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Crown Lands Act 1976
25Dealing with land held under contract
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### 25 Dealing with land held under contract
> > (1) *\[Section 25 Subsection (1) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]*Any assignment, transfer, or other dealing by any holder of Crown land of his interest shall be of no effect unless the consent in writing of the Minister is first obtained, the consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
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> > (2) *\[Section 25 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 1978, s. 6 and Sched. 1 \]*No assignment, transfer, or other dealing with, or transmission of, any interest of the holder of Crown land under contract shall be effectual unless the assignment, transfer, other dealing, or transmission –
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> > > > (a) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (2) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:19 Mar 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-03-19/act-1996-017#AT@EN) is prepared in a form approved by the Director-General; and
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> > > > (b) is forwarded to the Director-General with the prescribed fee; and
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> > > > (c) is registered by the Director-General.
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> > (3) Without prejudice to the power of the Minister to withhold his consent under this section on any other ground, the Minister shall not consent to any assignment, transfer, or other dealing of any Crown land held under contract unless he is satisfied that the proposed assignee or transferee –
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> > > > (a) is a person to whom the land would have been sold if it were not under contract; and
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> > > > (b) is able to fulfil the conditions of the contract.