This Act sets out how the Northern Territory government manages, sells, leases, licences, reserves and resumes Crown land. It creates the legal rules and administrative procedures for: granting freehold (estate in fee simple) and leases (ss 9–12); selling land by application, auction, tender or ballot (ss 12–14); setting purchase prices, deposits and survey/registration cost contributions (ss 16–18); imposing reservations and covenants on grants (ss 19–24); creating and varying leases and their terms including rent, re-appraisements and forfeiture (ss 26–56); creating easements and related interests (ss 60–61); vesting roads in local councils (ss 73–75); reserving and resuming Crown land for public purposes and processes for compensation (ss 76–82); objections and review routes to the Land and Valuation Review Tribunal (ss 83–86); a licensing regime for short-term access/uses and royalties on materials removed (Part 7, ss 88–94C); and miscellaneous powers like impounding animals and making regulations (ss 95–106).
Who this affects
Individuals and businesses seeking to buy, lease, subdivide or develop Crown land (ss 12–18, 42–44, 24).
The Crown Lands Act 1992 is the principal statute governing the disposition, management and resumption of Crown land in the Northern Territory. At its core, the Act provides a comprehensive framework for alienating unalienated Crown land—defined in s 3 as all lands of the Territory including the sea bed within territorial limits but excluding reserved lands—through grants of estates in fee simple or leases (s 9(1)). It prohibits alienation otherwise than in accordance with its provisions (s 4(1)), subject to limited savings for pre-existing agreements, grants under other Acts or the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) (s 4(2)).
Division 1 of Part 3 establishes the methods of disposal. The Minister must ordinarily invite applications, or offer land by auction, tender or ballot (s 12(2)), although the Minister may dispense with these requirements by written determination (s 12(3)) or in specific cases such as exercising lease options to add adjoining land or for consolidation or renewal (s 12(4)-(5)). Detailed notice requirements in the Gazette are mandated (s 13), including closing dates, descriptions of land and interests, and opportunities for the public to obtain further details. Procedures at auctions and ballots are set by the Minister, including eligibility criteria that may draw on waiting lists (s 14). Applications for leases or freehold must be in approved form with deposits (s 15), and purchase prices or reserve prices are fixed by the Minister, potentially after Valuer-General input (s 16).
Division 2 addresses estates in fee simple. Grants may be made subject to reservations, restrictive covenants or covenants in gross (s 19(1)), including specific reservations for Aboriginal community living areas under the Lands Acquisition Act 1978 (s 20). Minerals are reserved to the Crown in every grant (s 21), as is the absence of water rights (s 22). The maximum size of any freehold grant is 150 square kilometres (s 23). Development agreements may be entered, secured by bond (s 24), and grants may be made before full payment, secured by mortgage (s 25).
Current sections
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Mortgagees of leases (procedures for forfeiture and power-of-sale interactions — s 39).
Valuer-General and Land and Valuation Review Tribunal (valuation, re‑appraisal and review functions — ss 50–51, 54, 59, 83–85).
Why it matters (stated purposes, then practical trade-offs)
Stated purposes: the Act provides legal mechanisms to sell or lease Crown land, to reserve land for public purposes (including Aboriginal community living areas, parks, roads, water conservation and other public needs — s 76 and s 20), and to regulate how the Territory recovers money for use of Crown land (purchase prices, rent, licence fees and royalties — ss 16, 27, 94, 94A).
Practical trade-offs and implementation considerations:
Who pays: purchasers and lessees pay purchase prices, deposits and lease grant charges (ss 16–18, 30); lessees pay rent subject to re-appraisement (ss 27–29, 50–51); licensees may pay licence fees and royalties (ss 94, 94A, 94C); persons required to meet survey or registration costs may be charged those sums (s 18). These are explicit revenue streams to the Territory.
Who decides and where discretion sits: the Minister holds wide decision-making powers — to grant, refuse or set terms of leases and freeholds, to determine procedures for auctions/tenders, to vary lease terms (including moratoria and rent postponements), to set or waive fees and royalties, and to appoint trustees for reserves (see ss 6–9, 12–14, 34–36, 41–41A, 8, 92–94A, 79). The Administrator holds power to resume and reserve Crown land by proclamation (s 76). Many Ministerial decisions can be delegated (s 7). These are administrative discretion points that determine outcomes for applicants, lessees and licensees.
