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Crown Lands Act 1976
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### 39 Compensation for improvements
> > (1) Where any lease is cancelled as provided by [section 37](#GS37@EN) , the Minister shall pay to the lessee compensation for the lessee's interest in the improvements effected by the lessee for the purposes for which the lease was granted including those paid for by him and taken over from the previous lessee of the land but no compensation shall be paid to the lessee in respect of any improvements effected on or to the land after the service of the notice on him under that section.
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> > (2) The compensation referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS39@Gs1@EN) shall be determined by valuation.
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> > (3) [*\[Section 39 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 73 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-07-01/act-2001-073#JS1@Ja11@GC5@EN) The Minister is to cause notice of the amount of compensation payable to a lessee under [subsection (1)](#GS39@Gs1@EN) to be served on the lessee.
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> > (4) [*\[Section 39 Subsection (4) amended by No. 7 of 2025, s. 76, Applied:01 Jul 2025\]*](/view/html/inforce/2025-07-01/act-2025-007#GS76@EN) [*\[Section 39 Subsection (4) substituted by No. 73 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-07-01/act-2001-073#JS1@Ja11@GC5@EN) A lessee who is aggrieved by the amount of compensation payable may apply to the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal for a review of the determination of the amount of compensation.
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> > (5) [*\[Section 39 Subsection (5) omitted by No. 73 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-07-01/act-2001-073#JS1@Ja11@GC5@EN) . . . . . . . .