdly, subject to subsection (3), in payment of all claims made under that subsection; and

(d)fourthly, in payment of the balance to the Consolidated Fund.

(2)The Minister may recover by action in a court of competent jurisdiction any proceeds of sale to be applied under subsection (1)(d) as a debt due to the Crown.

(3)A person who claims an unregistered security interest in an interest in land sold under this part, may, within 90 days of the date of the sale of that interest, make application to the Minister for a declaration under subsection (4).

(4)Where a person makes an application under subsection (3) the Minister may, where the Minister is satisfied that the person was not a party to the commission of a prescribed offence in respect of the relevant interest in land, declare the nature, extent and value of that person’s estate or interest in the interest in land (including accruing interest, (if any)).

(5)A claim by a person for an estate or interest in an interest in land forfeited or sold under this part shall be of no effect against the Crown unless an application in respect of that estate or interest is made under subsection (3) and then only to the extent to which the proceeds of sale available under subsection (1) shall permit.

(6)Where a sale referred to in subsection (1) of an interest in land is made by the holder of a registered security interest, the holder shall give to the Minister a full written accounting of—

(a)the debt due to the holder and any other holder of a registered security interest in the relevant interest in land; and

(b)the costs, charges and expenses properly incurred as incidental to the sale or any attempted sale; and

(c)the disbursement of the proceeds of the sale.

s 32 sub 1989 No. 3 s 19

33Declaration of forfeiture

(1)The Governor in Council may, upon the recommendation of the Minister made under section 30(1)(d), declare by order in council that the relevant interest in land is forfeited to the Crown and section 34 shall apply.

(2)Every declaration of forfeiture made under subsection (1) shall take effect from the date of its publication in the gazette.

(3)Where the Governor in Council under subsection (1) declares an interest in land forfeited to the Crown, the Minister shall immediately notify the person who had the legal estate of the interest in land the subject of the declaration of forfeiture.

s 33 sub 1989 No. 3 s 19

34Effect of declaration of forfeiture

Upon the making of a declaration of forfeiture under section 33 all existing interests (whether registered or unregistered) in the interest in land to which the declaration relates shall be preserved and continued in existence in respect of that interest in land as if the declaration had not been made and the interest in land to which the declaration relates shall be sold by the Minister as if it were a disposal of an interest in land by the Minister under section 31(3).

s 34 sub 1989 No. 3 s 19

35Documents of title

(1)A person who, in respect of an interest in land sold under section 31, is in possession of documents of title to the interest in land shall deliver the documents of title to a person authorised in that behalf by the Minister, upon demand of that authorised person.

(2)Where a person has delivered documents of title to an interest in land in compliance with subsection (1), the person is to be discharged from any duty or obligation had by the person to any other person in relation to the disposition of the documents of title and from all liability that, but for this subsection, might have arisen because of that delivery.

s 35 sub 1989 No. 3 s 20

36Recording of authorised sales and forfeiture declarations

(1)A registering authority, in respect of an interest in land sold under this part, shall—

(a)upon lodgement with the registering authority of an instrument of transfer executed under section 31(5); and

(b)upon production to the registering authority of sufficient evidence of the sale;

record particulars of the sale under this part in the register in the keeping of the registering authority and shall do so despite any other Act or that any relevant document of title to that interest is not produced to the registering authority.

(2)Every order in council and authorisation of the Minister made under this part shall be conclusive evidence of the matters contained in them.

s 36 sub 1989 No. 3 s 20

37Forfeiture not applicable to Land Act

A forfeiture of an interest in land under this part shall not be construed to be a forfeiture under the Land Act 1994.

38Restraining orders

(1)Where in respect of an interest in land, a person has been, or is about to be, charged with a prescribed offence, the Supreme Court may, upon application made to it by the registrar (on the directions of the Minister) make a restraining order in respect of that interest, and such other ancillary order as it considers appropriate.

(2)Upon the making of a restraining order—

(a)the management and control of the interest in land to which it relates shall pass to the person named in the order as manager of that interest and remain in that person while the order remains in force; and

(b)the person whose interest is restrained by an order made under this section, is incompetent in law to pass title to that interest while the order remains in force; and

(c)a person who holds as trustee an interest in land to which it relates for the person whose interest is restrained shall, while the order remains in force, hold that interest for the person named in the order and shall deal with that interest as directed by the manager.

(3)The manager named in a restraining order is empowered to deal with (other than to dispose of) that interest of which the person is manager in and for the purposes of the management as if the manager were the absolute owner of the interest subject always to the manager being prudent and diligent in the management of the interest and to the manager complying with conditions specified in the order as regulating the management of the interest.

