Our policies
The department has a large number of policies, procedures and guidelines which affect the services that we provide to the community.
Copies of these documents are available for inspection in accordance with section 20 of the Right to Information Act 2009. Please note that some information may be deleted or withheld if its release is deemed exempt or contrary to the public interest.
Please contact us for more information on our policies and procedures.
| Title | Type | Category | Version | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guidelines for Making Separation Declarationsfile | Procedure | Property titles and valuations / Valuations | 7.00 | 253 |
| Procedure for Disclosing "Personal Information" Collected Under the Land Valuation Act 2010file | Procedure | Property titles and valuations / Valuations | 4.01 | 254 |
| Internal and External Reviewsfile | Policy | Property titles and valuations / Valuations | 1.04 | 255 |
| Rural Land Declarationsfile | Procedure | Property titles and valuations / Valuations | 1.02 | 256 |
| Queensland Government employee access to SmartMap Information Services (SMIS)file | Policy and procedure | Mapping and surveying / Mapping | 2.02 | 299 |
| Queensland Geospatial Reference Framefile | Policy | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.02 | 355 |
| Exchange of State Land for Native Title interestsfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 6.03 | 361 |
| Issuing of Astronomical Phenomenon Certificatesfile | Procedure | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.03 | 362 |
| Land Dealings affecting the Stock Route Networkfile | Policy and procedure | Land management / Use of state land | 6.01 | 363 |
| Service for Legal Traceability of Length for Electronic Distance Measurement Equipmentfile | Policy | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.05 | 395 |
| Parcel Identification Standardfile | Standard | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 4.01 | 396 |
| Conversion of Leasehold Tenure (Operational Policy)file | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 6.01 | 397 |
| Access rights over non-freehold landfile | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 2.08 | 401 |
| Burials on Lands Administered under the Land Act 1994 file | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 4.02 | 402 |
| Internal Review of Original Decisions file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 3.00 | 409 |
| Easementfile | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 3.03 | 410 |
| Privacy requirements for Gazette notices and advertisementsfile | Procedure | Land management / Use of state land | 5.02 | 411 |
| Excision of Area from a Freeholding Lease file | Policy | Land management / Use of state land | 2.06 | 412 |
| Release and Indemnity, and Public Liability Insurance - Secondary interests under the Land Act 1994 file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 5.01 | 414 |
| Transfer of Leases, Licences and Subleases file | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 6.02 | 415 |
| Naming convention for tenure to government departmentsfile | Procedure | Land management / Use of state land | 3.08 | 416 |
| Freeholding of Reserve/Vested land held by Queensland Rail file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 3.07 | 417 |
| Allocation of land to State Government departments and Constructing Authoritiesfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 8.00 | 418 |
| Dealings (including compensation) with Easements file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 7.00 | 419 |
| Allocating Most Appropriate Use and Tenure of State Land in Coastal Areas file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 2.06 | 420 |
| Lease renewalfile | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 6.00 | 423 |
| Additional Purposes of Lease file | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 4.01 | 425 |
| Completion of Permanent Survey Mark Plansfile | Specification | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.06 | 427 |
| Lease Subdivisonfile | Policy | Land management / Use of state land | 4.03 | 428 |
| Cemetries Exhumation file | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 1.10 | 433 |
| Mortgage of Deed of Grant in Trustfile | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 2.07 | 434 |
| Creation of Trust Land file | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 3.07 | 479 |
| Public Purpose Reservationsfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 4.00 | 480 |
| Land Allocation: Deciding Most Appropriate Use, Tenure and Managementfile | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 5.01 | 481 |
| Permit to Occupyfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 6.01 | 482 |
| Dealing with State land that is nominated as a place on the Queensland Heritage Register file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 3.03 | 485 |
| Valuations for dealings under the Land Act 1994file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 2.02 | 488 |
| Caravan Park Policyfile | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 3.08 | 490 |
| Land Allocation:Granting Land Volumetricallyfile | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 3.00 | 492 |
