21Consent to certain dealings

21 Consent to certain dealings

21 Consent to certain dealings

(1) Land to which this Division applies cannot be—

(a) for land under a perpetual lease, term lease or special lease—leased, transferred or dealt with in any other way without the Minister’s written consent, or

(b) for other land—transferred without the Minister’s written consent.

Note.

Clause 19 provides that this clause does not prevent the creation, transfer or extinguishment of a sublease, mortgage or easement.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to a transfer to a Minister on behalf of the Crown, or to a public authority, of land under a perpetual lease.

(3) A lease, conveyance, assignment or other dealing that contravenes this clause is not valid for any purpose.

(4) In this clause—

public authority means—

(a) a local council, or

(b) a public body that was a declared public body for the purposes of a provision of Schedule 3 to the Crown Lands (Continued Tenures) Act 1989 immediately before the Act’s repeal, or

(c) any other public body declared by the Minister, by order published in the Gazette, to be a public authority for the purposes of this clause.