25Effect of determination to sell shack site

25 Effect of determination to sell shack site

(1)  A shack site determination referred to in section 4(1)(c) authorises the Minister to –

(a) cancel the subsisting lease or licence for the shack site; and

(b) offer to sell the shack site to the lessee or licensee.

(2)  The sale price at which the shack site is to be offered to the lessee or licensee is to be made up as follows:

(a) the land value of the shack site, as assessed by the Valuer-General;

(b) [Section 25 Subsection (2) amended by No. 67 of 1999, s. 9, Applied:17 Nov 1999] the cost of providing any infrastructure that has been or, in the reasonable opinion of the Secretary, will have to be provided by the Crown in relation to the shack site;

(c) [Section 25 Subsection (2) amended by No. 67 of 1999, s. 9, Applied:17 Nov 1999] the administrative costs, or such part of the administrative costs as the Minister determines is reasonable in the circumstances.

(3)  Nothing in section 13 of the Crown Lands Act 1976 is to be taken as limiting the operation of subsection (2) .

(4)  [Section 25 Subsection (4) amended by No. 73 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2002] Where a person who is purchasing a shack site pursuant to a determination under section 4(1)(c) is able to complete the purchase in full within 30 days of the day on which the last of any conditions precedent to the purchase is satisfied, the Minister may discount the price of the shack site by an amount equal to 10% of its land value, as assessed by the Valuer-General or, on review, by the Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division).