Land Court Bill 1999 (Qld)

Queensland

LAND COURT BILL 1999

Queensland

LAND COURT BILL 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title 2.0... eee eee 8 2 Commencement... 0.0.0... 6c cece eee eee 8 3 Dictionary ..... 6... cece cece ete ete eee nee 8 PART 2—LAND COURT Division 1—Establishment and jurisdiction 4 Establishment of Land Court... 2.0.0.0... 000000. c eee eee eee 8 5 Jurisdiction of Land Court ..... 0.0.0.2 eee eee ee 8 6 No distinction between Land Court and chambers................0... 9 Division 2—General powers 7 Land Court to be guided by equity and good conscience............... 9 8 Subpoenas ..... 0... eee eee 9 9 Contempt and contravention of orders... ........ 0... c cece eee eee ee 9 10 Terms of orders... 0.02 10 11 Taking and recording evidence ............0.. 0000 e cee eee eee 11 12 Power to rehear matters... 2.0... eee eee 11 Division 3—Composition and appointments 13 Composition of Land Court... 6.0.6... cece cee eee eee 11 14 Single member to constitute Land Court.................0...0.5000, 11 15 Land Court may be constituted in more than | place.................. 11 16 Appointment of president and other members of Land Court............ 11 17 Appointment of members of land tribunal as members ................ 12 18 Appointment of acting president ................ 00000 e eee eee eee 12 19 Appointment of acting members ............ 0000s 13 Land Court 22 242629313436 394143 Member not to practise profession likely to conflict .................. Division 4—Rules and directions

Rules of Land Court... 0.2.00... eee cee ett eee eee

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Division 5—Sittings, parties, adjournments and loss of presiding member

Where Land Court may sit ....... 2... eee Appearance .. 2... eee eee eens Adjournments ... 2.0... 0... eee eee Stay of proceedings... 0.0... 0... eee eee What happens if member dies or is incapacitated .................... Division 6—Judicial registrars Judicial registrars... 2... eee eee Judicial registrar's power to hear and decide matters.................. Independence of judicial registrars........ 0.0.0... 0.000 eee eee eee Rehearing after judicial registrar's decision ....................0000. Judicial registrar may exercise certain judicial or quasi-judicial powers . .