Compliance burden and transaction costs: applicants must use prescribed forms and may pay application fees and deposits (s 15, s 8). Where the Minister requires it, Valuer-General valuations, subdivision plans, surveys and bonds for development can be required (ss 16, 18, 24, 42–44). Leases can impose covenants to maintain improvements, insurance and staged payments (s 49). These requirements create administrative and financial compliance costs for private parties.
Legal and administrative risks: the Act allows forfeiture of leases for non‑compliance (s 38) but sets procedural safeguards for mortgaged leases (s 39) and provides objection and review procedures to the Tribunal (ss 83–85). Resumption for public purposes may trigger compensation for lessees for improvements or loss of lease (ss 81–82), but the valuation excludes value increases due to public works (s 82(4)(a)).
Effects on private choice, ownership and investment incentives: transfer or mortgage of leases often requires Ministerial consent (ss 46–48). Leases can be re-appraised (rent) periodically (s 50) and licences and royalties can be imposed or varied during a licence term (ss 94(4), 94A(4)), which can change ongoing costs and affect long-term investment calculations. Reservation of mineral rights (s 21) and explicit exclusion of water rights from landownership (s 22) limit the bundle of rights that a private owner or lessee holds.
Potential concentrated benefits and diffuse costs: the Minister may grant land, licences or development agreements with tailored reservations, covenants and bonds (ss 19, 24). Developers or purchasers who secure favourable terms benefit directly; the fiscal cost of fee waivers, refunds or rent remission (s 8, 41A, 41) is borne by the Territory, diffused across public budgets. The Act also permits exemptions or waivers of fees/royalties (s 8, ss 94–94A(7)), creating administrative discretion over who bears costs.
Key points of discretion and contestable decisions (implementation risks)
Ministerial discretion to grant, refuse, vary or cancel leases, licences and conditions (ss 9, 12(3), 34, 91–94, 94B).
Power to set prices, reserve prices, rents, royalties and to require bonds or mortgage security (ss 16, 28, 30, 24(2), 94, 94A, 25).
Power to resume or reserve land (Administrator/Minister) with prescribed notice and compensation rules (ss 76, 80–82).
Re-appraisal of rent and valuation roles assigned to the Valuer-General, with statutory notice and appeal paths (ss 50–51, 54, 59, 83–85).
Rights reserved to the Crown even after freehold grants (minerals, easements) limiting private ownership (ss 19, 21, 37).
Cross-references and coordination
The Act operates alongside and refers to other Territory and Commonwealth laws: Land Title Act 2000 (form of instruments and registrations — ss 9–11), Pastoral Land Act 1992 (exclusions and definitions — s 4), Planning Act 1999 (subdivision and consent processes — ss 44, 57), Valuation of Land Act 1963 (definitions and Tribunal connection — ss 3, 85), and Mineral/Petroleum laws (through mineral reservations — s 37(b), 21). Those cross-references affect procedure, timelines and the bundle of rights conveyed.
Bottom-line practical effect
The Act creates a centralized administrative framework for disposing of, regulating and retaining rights in Crown land. It establishes predictable revenue mechanisms (purchase prices, rents, fees, royalties) and gives the Territory tools to reserve land for public or Indigenous community uses, but it also vests broad discretion in the Minister and the Administrator over grants, terms, fees, resumptions and exemptions (see ss 8, 9, 12, 76, 91–94A). Affected private parties should expect application/formal requirements, periodic rent re-appraisals, possible conditions limiting use or transfer, and routes for valuation and administrative review (ss 15, 50, 83–85).
(References in parentheses are to sections of the Crown Lands Act 1992.)
Division 3 is the longest and most operationally significant portion, dealing with leases. Only two classes are permitted: term leases or leases in perpetuity (s 26). Standard conditions must be included: reservations of entry, minerals, resumption and timber; covenants to pay rent annually in advance, to use land only for permitted purposes, and to allow surrender; and forfeiture for unpaid rent after six months or breach of conditions (s 27). Rent is fixed before offering (s 28) and is subject to five-yearly re-appraisement (s 50), with specific rules where based on unimproved value requiring Valuer-General input (s 51). The Minister may reduce rent, grant moratoria, vary terms on application (ss 29, 34-35), or refund rent (s 41A, inserted 2022).
