Amending the purposes or conditions

Anyone who holds a lease can apply to add or remove purposes from your lease.

Anyone who holds a lease, licence or permit can apply to change the imposed conditions.

Purpose of your lease

You can apply at any time to:

• add or remove purposes on your lease.
• change the purpose of a special lease.

Making changes to the purpose of your lease could result in a change to your rental category and the conditions of your lease. Your proposed changes must complement, and not interfere with, the current purpose of your lease.

Conditions on a lease, licence or permit to occupy

You can apply to change, add or remove conditions imposed on your lease, licence or permit to occupy if you think they’re no longer appropriate.

Regulated and mandatory conditions cannot be changed.

You can apply either:

• online
• by printing and completing PDF application forms.

Online applications

To submit your online application, you’ll need:

• views of all other agencies who are required to approve the proposed changes
• written consent from the lenders for all registered mortgages
• written consent from all registered people or organisations that hold subleases, and any other registered interest holders.

You, or a legal practitioner on your behalf, must electronically sign the application. It will then automatically be lodged through the online process.

Within the online application, there is a help guide to assist you to complete your application.

PDF applications

To submit your PDF application, you’ll need:

• Lease to be used for additional or fewer purposes and/or change conditions of a Lease, Licence or Permit to Occupy (PDF) application form
• Contact and land details (online or PDF) application form
• views of all other agencies who are required to approve the proposed changes
• written consent from the lenders for all registered mortgages
• written consent from all registered people or organisations that hold subleases, and any other registered interest holders.

Once completed, submit your PDF application forms by:

• using the online Part A - Contact and land details application form
• emailing SLAMlodgement@resources.qld.gov.au
• posting it to Department of Resources, PO Box 5318, Townsville QLD 4810.

Lodging this application costs fee 33914 per title reference. Application fees are non-refundable.

You can pay your application fee:

• via credit card over the phone. A departmental officer will contact you to organise the payment
• via cheque by post. Cheques should be made out to the 'Department of Resources' and marked 'not negotiable'.

We'll send you a receipt once we've established that your application meets all requirements.

We'll assess your application against legislative requirements. We will seek the views of other stakeholders (for example, state, regional and local agencies) and inspect the land if required.

Policies and legislation

• Land Act 1994
• Additional purposes of lease policy (PDF, 102KB)
• Guideline—Additional purpose of a lease (PDF, 103KB)
• Diversification of leases for agricultural purposes policy (PDF, 100KB)
• Guideline—Diversification of leases for agricultural purposes (PDF, 129KB).

Native title

Our review will also include an assessment of whether native title issues need to be addressed, and how this should be done. Depending on the outcome, you may be required to address native title issues as a condition of the offer.

Once we’ve received the advice of other stakeholders and all issues have been investigated, we'll send you a written notice of the decision. Your application may be:

• approved
• approved over a reduced area (approved in part)
• refused.

If approved, a written offer will set out the various conditions and requirements. You must complete the acceptance form and return it to us by the date specified or the offer will lapse.

The conditions of offer may include:

• new terms and conditions of the lease

Information on this form, and any attachments, is being collected to process and assess your application under under section 154 and section 210 of the Land Act 1994. If required, we may need to consult with third parties such as relevant local or state agencies and adjoining property owners. Details provided to third parties will generally be limited to type of application, area applied for and intended use. Your personal information will not otherwise be disclosed unless authorised or required by law.

We may wish to contact you to seek your views on our service, to advise you of any legislative changes that might affect you, or to seek your participation in surveys or programs relevant to your application type. Any participation will be voluntary, and you may email stateland@resources.qld.gov.au if you do not wish for the department to contact you.

We may also compile or analyse statistics and conduct research. Any publication of findings will not involve the publication of identifying personal information.

In terms of the Right to Information Act 2009 interested parties may seek access to the department’s records and view relevant documents.