Amalgamation of a lease

Landholders who want to amalgamate 2 or more leases that meet the conditions described below.

You can't apply if:

• the lease land is a reserve or state forest
• there is a registered mortgage over only part of the lease land.

Landholders can apply to amalgamate 2 or more leases into one lease if the leases:

• are held by the same landholders and in exactly the same interests
• have exactly the same tenure type and purpose
• are adjoining (this includes leases separated by a road or watercourse, but does not include leases separated by a lot or where the leases are only joined on a corner).

If you want to amalgamate unallocated state land to a lease, follow the procedure to lease state land.

If you want to amalgamate an adjoining freehold title to a lease, the lease should be converted to freehold. Apply for a conversion of lease to freehold.

You can apply either:

• online
• by printing and completing PDF application forms.

Online applications

To submit your online application, you'll need:

• written consent from any registered mortgagee or sublessee
• written consent from any party who holds a registered interest in the leases e.g. an easement
• a statement by the relevant local government of its views on the proposed amalgamation.

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:

• Amalgamation of a leases (PDF) application form
• Contact and land details (online or PDF ) application form
• written consent from any registered mortgagee or sublessee
• written consent from any party who holds a registered interest in the leases e.g. an easement
• a statement by the relevant local government of its views on the proposed amalgamation.

Once completed, submit your your PDF application forms by:

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

Lodging this application costs fee 33922 . Application fees are non-refundable.

You can pay your application fee:

• via Mastercard or Visa credit card online, for leasing unallocated state land applications made online
• via credit card over the phone for PDF applications. 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'll seek the views of other stakeholders (e.g. state, regional and local agencies) and inspect the land if required.

We will also ensure that all outstanding rent on the leases has been paid.

Policies and legislation

• Land Act 1994

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 titles issues as a condition of the offer.

Once we have received the advice of other stakeholders and all issues have been investigated, we will 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.

Conditions may include:

• accepting the terms and conditions of the lease
• defining the rental category and rent to be charged for the new lease
• lodging a plan of survey, if needed
• paying all regulatory fees and charges.

Approving the tenure

Once you've accepted the offer and satisfied all conditions, we'll seek approval to issue the tenure in your name. The Governor in Council or the Minister for Resources grants the new tenure.

The new tenure issued will be:

• of the same tenure type and purpose as the existing leases (e.g. term, perpetual or freeholding)
• subject to all the relevant encumbrances of the previous lease, and in the same priority order.

For leases issued under the Land Act 1962, the Minister for Resources and the landholder may agree upon the tenure type to continue existing rights.

When the expiry dates of the leases being amalgamated are not the same, we'll apply the latest of the expiry dates to the new amalgamated lease.

Information on this form, and any attachments, is being collected to process and assess your application under section 176K of the Land Act 1994. The consideration of your application may involve consultation, and if so details of your application may be disclosed to third parties. They will not be otherwise disclosed outside the department unless required or authorised 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 can email stateland@resources.qld.gov.au if you don't want the department to contact you.

We may also compile or analyse statistics and conduct research. Any findings we publish won't include identifying personal information.

Under the Right to Information Act 2009, interested parties may seek access to our records and view relevant documents.

If your application is refused solely on the basis that you have not fulfilled the lease conditions, you can appeal against the decision.