Lease grant charges must ordinarily be paid in full before grant (s 30), although outstanding balances may be secured by covenant or mortgage. Leases are exempt from rates while subdivision covenants remain unfulfilled (s 31). Breach procedures are prescriptive: notice of breach, opportunity to explain, possible waiver, further notice to remedy, or outright forfeiture for wilful non-compliance (s 38). Special protections apply to mortgaged leases, requiring 28 days' notice to the mortgagee before Gazette forfeiture (s 39), with priority debts and potential variation of development covenants on sale.
Subdivision and consolidation are tightly regulated (ss 42-44), requiring Minister approval, new leases with specified reservations, and compliance with the Planning Act 1999 where applicable. Surrender for sanctuary creation under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1996 is permitted without compensation (s 45). Transfers, sub-leases, mortgages or creation of easements require Minister consent (s 46), which cannot be given until purchase instalments are paid (s 48). Improvements on land to be leased are valued and may be paid by instalments with interest (s 49), and re-appraisements of rent or improvements trigger objection rights (Part 6).
Part 4 vests fee simple in roads in local councils upon request and survey (s 73), preserving indefeasibility under the Land Title Act 2000 (s 74) while maintaining public road status. Part 5 empowers the Administrator by proclamation to resume Crown land (including leased land) for an extensive list of public purposes ranging from Aboriginal use to national parks, forestry, stock routes, water conservation and local government (s 76(1)). Resumption requires notice (s 80), cancels the lease as to the resumed portion (s 81), and triggers compensation only for lessee-owned improvements and depreciation or loss of lease (s 82), assessed by the Valuer-General without regard to betterment from public works.
Part 6 creates a statutory objection and review process before the Land and Valuation Review Tribunal for re-appraisements, improvement valuations, compensation, determinations under s 81 and forfeitures (ss 83-87). Part 7, substantially rewritten by the Statute Law Amendment (Territory Economic Reconstruction) Act 2022, now provides a modern licensing regime over Crown or reserved land not already leased (s 89). Licences permit non-exclusive access, occupation or use and may allow taking of Territory property (s 89(3)). Applications require prescribed fees (s 90); the Minister may grant, refuse, condition or require pre-conditions (ss 91-92). Conditions are both statutory (no exclusive possession, purpose-limited use, no unapproved improvements) and regulatory or Minister-imposed (s 92). Fees, royalties and additional royalties for excess material removal are determined by the Minister and may be reviewed (ss 94-94A). Licences may be cancelled or surrendered (s 94B), with outstanding amounts remaining as debts (s 94C).
Part 8 contains miscellaneous powers: constituting counties, hundreds and towns (s 95), declaring stock routes (s 96), impounding trespassing stock or destroying pigs (s 100), and imposing penalties for unlawful depasturing (s 101) or removal of timber or materials without authority (s 102, 40 penalty units). The Minister may summon witnesses (s 98). Part 9 repeals a long list of predecessor Ordinances (s 107 and Schedule 2) while preserving existing titles, leases and instruments (s 108). Part 10 contains transitional rules for rent re-appraisement cycles (s 110) and pre-2022 licences (s 111).
In aggregate, the Act creates a layered, discretionary but procedurally prescriptive system that channels all significant dealings with Crown land through Ministerial oversight while providing Tribunal review, Gazette transparency and integration with Torrens title, planning and valuation statutes.
Who it affects
The Act primarily affects three groups. First, the Territory Government itself, through the Minister (who holds all core powers of alienation, variation, forfeiture, resumption and licensing) and the Administrator (who makes proclamations of resumption or reservation under s 76). The Valuer-General and Land and Valuation Review Tribunal are given statutory roles in rent re-appraisements, improvement valuations and compensation (ss 51, 54, 59, 82-85). The Parks and Wildlife Commission, trustees appointed under s 79, and local government councils (for road vesting under s 73) also exercise functions.
