13Notice of lands available, &c.

13 Notice of lands available, &c. (1) Where the Minister proposes: (a) to invite applications for a lease or for the grant of an estate in fee simple; or (b) to sell an estate in fee simple in or a lease of Crown land by auction, ballot or tender, he or she shall give notice in the Gazette of: (c) in the case of an inviting of applications – the closing date for receipt of applications and the place where applications must be lodged; (d) in the case of a sale by auction or ballot – the date, time and place at which the auction or ballot will be conducted; (e) in the case of a sale by tender – the closing date for the submission of tenders, and the place where they must be submitted; (f) a general description of the lands and the nature of the interests that will be sold; and (g) the place at which a member of the public may obtain details of the lands and the interests that will be sold. (2) A notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette not earlier than 3 months or later than 28 days before the applications are to close or the sale is to take place. (3) Where the Minister proposes to include in a lease a provision by virtue of which the lessee may acquire or claim a right to an estate in fee simple or another lease, the description, referred to in subsection (1)(f), of the nature of the interests that will be sold shall include a reference to that right. (4) Where a notice referred to in subsection (1) relating to the sale of land by tender specifies a date as the closing date for the submission of tenders, the Minister may before that closing date, by notice in the Gazette, specify a later date as the closing date for the submission of those tenders and that later date so specified shall be the closing date accordingly. (5) The Minister may include in a proposal for the sale by tender of an estate in fee simple in or a lease of Crown land an invitation for tenderers to submit proposals to the Minister in relation to the use of the land, the terms and conditions to which the sale should be Crown Lands Act 1992 9 subject and the covenants, if any, that should apply. (6) A tender for the purchase of an estate in fee simple in or a lease of Crown land may indicate the date until which the offer to purchase remains open but, notwithstanding that such a date is indicated, the offer may be withdrawn at any time before it is accepted. (7) Where the Minister proposes to sell an estate in fee simple in or a lease of Crown land by tender, the Minister may, before accepting an offer by tender, negotiate with a tenderer the terms and conditions to which the sale will be subject and the covenants, if any, that will apply. (8) The Minister is not bound to accept the highest, or any, tender for the purchase of an estate in fee simple in or a lease of Crown land offered for sale in pursuance of this section. (9) The Minister may withdraw land from sale at any time before a person obtains, or obtains a right to, an estate in fee simple in or a lease of that land, notwithstanding that the Minister has given notice under subsection (1) in relation to the land.