(4)Where a restraining order has been made the applicant shall for the restraining order cause a copy of the order to be given to every person who, to the applicant’s knowledge—

(a)has the legal estate of the relevant interest in land; and

(b)has a registered security interest in the interest in land.

(5)A person or the trustee, agent or servant of that person—

(a)to whose interest in land a restraining order made under subsection (1) relates; or

(b)to whom a copy of a restraining order made under subsection (1) has been given or is deemed to have been given;

shall not attempt to do or purport to do any act in disobedience to or wilful disregard of the order, while it remains in force.

(6)A person who contravenes subsection (5) in respect to any order made by a judge is guilty of a crime.

Maximum penalty—

(a)in the case of an individual—5 years imprisonment; or

(b)in the case of a corporation—2000 penalty units.

(7)Upon production to the person of a copy of a restraining order made under this section, a person charged with the keeping of registers relating to an interest in land referred to in the order shall not register any dealing with respect to that interest without the written consent of the Minister until the order has been revoked or discharged.

s 38 amd 1989 No. 3 s 21; 1992 No. 64 s 3 sch 1

39Procedure upon application for restraining order

(1)Upon an application under section 38 for a restraining order, the Supreme Court may require notice of the application to be given to such person as it considers should be informed of the proceedings.

(2)Every person to whom notice of an application under section 38 for a restraining order has been given shall be entitled to be heard with respect to the matter of the application.

(3)Where notice of an application under section 38 for a restraining order is given to a foreign person in respect of whose interest in land a restraining order is sought or to another person who holds that interest as trustee, the notice shall have effect as if it were a copy of a restraining order duly made in respect of that foreign person’s interest, until the matter of the application has been disposed of.

40Variation, revocation, discharge of order

(1)A restraining order made under section 38 is discharged—

(a)if at the expiration of the period ordered by the Supreme Court in that regard, proceedings against a person have not been commenced in respect of a prescribed offence; or

(b)if the person charged with committing the offence, because of which charge the restraining order was made, has been acquitted of the charge or the charge has been withdrawn; or

(c)if the person charged with committing the offence, because of which the restraining order was made, having been convicted of the charge, has had the person’s conviction quashed on appeal, unless the court hearing the appeal otherwise orders; or

(d)if the Minister gives a notice under section 29(4) or 29(8); or

(e)if an appeal under section 29(9) to the Land Appeal Court is upheld; or

(f)upon lodgement with the relevant registering authority of an instrument of transfer executed under section 31(5).

(2)A restraining order made under section 38 may, upon application made to the Supreme Court, be varied or revoked at any time for any reason appearing to the Supreme Court to be sufficient.

(3)Upon an application for revocation of a restraining order, the applicant shall cause notice of the application to be given to—

(a)the manager of the interest in land to which the restraining order relates; and

(b)such other person as the Supreme Court considers should be informed of the proceedings;

and the manager and such other person shall be entitled to be heard with respect to the matter of the application.

s 40 sub 1989 No. 3 s 22

41Searches

Every officer having the charge of records which are available for search by the public shall permit the registrar and any person authorised by the registrar in that behalf, free of charge, to make searches of and to make copies of or extracts from any documents of title, or records in the department, registry or office relating to any acquisition of an interest in land or matter in which the registrar is or may, for the purposes of this Act, be interested.

42Service of documents

(1)Where under this Act, a document or notice is required or permitted to be given to or served on a person, the document or notice may be given or served—

(a)where the person is a natural person—by giving it to or serving it personally on the person or by sending it by post to the person at the person’s usual or last known place of abode or business; or

(b)where the person is a corporation—by leaving it at or sending it by post to the registered office of the corporation.

(2)If a document left at or sent by post to the address of the registered office of a corporation will not be, or is not likely to be, received by the corporation, a document may be served on the corporation by delivering a copy of the document personally to each of 2 directors of the corporation who reside in the State or by sending a copy of the document by post to each of 2 such directors at the address of those directors last known to the person sending the copy of the document.

