Australian Capital Territory National Land (Leased) Ordinance 2022
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In this Ordinance:
arrangement means any arrangement, agreement, understanding, promise or undertaking, whether express or implied, and whether or not enforceable (or intended to be enforceable) by legal proceedings.
assessment day, in relation to determining the market value of improvements: see section 35.
Building Act means the Building Act 2004 (ACT), as in force at the commencement of this Ordinance.
building and development provision means a provision of a lease that requires the lessee to carry out stated works on the land comprised in the lease, or on National Land adjacent to the land comprised in the lease, or both.
certificate of occupancy has the same meaning as in the Building Act, and includes a certificate of occupancy taken to have been issued under that Act.
certificate of regularisation has the same meaning as in the Building Act.
consolidation, in relation to a lease: see section 18.
dealing, in relation to a Division 4 lease: see section 22.
diplomatic purposes, in relation to a lease or other arrangement: see section 11.
Division 4 lease: see section 22.
full certificate of compliance, in relation to a building and development provision in a Division 4 lease: see section 25.
improvement, in relation to land, means a building or structure on or under the land.
instalment lease means a lease in relation to the grant of which the lessee has agreed to pay the consideration in instalments.
Land Titles Act means the Land Titles Act 1925 (ACT), as in force at the commencement of this Ordinance.
lease means a lease granted, or continued in force, under this Ordinance.
Note: This Ordinance applies to leases of National Land in force immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance: see sections 62 and 63.
lease variation charge: see section 18.
lessee means the person who is the proprietor of a lease, whether or not the person is the registered proprietor of the lease, and regardless of how the person became the proprietor of the lease.