| Secondary Use of Trust Landfile | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 6.03 | 493 |
| Leasing land for Telecommunication Carriers, including for Aerial Pole Routes file | Procedure | Land management / Use of state land | 5.05 | 494 |
| Leases over Reserves file | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 4.03 | 495 |
| Allocation of Land in Priority in Terms of the Land Act 1994 file | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 5.01 | 499 |
| Requirements for Minister's Approval to Subleasefile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 2.07 | 502 |
| Resumption in relation to land under the Land Act 1994file | Procedure | Land management / Use of state land | 1.02 | 503 |
| Accreditation of Surveyorsfile | Procedure | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.05 | 504 |
| Legal Traceability of Length for Electronic Distance Measurement Equipmentfile | Procedure | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.01 | 505 |
| Survey Plan Processing and Pre-Lodgement Advicefile | Procedure | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.02 | 565 |
| Administrative Plansfile | Specification | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 2.02 | 571 |
| Diversification of Leases for Agricultural Purposes file | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 3.01 | 575 |
| Undertaking a land evaluation report prior to lease renewal, lease conversion and State land Allocationfile | Procedure | Land management / Use of state land | 2.03 | 577 |
| Mining Interests including Claims/Leases and the Land Act 1994file | Procedure | Land management / Use of state land | 5.05 | 578 |
| Revenue Share Policy for Local Government Operational Trust Land file | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 3.00 | 579 |
| Tenure based options for Unallocated State land in Native Title claims and Indigenous Land Use Agreements file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 3.01 | 581 |
| Issue of Tenures to a Port Authority/Corporation file | Procedure | Land management / Use of state land | 5.04 | 582 |
| Unauthorised structures on unallocated State land file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 2.01 | 583 |
| Eligibility to Hold Landfile | Operational policy | Land management / Use of state land | 2.03 | 584 |
| Prosecution Policyfile | Policy | Corporate / Legal | 3.00 | 658 |
| Native Title Work Proceduresfile | Procedure | Indigenous interests / Native title | 1.40 | 673 |
| Guidelines for Local Governments - compulsory acquisition of landfile | Guideline | Property titles and valuations / Land resumption | 4.00 | 676 |
| Covenants providing for no separate transfersfile | Procedure | Land management / Use of state land | 4.08 | 681 |
| Roads under the Land Act 1994file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 5.02 | 725 |
| Place Namesfile | Policy | Mapping and surveying / Queensland place names | 1.02 | 851 |
| Section 9 Application Formfile | Application form | Property titles and valuations / Land resumption | 1.30 | 970 |
| Deciding the most appropriate tenure of state landfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 1.07 | 1012 |
| Plan requirements for state land dealingsfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 3.01 | 1069 |
| State Policy for Vegetation Managementfile | Policy | Land management / Managing land resources | 4.00 | 1084 |
| Offsets in relation to State lands administered under the Land Act 1994file | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 2.02 | 1109 |
| Dealing with rent and instalment payments for Land Act tenuresfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 3.01 | 1178 |
| Application to vary conditions of an exploration permitfile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.09 | 1246 |
| Assessment of exploration permitsfile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.04 | 1247 |
| Conditional surrender of exploration permitsfile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.04 | 1248 |
| Excluding land subject to native titlefile | Operational policy | Mines | 2.00 | 1250 |
| Prescribed areas (excess and non-contiguous)file | Operational policy | Mines | 1.03 | 1251 |
| Project-based permit administrationfile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.05 | 1252 |
| Renewal of exploration permitsfile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.05 | 1253 |
| Work program and relinquishment conditionsfile | Operational policy | Mines | 2.01 | 1254 |
| Exceptional circumstancesfile | Operational policy | Mines | 2.01 | 1313 |
| Renewal of exploration permits in areas proposed for national parks and regional parksfile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.04 | 1314 |
| Applying for a mining lease for coal with a prospecting permitfile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.04 | 1315 |
| Notice to progress applications for grant or renewal of a resource authorityfile | Operational policy | Mines | 2.00 | 1316 |
| Application for declaration of a Potential Commercial Areafile | Operational policy | Mines | 2.03 | 1318 |
| Project-based development plansfile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.07 | 1319 |
| Mining lease notification and transitional arrangementsfile | Operational policy | Mines | 2.02 | 1320 |