(3)In this section—

registered office, of a corporation, means—

(a)its registered office under the Corporations Act; or

(b)if paragraph (a) does not apply—

(i)its principal place of business in the State; or

(ii)if subparagraph (i) does not apply, its principal place of business in Australia.

s 42 amd 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch 3

43Evidentiary provisions

In any proceedings under this Act—

(a)it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment of the Minister, the registrar or a delegate of the registrar to do an act or take a proceeding; and

(b)a signature purporting to be that of the Minister, the registrar or a delegate of the registrar shall be taken to be the signature it purports to be until the contrary is proved; and

(c)a document purporting to be a copy of or an extract (certified by the registrar) from a document lodged in the land registry shall upon its production in that proceeding be evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence of—

(i)in the case of an office copy—the last document and its contents; or

(ii)in the case of an extract—of the matters contained in the document; and

(d)a certificate purporting to be that of the registrar as to the time when a document of or from which an office copy or extract has been produced in evidence, was lodged in the land registry shall be evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence of the fact and time of the lodgement of the document; and

(e)proof of exemption from a provision of the Act shall be upon the person who relies on the exemption; and

(f)it shall not be necessary to prove the authority of a person to do an act or take a proceeding in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

44Protection from liability

Liability at law shall not attach to the Crown or any person on account of any act or thing—

(a)done or omitted to be done under this Act; or

(b)done or omitted to be done bona fide for the purposes of this Act and without negligence.

44ACombination of forms

A form that is a prescribed form for the purposes of this Act may—

(a)be combined with, and form part of, a prescribed form for the purposes of the Land Valuation Act 2010 or any other Act; or

(b)form part of a form that makes provision for the giving of information required under or for the purposes of the Land Valuation Act 2010 or any other Act.

s 44A ins 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 1

amd 2010 No. 39 s 325 sch 1 pt 2

45Regulations

(1)The Governor in Council may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, with respect to—

(a)regulating the duties of the registrar and other officers employed in the administration of this Act; and

(b)regulating the form of reports under this Act, and the procedure to be followed in respect of those reports; and

(c)the form of the register and the particulars to be entered in the register; and

(d)fees payable under this Act and the purposes for which the respective fees are to be payable; and

(e)all matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed and in respect of which no other means of prescription are provided; and

(f)all matters that in the Governor in Council’s opinion are necessary or convenient for the proper administration of this Act or to achieve the objects and purposes of this Act.

(2)To assist in the computerised printing of information required on prescribed forms, whether or not there are multiple holdings or multiple acquisitions in respect of a single transaction, the registrar may give approval to a person to use a style of form which for the purposes of its intended use contains all the required elements of the prescribed form it is intended to replace.

(3)A person who for the purposes of this Act uses a form approved under subsection (2) shall be deemed to have used a prescribed form.

s 45 amd 1989 No. 3 s 23

section 2

acquire includes obtain, gain, receive or acquire—

(a)by purchase, exchange or lease; and

(b)by will, devolution or operation of law; and

(c)by grant or gift; and

(d)by enforcement of a security.

sch 1 def acquire reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

agreement means any agreement, whether formal or informal and whether express or implied.

sch 1 def agreement reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

corporation means any body corporate.

sch 1 def corporation reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

director, in relation to a corporation, includes—

(a)any person occupying or acting in the position of director of the corporation, by whatever name called and whether or not validly appointed to occupy or duly authorised to act in the position; and

(b)any person under whose directions or instructions the directors of the corporation are accustomed to act.

sch 1 def director reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

foreign corporation means a body (whether incorporated or unincorporated) that is formed outside Australia and its external Territories.

sch 1 def foreign corporation sub 1989 No. 3 s 3

reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

foreign natural person means a person who is not an Australian citizen within the meaning of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cwlth) and—

(a)whose continued presence in Australia is subject to a limitation as to time imposed by law; or

(b)who is not domiciled in Australia.

sch 1 def foreign natural person sub 2013 No. 23 s 40 (1)

reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

foreign person means—

(a)a foreign natural person; and

(b)a foreign corporation; and

(c)a corporation in which, on its last accounting date, a foreign natural person or a foreign corporation holds a controlling interest; and

(d)a corporation in which, on its last accounting date, 2 or more persons, each of whom is either a foreign natural person or a foreign corporation, hold an aggregate controlling interest.

sch 1 def foreign person sub 1989 No. 3 s 3

reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

foreign trust means—

(a)a unit trust in which—

(i)a foreign person holds a controlling interest; or

(ii)2 or more foreign persons hold an aggregate controlling interest;

on the last accounting date of the trust; and

(b)a trust (other than a unit trust)—

(i)in respect of which—

(A)not less than 15% of the total income of the trust was paid to or applied for the benefit of a foreign person, alone or together with any associate or associates of the foreign person; or

(B)not less than 40% of the total income of the trust was paid to or applied for the benefit of 2 or more foreign persons, together with any associate or associates of any of them;

during the most recent year of income in respect of the trust; or

(ii)in respect of which—

(A)not less than 15% of the capital of the trust is held by the trustee of the trust for a foreign person, alone or together with any associate or associates of the foreign person; or

