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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.

TitleTypeCategoryVersionID
Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Place Naming (PDF, 252.5KB)PolicyLand management / Land use and planning1.007059
Access rights over non-freehold land (PDF, 154.9KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land2.09401
Adding names and amending records in the Queensland Gazetteer (PDF, 230.6KB)PolicyLand management / Land use and planning1.007058
Additional Purpose of a Lease (PDF, 218.6KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land4.04425
Additional Purposes of Lease - Guideline (PDF, 186.8KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land1.035110
Administrative Plans (PDF, 165.5KB)SpecificationMapping and surveying / Surveying2.02571
Allocating State Land in Coastal Areas (PDF, 185.7KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land2.09420
Allocation of Land in Priority under the Land Act 1994 (PDF, 386KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land6.03499
Allocation of land to State Government departments and Constructing Authorities (PDF, 428.9KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land10.02418
Application for declaration of a Potential Commercial Area (PDF, 344.8KB)Operational policyMines2.051318
Application for extension of last renewed term of an exploration permit (PDF, 260KB)PolicyMines1.035325
Application to vary conditions of an exploration permit (PDF, 254.9KB)Operational policyMines1.111246
Applying for a mining lease for coal with a prospecting permit (PDF, 263.2KB)Operational policyMines1.061315
Assessment of Priority for Competitive Applications (PDF, 354.8KB)Operational policyMines2.016972
Assessment of exploration permits (PDF, 487KB)Operational policyMines1.061247
Australian Market Supply Condition (PDF, 374.8KB)PolicyMines2.045131
Biosecurity Management Program (PDF, 182.5KB)Operational policyBiosecurity / Compliance1.007340
Burials on Lands Administered under the Land Act 1994 (PDF, 164.6KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land4.04402
Cadastral Survey Requirements (PDF, 4MB)StandardMapping and surveying / Surveying8.025792
Carbon rights on state land (PDF, 160.7KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land2.024182
Cemetries Exhumation (PDF, 205.8KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land1.12433
Changing the certified stock route map (PDF, 185.1KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land1.016508
Complaints Management Policy (PDF, 375.5KB)PolicyCorporate / Governance3.041982
Completion of Permanent Survey Mark Plans (PDF, 571.5KB)SpecificationMapping and surveying / Surveying1.07427
Compulsory acquisition of land under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 - a guide for State government departments making a request for the compulsory acquisition of land (PDF, 456.9KB)GuidelineLand management / Managing land resources5.005897
Conditional surrender of exploration permits (PDF, 375.8KB)Operational policyMines1.071248
Consultation on place name proposals (PDF, 290.5KB)PolicyLand management / Land use and planning1.007065
Continuation of an existing name (PDF, 262KB)PolicyLand management / Land use and planning1.007057
Conversion of perpetual leases to freehold (PDF, 175.2KB)Practice noteMapping and surveying / Surveying1.013555
Corrupt Conduct Fact Sheet (PDF, 62.2KB)Fact SheetCorporate / Human resources3.003595
Covenants providing for no separate transfers (PDF, 281.2KB)ProcedureLand management / Use of state land4.10681
Creation of Trust Land (PDF, 179.1KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land3.11479
Dealing with State land that is nominated as a place on the Queensland Heritage Register (PDF, 192.8KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land3.04485
Dealings (including compensation) with Easements (PDF, 344KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land7.04419
Disqualification criteria and assessment (PDF, 356.4KB)Operational policyMines1.035440
Diversification of Leases for Agricultural Purposes (PDF, 192.8KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land3.05575
Diversification of Leases for Agricultural Purposes - Guideline (PDF, 223.7KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land1.033856
Domestic and Family Violence Protocol (PDF, 261.4KB)ProtocolCorporate / Health and Safety4.001672
Easement (PDF, 222.7KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land3.07410
Eligibility to Hold Land (PDF, 147KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land2.05584
Exceptional circumstances (PDF, 393.2KB)Operational policyMines2.031313
Exchange of State Land for Native Title interests (PDF, 216.4KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land6.05361