Second, private parties—individuals over 18 or corporations (s 52)—who wish to acquire freehold or leasehold interests. This includes pastoralists (although pastoral leases are excluded from the definition of "lease" and governed by the Pastoral Land Act 1992), developers seeking subdivision (ss 42-44), mortgagees (s 39), and persons needing licences to extract materials, convey services or occupy for limited purposes (Part 7). Lessees and licensees are subject to ongoing obligations of rent, royalty and condition compliance.
Third, Aboriginal inhabitants of the Territory, who benefit from statutory reservations in every lease (s 37(2)-(4)) permitting entry, use of natural waters, and taking of traditional foods and materials for food or ceremony (subject to no permanent structures except at ordinary residence). Specific reservations for Aboriginal community living areas are preserved in freehold grants under the Lands Acquisition Act 1978 (s 20). The Act therefore directly engages the intersection of native title interests, although it expressly does not affect grants under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) (s 4(2)(d)).
Indirectly, the Act affects the general public through public access to reserved lands, trustees' by-laws (s 79(9)), road vesting, and the prohibition on interfering with Aboriginal reserved rights (s 37(3), 40 penalty units). Surveyors, valuers, lawyers preparing instruments in appropriate form under the Land Title Act 2000, and auctioneers authorised by the Minister (s 97) are also impacted in professional capacities.
Key duties and rights
Key duties fall heaviest on lessees and licensees. Lessees must pay rent annually in advance (s 27(d)), use land only for permitted purposes (s 27(e)), maintain improvements (s 49(4)), and comply with development covenants. Breach triggers the graduated enforcement ladder in s 38. Licensees must observe statutory conditions of non-exclusive possession and purpose limitation (s 92(1)), pay fees and royalties (ss 94, 94A), and obtain approval before making improvements or storing chattels (s 92(1)(c)). Both owe debts to the Territory for unpaid amounts (ss 53, 94C), secured on the land where applicable.
The Minister's duties include giving at least six months' notice of re-appraised rent (s 50(3)), considering objections (s 83), referring reviews to the Tribunal (s 84), and paying compensation for resumption-assessed improvements and lease depreciation (s 82(6)). The Minister must also obtain trustee or management consent before granting licences over reserved land (s 89(4)) and publish determinations to dispense with ordinary disposal methods within 60 days (s 12(6)).
Rights are more diffuse. Lessees have rights to surrender (s 27(f)), seek variation or moratorium (ss 34-35), subdivide with approval (s 42), convert to freehold where the lease so provides (s 55), and receive payment for improvements on forfeiture where value exceeds outstanding amounts (s 49(9)). Mortgagees receive 28 days' notice before forfeiture Gazette publication and may exercise power of sale with Ministerial variation of covenants (s 39). Applicants for land enjoy procedural rights to Gazette notice, deposit repayment if unsuccessful (s 15(c)), and Tribunal review of adverse valuations or forfeitures (Part 6).
Aboriginal inhabitants hold statutory rights of entry, water use and traditional resource harvesting on leased land (s 37(2)), protected by offence provisions (s 37(3)). Owners of fee simple retain title subject to mineral and water reservations (ss 21-22) but gain indefeasible title under the Land Title Act 2000 once registered. Local councils gain vested fee simple in roads upon compliance with s 73, subject to continued public use.
Penalties and enforcement
Enforcement is primarily administrative rather than criminal. The principal sanction is forfeiture of lease, effected only by Gazette notice after objection and review rights are exhausted (s 87). Forfeiture for mortgaged leases is delayed (s 39). Unpaid rent after six months automatically renders a lease liable to forfeiture (s 27(g)), although the Minister may postpone or remit for hardship (ss 40-41). Breach of conditions follows the s 38 process culminating in forfeiture if wilful.
Criminal penalties are modest but targeted. Unlawful interference with Aboriginal reserved rights carries 40 penalty units (s 37(3)). Unlawful depasturing is 40 penalty units plus $50 per head of cattle or buffalo (s 101). Removing timber or materials without authority is 40 penalty units (s 102). Failure to attend or produce documents when summoned by the Minister is 4 penalty units (s 98(2)). Trustees' by-laws may impose up to 4 penalty units (s 79(9)(p)). Regulations may prescribe offences up to 8 penalty units (s 106(e)).
Civil recovery is available for all moneys due as debts (ss 53, 94C). Deposits are forfeited on non-completion (s 17). The Act expressly preserves the right to enforce covenants or forfeit despite acceptance of rent (s 105). On resumption, the Territory pays compensation but sets off betterment (s 82(4)).