(B)not less than 40% of the capital of the trust is held by the trustee of the trust for 2 or more foreign persons, together with any associate or associates of any of them;

on the last accounting date of the trust.

sch 1 def foreign trust ins 1989 No. 3 s 3 (b)

reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

interest in land includes an estate or interest—

(a)in land and any improvements on the land; and

(b)in a licence or permit granted under the Land Act 1994; and

(c)in a miners homestead within the meaning of the Land Act 1994;

but does not include—

(d)a security interest in land; or

(e)an estate or interest in an easement over land; or

(f)the estate or interest of a lessee of freehold land or a sublessee of leasehold land where the term of the lease or the sublease, as the case may be, including all options given under the lease or sublease, as the case may be, does not exceed 25 years; or

(g)an estate or interest in the minerals (within the meaning of the Mineral Resources Act 1989) or in petroleum (within the meaning of the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004) contained in or beneath any land; or

(h)any authority, however called, relating to land (other than a market garden, business or residence area) granted under the Mineral Resources Act 1989, the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999, the Geothermal Energy Act 2010, the Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2009, the Petroleum Act 1923, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 or the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982; or

(i)any estate or interest granted under any agreement, authorised to be made for and on behalf of the State and specifically given the force of law by an Act of Parliament as though the agreement were an enactment of that Act, for the purpose of the development of mineral deposits or purposes incidental and consequent on the development of mineral deposits; or

(j)a carbon abatement interest under the Land Act 1994 or Land Title Act 1994; or

(k)a covenant under the Land Act 1994 or Land Title Act 1994; or

(l)a plantation licence under the Forestry Act 1959; or

(m)a profit a prendre under the Land Act 1994 or Land Title Act 1994.

sch 1 def interest in land sub 1989 No. 3 s 3

amd 1990 No. 106 s 3; 1994 No. 49 s 6 sch 2; 1994 No. 81 s 527 sch 5; 1999 No. 39 s 299 sch 1; 2004 No. 25 s 963; 2009 No. 3 s 476; 2010 No. 31 sch 2 pt 4; 2013 No. 23 s 40 (2)–(5)

reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

last accounting date means—

(a)for a corporation—the last day of the most recent financial year for which the corporation reported, or was required to report, to its members under the Corporations Act, section 314; or

(b)for a trust—the last day of the most recent year of income for the trust.

sch 1 def last accounting date sub 1989 No. 3 s 3; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 2

amd 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch 3; 2013 No. 23 s 40 (6)

reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

Minister ...

sch 1 def Minister om from prev s 4 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 1

officer, in relation to a corporation, includes—

(a)a director, secretary, executive officer or employee of the corporation; and

(b)a receiver and manager of property of the corporation appointed under a power contained in an instrument; and

(c)an official manager or deputy official manager of the corporation; and

(d)a liquidator of the corporation appointed in a voluntary winding up of the corporation; and

(e)a trustee or other person administering a compromise or arrangement made between the corporation and another person or other persons;

but does not include—

(f)a receiver who is not also a manager; or

(g)a receiver and manager appointed by a court; or

(h)a liquidator appointed by a court.

prescribed form means—

(a)a form prescribed by regulation; or

(b)a form approved by the registrar.

sch 1 def prescribed form ins 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch

reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

register means the register maintained under section 11.

sch 1 def register reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

registering authority means the person responsible for keeping a register for dealings in land.

sch 1 def registering authority sub 1989 No. 3 s 3

amd 1992 No. 64 s 3 sch 1

sub 1994 No. 49 s 6 sch 2; 1994 No. 81 s 527 sch 5

reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

registrar means the registrar of titles.

sch 1 def registrar sub 1992 No. 64 s 3 sch 1; 1994 No. 81 s 527 sch 5

reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

security interest means any mortgage, encumbrance or other charge on land created for securing a loan or the payment of an annuity or sum of money other than a loan, but does not include an interest created by a transfer by way of security of the legal estate of an interest in land.

sch 1 def security interest reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

share, in relation to a corporation, means a share in the share capital of the corporation, and—

(a)includes stock into which all or any of the share capital of the corporation has been converted; and

(b)except in section 10—includes an interest in such a share or in such stock.

sch 1 def share reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

statutory declaration ...

sch 1 def statutory declaration om from prev s 4 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 1

year of income means a year of income within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cwlth).

sch 1 def year of income reloc 2013 No. 23 s 40 (7)

sch 1 amd 2013 No. 23 s 41

Note—definitions for this Act were originally located in s 4.