Excision of Area from a Freeholding Lease (PDF, 220.5KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land2.08412
Excluding land subject to native title (PDF, 387.8KB)Operational policyMines3.011250
Exemption for land lease transfers (PDF, 168.3KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land1.065165
Fences on Stock Routes (PDF, 318.2KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land1.045152
Fire Management Program (PDF, 180.2KB)Operational policyLand management / Managing land resources1.014866
Fire Management Wildfire Response (PDF, 319.2KB)Operational policyLand management / Managing land resources2.004867
Fire Risk Management Plan (PDF, 255.3KB)GuidelineLand management / Managing land resources1.004870
Guidance note: Resources Safety and Health compliance and enforcement (COVID-19 emergency) (PDF, 270.4KB)GuidelineMines1.005290
Guidelines for Local Governments - compulsory acquisition of land (PDF, 415.8KB)GuidelineProperty titles and valuations / Land resumption5.00676
Guidelines for Making Separation Declarations (PDF, 292.5KB)ProcedureProperty titles and valuations / Valuations7.01253
Intellectual property (PDF, 342.5KB)PolicyLand management / Land use and planning1.007062
Internal Review of Original Decisions (PDF, 121.8KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land3.01409
Issue of Tenures to a Port Authority/Corporation (PDF, 196.5KB)ProcedureLand management / Use of state land5.05582
Issuing of Astronomical Phenomenon Certificates (PDF, 289.8KB)ProcedureMapping and surveying / Surveying2.00362
Land Allocation: Granting Land Volumetrically (PDF, 211.6KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land3.02492
Land Dealings over the Stock Route Network (PDF, 312.9KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land7.01363
Land allocation and specific requirements (PDF, 318.3KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land3.024386
Large Scale Land Development Surveys (PDF, 252KB)ProcedureMapping and surveying / Surveying1.033409
Lease Subdivison (PDF, 313.4KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land4.05428
Lease renewal (PDF, 184KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land6.01423
Leases over Reserves (PDF, 213.1KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land4.06495
Leasing land for Telecommunication Carriers, including for Aerial Pole Routes (PDF, 266.4KB)ProcedureLand management / Use of state land5.07494
Managing actions consistent and inconsistent with the purpose of trust land. (PDF, 144.2KB)GuidelineLand management / Land use and planning1.016804
Minamata Convention on Mercury (PDF, 273.9KB)Operational policyMines1.006924
Mining Interests including Claims/Leases and the Land Act 1994 (PDF, 193.5KB)ProcedureLand management / Use of state land5.06578
Mining lease notification and transitional arrangements (PDF, 259.5KB)Operational policyMines2.041320
Minister's power to impose, vary or remove a condition of an exploration permit or authority to prospect due to an exceptional event (PDF, 274.1KB)PolicyMines1.035324
Mortgage of Deed of Grant in Trust (PDF, 179.5KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land2.09434
Naming convention for tenure to government departments (PDF, 171.2KB)ProcedureLand management / Use of state land3.09416
Notice to progress applications for grant or renewal of a resource authority (PDF, 146.7KB)Operational policyMines2.001316
Offsets in relation to State lands administered under the Land Act 1994 (PDF, 163.1KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land2.051109
Operational Policy - Security for mining claims (PDF, 318.7KB)PolicyMines1.044921
Operational Policy - deciding the term of a mining lease (PDF, 463.9KB)Operational policyMines1.063088
Operational Policy Applying for Bulk Sampling (PDF, 247.3KB)PolicyMines1.055192
Operational Policy Rock for Building or Monumental Purposes (PDF, 297.3KB)PolicyMines1.035231
Operational Policy excluding land subject to native from petroleum resource authorities (PDF, 702.6KB)Operational policyMines2.006912
Operational policy - Vegetation Management Map certification and release dates. (PDF, 302.7KB)Operational policyVegetation management / Vegetation management2.005791
Parcel Identification Standard (PDF, 675.8KB)StandardMapping and surveying / Surveying5.00396
Permit to Occupy (PDF, 299.5KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land6.03482
Place Names Act jurisdiction (PDF, 244.3KB)PolicyLand management / Land use and planning1.007063
Place naming issues for geographical features and significant locality decisions (PDF, 345.2KB)PolicyLand management / Land use and planning1.007064
Plan requirements for state land dealings (PDF, 279.5KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land3.051069
