45Revocation of permanent and temporary reservations

45 Revocation of permanent and temporary reservations

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister and the Minister administering the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, may by Order published in the Government Gazette declare that the temporary or permanent reservation under that Act of land which is in the project area and which is described in the Order is revoked.

(2) On the publication in the Government Gazette of an Order under subsection (1)—

(a) any Order in Council reserving the land and any appointment of a committee of management for the land are revoked; and

(b) unless the Order otherwise provides, the land is, despite any Act or law to the contrary, deemed to be unalienated land of the Crown, freed and discharged from all limitations; and

(c) if the Order states that this paragraph applies, any Crown grant of that land made before the date of publication of the Order, and any other title document deriving from the grant is, and must be taken always to have been, as valid and effective as if the reservation of that land had been revoked before the grant was made.

(3) This section does not apply to land reserved under paragraph (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (t), (v), (w), (x), (zb), (zd), (ze) or (zf) of section 4 of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978.