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Crown Land Management Act 2016
Part 5Dealings involving Crown land and other related land
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# Part 5 Dealings involving Crown land and other related land
Part 5 Dealings involving Crown land and other related land
Introductory note.
This Part enables the Minister to deal with Crown land on behalf of the Crown. It includes powers for the Minister—
> (a) to sell Crown land and impose conditions, restrictions and covenants over the land that will apply after it is sold, and
> (b) to grant leases, licences, permits, easements and rights of way over Crown land, and
> (c) to grant forestry rights (including carbon sequestration rights) over Crown land.
Community engagement strategies approved by the Minister will set out the procedures and other matters concerning community engagement about certain proposed dealings and other action affecting Crown land use.
The Part also enables—
> (a) the Minister to grant enclosure permits to enable permit holders to enclose Crown roads and watercourses that cross Crown land or freehold land, and
> (b) easements for public access to be created over Crown land or freehold land.