How it interacts with other laws
The Act is deliberately interwoven with the Northern Territory's land law architecture. It is subordinate to the Land Title Act 2000 for registration, indefeasibility and form of instruments (ss 9, 10, 36, 39, 73-75). Leases and freehold grants are recorded in the land register; variations and forfeitures must be notified to the Registrar-General.
It cross-references the Pastoral Land Act 1992 to exclude pastoral leases from its lease definition and savings provisions (ss 3, 108). The Planning Act 1999 governs subdivision consent; Crown Lands Act subdivisions on planning land must satisfy conditions and deposit plans with the Surveyor-General before new titles issue (s 44). The Valuation of Land Act 1963 supplies definitions of "improvements" and "unimproved value" and constitutes the Land and Valuation Review Tribunal (s 3).
The Local Government Act 2019 interacts with rate exemptions for unsubdivided land (ss 24, 31), road vesting (Part 4) and control of roads. Mineral Titles Act 2010 and Petroleum Act 1984 refine the mineral reservation in leases (s 37(1)(b)). The Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1996 is engaged when lessees surrender land for sanctuary declaration (s 45).
Recent Statute Law Amendment (Territory Economic Reconstruction) Acts 2021 and 2022 inserted transitional rent rules (s 110) and rewrote Part 7 licensing to align with economic development objectives while preserving pre-commencement licences (s 111). The Law of Property Act 2000 supplies meanings for easement, covenant, easement in gross and covenant in gross (s 3, s 60).
Commonwealth legislation is preserved: the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) is unaffected (s 4(2)(d)), and resumption for Aboriginal inhabitants is expressly authorised (s 76(1)(a)(i), expanded in s 76(4)).
Recent changes and why
The most significant recent changes occurred via the Statute Law Amendment (Territory Economic Reconstruction) Act 2022 (assent 14 April 2022, Part 7 commenced 25 May 2023). Part 7 was entirely replaced to create a flexible, non-exclusive licensing regime (ss 88-94C). New provisions allow royalties and additional royalties for material removal (s 94A), Ministerial variation of conditions during term (s 92(3)), and clarification that outstanding amounts survive cancellation or surrender as debts (s 94C). These changes respond to economic reconstruction priorities post-COVID, enabling quicker, lower-cost access to Crown land for services, extraction and temporary uses without granting leases.
The Statute Law Amendment (Territory Economic Reconstruction) Act 2021 altered rent re-appraisement from 10-year to 5-year cycles (new s 50) with transitional smoothing (s 110), aiming to ensure rents reflect current unimproved values more responsively and improve Territory revenue.
Earlier amendments integrated the Planning Act 1999 (via 1993, 1999 and 2020 Acts), aligned with the Land Title Act 2000 (2000 amendments), updated penalty units (2013), and inserted s 41A refund power and various exemptions (2022). The overall trajectory has been modernisation: reducing administrative rigidity, aligning with planning and Torrens systems, and providing revenue tools (royalties) while preserving procedural fairness through Tribunal review.
Court challenges and controversies
The source text does not record specific court challenges, but the structure reveals likely flashpoints. Forfeiture procedures under ss 38-39 and 87 have been the subject of historical litigation in analogous pastoral contexts, particularly whether acceptance of rent waives breach (expressly negated by s 105). The graduated breach notice process in s 38 is designed to withstand natural justice challenge by providing explanation opportunities before forfeiture.
Resumption compensation under s 82, which excludes betterment and follows Valuer-General assessment, mirrors pre-1992 case law on resumption without reinstatement or disturbance. Tribunal reviews under Part 6 are limited to objection grounds (s 84(3)), consistent with Valuation of Land Act 1963 procedures applied by s 85(3).
Controversies have historically surrounded Aboriginal access rights (s 37). The broad reservation for traditional use, coupled with the offence for unjustified interference (s 37(3)-(4)), reflects the Northern Territory's unique land rights history post-Mabo and the Aboriginal Land Rights Act. The 1989 Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Aboriginal Community Living Areas) Act inserted s 20 reservations to facilitate community living areas.
