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Crown Lands Act 1976
35BCompensation payable on vesting of certain land to Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
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### 35B Compensation payable on vesting of certain land to Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
> [*\[Section 35B Inserted by No. 1 of 2005, s. 10, Applied:12 Apr 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-04-12/act-2005-001#GS10@EN)
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> > (1) The Minister, on the written application of a lessee of prescribed land which is vested in the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania under [section 27(1) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-098#GS27@Gs1@EN) [Aboriginal Lands Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-098) , may approve an improvement which was carried out by the lessee on that land before the date on which the land became so vested.
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> > (2) An application referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS35B@Gs1@EN) is to be made within 6 months after the date of the vesting of the land to which the application relates.
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> > (3) The Minister is to pay to the lessee of the land referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS35B@Gs1@EN) compensation for an improvement approved by the Minister which was carried out on that land by the lessee for the purposes for which the lease was granted.
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> > (4) The compensation payable under [subsection (3)](#GS35B@Gs3@EN) is to be such amount as is determined by the Director-General on the recommendation of the Valuer-General to be the fair and reasonable value of the improvements.
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> > (5) [*\[Section 35B Subsection (5) amended by No. 7 of 2025, s. 75, Applied:01 Jul 2025\]*](/view/html/inforce/2025-07-01/act-2025-007#GS75@EN) A lessee who is aggrieved by the amount of compensation payable under this section may apply to the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal for a review of the determination of the amount of compensation.
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> > (6) For the purposes of this section –
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> > > ***LIST*** means the Land Information System Tasmania administered by the Department;
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> > > ***prescribed land*** means land on Cape Barren Island that is leased for rural purposes and identified by property identification numbers 7664256 and 6432613 contained in the LIST.