| Special Amendment of an authority to prospectfile | Operational policy | Mines | 3.05 | 1509 |
| Domestic and Family Violence Protocolfile | Protocol | Corporate / Health and Safety | 4.00 | 1672 |
| Complaints Management Frameworkfile | Framework | Corporate / Governance | 3.01 | 1982 |
| Operational Policy - deciding the term of a mining leasefile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.03 | 3088 |
| Queensland Spatial Information Custodianship Guidelinesfile | Guideline | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.06 | 3330 |
| Queensland Digital Road Network Standardfile | Standard | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 3.01 | 3331 |
| Queensland Foundation Spatial Data Frameworkfile | Framework | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 3.00 | 3332 |
| Queensland Location Address Management Frameworkfile | Framework | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 8.03 | 3333 |
| Large Scale Land Development Surveysfile | Procedure | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.03 | 3409 |
| Renewal or conversion of a term leasefile | Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.01 | 3553 |
| Conversion of perpetual leases to freeholdfile | Practice note | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.01 | 3555 |
| Renewal of pastoral leasesfile | Practice note | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.01 | 3556 |
| Corrupt Conduct Fact Sheetfile | Fact Sheet | Corporate / Human resources | 2.03 | 3595 |
| Diversification of Leases for Agricultural Purposes - Guidelinefile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 1.01 | 3856 |
| Policy for making public statementsfile | Policy | Mines | 2.01 | 3869 |
| Technical assessment of an application for a Mineral Development Licence for coalfile | Operational policy | Mines | 4.03 | 4001 |
| Vegetation Management Map updatesfile | Operational policy | Vegetation management / Vegetation management | 1.00 | 4064 |
| Public Interest Disclosure Protocol file | Protocol | Corporate / Human resources | 2.03 | 4090 |
| Security assessment mineral and coal resource authorities policyfile | Policy | Mines | 1.04 | 4110 |
| Carbon rights on state landfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 1.00 | 4182 |
| Submitting GNSS data for inclusion into the statewide datum adjustment networkfile | Guideline | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.01 | 4235 |
| Land allocation and specific requirementsfile | Guideline | Macropod management / Quota submissions and annual reports | 2.01 | 4386 |
| Queensland Soil and Land Resource Survey Information Guideline file | Guideline | Vegetation management / Vegetation management | 2.00 | 4460 |
| Assessment of applications to use steel casing in horizontal wells file | Operational policy | Mines | 1.02 | 4838 |
| Fire management mission statement file | Framework | Land management / Managing land resources | 1.00 | 4866 |
| Wildfire responsefile | Framework | Land management / Managing land resources | 1.00 | 4867 |
| Fire Management Programfile | Guideline | Land management / Managing land resources | 1.00 | 4868 |
| Fire Risk Management Planfile | Guideline | Land management / Managing land resources | 1.00 | 4870 |
| Operational Policy - Security for mining claimsfile | Policy | Mines | 1.02 | 4921 |
| Additional Purposes of Lease - Guidelinefile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 1.01 | 5110 |
| Relevant Arrangementsfile | Policy | Mines | 1.01 | 5125 |
| Australian Market Supply Conditionfile | Policy | Mines | 2.02 | 5131 |
| Fences on Stock Routesfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 1.01 | 5152 |
| Exemption for land lease transfersfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 1.01 | 5165 |
| Operational Policy Applying for Bulk Samplingfile | Policy | Mines | 1.03 | 5192 |
| Operational Policy Rock for Building or Monumental Purposesfile | Policy | Mines | 1.01 | 5231 |
| Guidance note: Resources Safety and Health compliance and enforcement (COVID-19 emergency)file | Guideline | Mines | 1.00 | 5290 |
| Minister's power to impose, vary or remove a condition of an exploration permit or authority to prospect due to an exceptional eventfile | Policy | Mines | 1.01 | 5324 |
| Application for extension of last renewed term of an exploration permit file | Policy | Mines | 1.01 | 5325 |
| Roads off alignment and undedicated roads - A guide for local governmentfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 1.01 | 5337 |
| Disqualification criteria and assessmentfile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.01 | 5440 |
| Land Management Planning for Trust landfile | Guideline | Land management / Use of state land | 1.01 | 5632 |
| Operational policy - Vegetation Management Map certification and release dates.file | Operational policy | Vegetation management / Vegetation management | 1.00 | 5791 |
| Cadastral Survey Requirementsfile | Standard | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 8.00 | 5792 |
| Submitting survey plans under the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003file | Specification | Mapping and surveying / Surveying | 1.00 | 5860 |
| Obtaining a Survey Licence for Hydrogenfile | Operational policy | Mines | 1.00 | 6181 |
Last reviewed: 28 March 2023