Recent licensing changes have not yet generated reported controversy in the text, but the shift from prescriptive pre-2022 Part 7 to Ministerial discretion on conditions and royalties may invite judicial review on reasonableness grounds. The maximum freehold grant limit (s 23, 150 km²) and prohibition on leasing already-leased land (s 89(2)) prevent aggregation that could attract competition or foreign ownership concerns.
Gotchas
Most practitioners miss that a lease in perpetuity is not freehold; it remains Crown land subject to all reservations, rent re-appraisement every five years (s 50), and resumption (s 27(c), s 76). Many assume payment of rent or acceptance of late rent waives breach—s 105 expressly prevents this.
The definition of "Crown lands" excludes reserved lands, yet Part 7 licences can be granted over reserved land with trustee consent (ss 88, 89(4)). Failure to obtain that consent before grant renders the licence vulnerable.
Section 37(2) Aboriginal reservations apply to every lease and are not negotiable; interference can attract strict liability prosecution (40 penalty units) with a narrow "proper management" defence. Conversely, lessees cannot erect permanent structures for Aboriginal visitors except at ordinary residence points.
On resumption, compensation is limited to improvements owned by the lessee and depreciation of the lease or loss of lease (s 82(1)); no compensation is payable for the land itself or for the value of the leasehold interest beyond depreciation. Valuer-General assessments under s 82(4) ignore betterment from the very public work that triggered resumption.
The 90-day strict time limit to surrender and accept new subdivided or consolidated leases (ss 42(6), 43(7)) is unforgiving; missing it requires fresh applications. Likewise, objection periods are short: 28 days for most forfeitures and valuations, three months for rent re-appraisements (s 83(2)).
Ministerial determinations to dispense with auction/tender (s 12(3)) must be Gazetted within 60 days, yet the validity of the subsequent grant is not conditional on publication—creating a potential transparency gap. Finally, licences under the new Part 7 do not confer exclusive possession (s 92(1)(a)), so overlapping licences are possible; clients expecting "their" land may be surprised by concurrent authorised users.
How to comply
Compliance begins with due diligence on title. Obtain a current land register search under the Land Title Act 2000 and confirm whether land is Crown land, reserved, subject to lease, or already the subject of a licence. For acquisition, respond to Gazette notices (s 13) within time, lodge approved-form applications with deposit (s 15), and be prepared for ballot or auction eligibility screening (s 14).
If granted a lease, ensure the instrument contains all mandatory reservations and covenants (s 27). Pay rent annually in advance and diarise five-year re-appraisement dates (s 50); lodge objections within three months if the re-appraised rent appears excessive (s 83). For development covenants or improvements, maintain accurate records and seek written variation before deviation (s 34). Any proposed transfer, mortgage, sub-lease or easement requires prior Ministerial consent (s 46); apply in writing and clear all purchase instalments first (s 48).
Subdivision or consolidation requires a survey plan, Ministerial approval, acceptance of new reservations and charges, and compliance with Planning Act 1999 conditions before surrender of the parent lease (ss 42-44). Lodge variations with the Registrar-General to take effect (s 36).
For licences, apply in writing with fee (s 90), disclose intended use, and negotiate conditions before grant. Pay royalties on material removed and monitor for additional royalty exposure if volumes exceed entitlement (s 94A). Do not assume exclusivity or make unapproved improvements.
On resumption notices, immediately quantify improvements, consider Tribunal review of compensation (s 84), and preserve evidence of value. If facing forfeiture notice, furnish explanations within time and request Tribunal review where available (ss 38, 84). Maintain insurance on improvements where required (s 49(5)(g)) and keep the Minister informed of changes in ownership or occupation.
Corporate lessees must ensure authorised officers sign instruments in appropriate form. All parties should retain copies of every Gazette notice, Ministerial approval, valuation and Tribunal decision. Regular compliance audits against the standard covenants in s 27 and licence conditions in s 92 are advisable, especially before rent re-appraisement or transfer. Where hardship arises, apply promptly for postponement, remission or refund (ss 40, 41, 41A, 94, 94A(7)).
In short, compliance is achieved by treating every dealing as requiring Ministerial or Tribunal sign-off, observing strict time limits, maintaining improvement and payment records, and recognising that the Territory retains ultimate control through reservations, rent review, resumption and forfeiture powers.
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