Policy for making public statements (PDF, 337.4KB)PolicyMines2.013869
Prescribed areas (excess and non-contiguous) (PDF, 356.1KB)Operational policyMines1.061251
Privacy requirements for Gazette notices and advertisements (PDF, 194.1KB)ProcedureLand management / Use of state land5.03411
Project-based development plans (PDF, 390KB)Operational policyMines1.091319
Project-based permit administration (PDF, 386.9KB)Operational policyMines1.071252
Prosecution Policy (PDF, 157KB)PolicyCorporate / Legal3.00658
Public Interest Disclosure Procedue (PDF, 196.9KB)ProcedureCorporate / Human resources3.004090
Public Purpose Reservations (PDF, 247.9KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land4.03480
Queensland Geospatial Reference Frame (PDF, 349.6KB)PolicyMapping and surveying / Surveying1.04355
Queensland Location Address Management Framework (PDF, 826.9KB)FrameworkMapping and surveying / Surveying8.033333
Queensland Soil and Land Resource Survey Information Guideline (PDF, 1.2MB)GuidelineVegetation management / Vegetation management2.004460
Queensland Spatial Information Custodianship Guidelines (PDF, 498.8KB)GuidelineMapping and surveying / Surveying1.063330
Release and Indemnity, and Public Liability Insurance - Secondary interests under the Land Act 1994 (PDF, 203KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land5.05414
Relevant Arrangements (PDF, 309.8KB)PolicyMines1.035125
Renewal of exploration permits (PDF, 529.1KB)Operational policyMines1.081253
Renewal of exploration resource authorities within proposed national parks or conservation parks (PDF, 270.7KB)Operational policyMines1.061314
Renewal of pastoral leases (PDF, 184KB)Practice noteMapping and surveying / Surveying1.013556
Renewal or conversion of a term lease (PDF, 148.4KB)Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)Mapping and surveying / Surveying1.013553
Requirements for Minister's Approval to Sublease (PDF, 199KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land3.01502
Resumption in relation to land under the Land Act 1994 (PDF, 167.2KB)ProcedureLand management / Use of state land1.04503
Revenue Share Policy for Local Government Operational Trust Land (PDF, 342.8KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land3.02579
Roads off alignment and undedicated roads - A guide for local government (PDF, 339.9KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land1.025337
Roads under the Land Act 1994 (PDF, 634.5KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land5.05725
Section 9 Application Form (PDF, 357.9KB)Application formProperty titles and valuations / Land resumption1.30970
Security assessment mineral and coal resource authorities policy (PDF, 425.2KB)PolicyMines1.054110
Service for Legal Traceability of Length for Electronic Distance Measurement Equipment (PDF, 871.2KB)PolicyMapping and surveying / Surveying1.07395
Special Amendment of an authority to prospect (PDF, 310.9KB)Operational policyMines3.071509
State Policy for Vegetation Management (PDF, 790.7KB)PolicyLand management / Managing land resources4.001084
Submitting GNSS data for inclusion into the statewide datum adjustment network (PDF, 515KB)GuidelineMapping and surveying / Surveying1.024235
Submitting survey information under the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003 (PDF, 246KB)SpecificationMapping and surveying / Surveying3.005860
Survey Requirements of Mining Tenures Standard (PDF, 645.4KB)StandardMines4.016769
Survey plan attribute schema and computer aided drafting template - External Work Procedure (PDF, 905.6KB)ProcedureMapping and surveying / Mapping1.007331
Technical and financial capability assessment for certain opal and gemstone authorities. (PDF, 285.5KB)Operational policyMines1.017067
Technical assessment of an application for a Mineral Development Licence for coal (PDF, 338.4KB)Operational policyMines4.054001
Tenure based options for Unallocated State land in Native Title claims and Indigenous Land Use Agreements (PDF, 263.4KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land3.05581
Transfer of Leases, Licences and Subleases (PDF, 241.9KB)Operational policyLand management / Use of state land6.07415
Unauthorised structures on unallocated State land (PDF, 1.1MB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land2.03583
Valuations for dealings under the Land Act 1994 (PDF, 287.7KB)GuidelineLand management / Use of state land2.06488
Vegetation Management Map updates (PDF, 256KB)Operational policyVegetation management / Vegetation management2.004064
Water Boundary Guidance (PDF, 8.1MB)GuidelineMapping and surveying / Surveying1.007357
Work program and relinquishment conditions (PDF, 439.1KB)Operational policyMines2.021254
Last updated
16 October 2025
Last reviewed
21 February 2023