Foreign Governments (Titles to Land) Act 1948.
An Act to empower governments of countries outside the Commonweath and their accredited agents to hold land in Queensland for diplomatic, consular, and official purposes.
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The Act concern the rights of foreign countries to hold land for diplomatic, consular and other official purposes, it consists of seven sections. It lists the purposes for which foreign governments may hold land (sect. 2), recognizes their authority to hold land (sect. 3), it provides for registration of title of foreign government to land (sect. 4) and for exemption from land tax and rates (sect. 5). Section 6 specifies the extent of application of State law on land hold by foreign governments.
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