48Certain existing consents continue in force or are suspended under this Part

48 Certain existing consents continue in force or are suspended under this Part

48 Certain existing consents continue in force or are suspended under this Part

(1) This clause applies to any consent to cultivate applicable Western land given under section 18DA of the Western Lands Act 1901 (a continued consent) if immediately before the Act’s repeal—

(a) the consent was in force (a continued current consent), or

(b) the consent was suspended (a continued suspended consent).

(2) A continued current consent continues in force under this Part as a cultivation consent for the same land.

(3) A continued suspended consent continues under this Part as a suspended cultivation consent for the same land.

(4) The continued consent continues to be subject to the terms and conditions specified in the consent or suspension of the consent unless—

(a) the terms or conditions are inconsistent with another provision of this Part or the regulations made for the purposes of this Part, or

(b) are varied under this Part.

(5) Subject to this Part, a continued consent can be varied, revoked, suspended or dealt with in any other way under this Part as if it had been granted under this Part.