8Reserved lands not to be sold, leased or licensed

8 Reserved lands not to be sold, leased or licensed S. 8(1) amended by No. 25/2023 s. 7(Sch. 1 item 8.3). (1) Any land which has been reserved either temporarily or permanently under section 4 shall not (except as authorized by this or any other Act) be sold leased or licensed unless the reservation thereof has been revoked and any purported sale lease or licence of such land shall be absolutely void as well against His Majesty as all other persons whomsoever. S. 8(2) inserted by No. 5/1993 s. 3(b). (2) An Act other than this Act (whether passed before or after the commencement of this subsection) must be taken to authorise the sale, leasing or licensing of land reserved temporarily or permanently under section 4 only if it expressly, and not merely by implication, authorises the sale, leasing or licensing of— (a) that particular land; or (b) any class or description or Crown land or reserved land that includes that land; or (c) Crown land or reserved land generally. S. 8(3) inserted by No. 5/1993 s. 3(b). (3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) and (c) an Act which authorises the sale, leasing or licensing of land, without expressly referring to Crown land or reserved land, must not be taken to authorise the sale, leasing or licensing of Crown land or reserved land. S. 8(4) inserted by No. 5/1993 s. 3(b). (4) This section has effect despite any Act or rule of law to the contrary, including any rule of the common law.