Property Law Bill 2023 (Qld)

An Act to consolidate and provide for the law relating to property, and to amend this Act, the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997, the Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980, the Land Title Act 1994, the Limitation of Actions Act 1974, the Property Occupations Act 2014 and the Acts mentioned in schedule 3 for particular purposes, and to repeal the Property Law Act 1974 The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

Division 1 Introduction

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Property Law Act 2023.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Division 2 Application of Act

3 Act binds all persons (1) This Act binds all persons, including the State and, to the extent the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and the other States. (2) Nothing in this Act makes the State, the Commonwealth or another State liable to be prosecuted for an offence against this Act.

4 Act applies to land, property and documents This Act applies to— (a) land in Queensland; and (b) property, other than land, whether in or outside Queensland, to the extent the general law of Queensland applies to the property; and (c) documents, whether executed in or outside Queensland, to the extent the general law of Queensland applies to the documents.

5 Relationship with other Acts (1) This Act applies subject to the following Acts— (a) the Land Act 1994; (b) the Land Title Act 1994; (c) the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014; (d) each Resource Act. (2) If this Act is inconsistent with an Act mentioned in subsection (1), unless this Act or the Act mentioned in subsection (1) expressly provides otherwise, the Act mentioned in subsection (1) prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.