194Powers to lease in relation to certain Latrobe River land

194 Powers to lease in relation to certain Latrobe River land

(1) Despite anything to the contrary in section 17D of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, a lease may be granted under that section in respect of any part of the Latrobe River land for a period of up to 50 years for such purposes as the Minister administering that Act determines.

(2) Nothing in the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 prevents a lessee of any part of the Latrobe River land from sub-letting that land provided the consent of the Minister administering that Act is first obtained.

(3) In this section Latrobe River land means—

(a) the bed and banks of the Latrobe River from the point 50 metres upstream of the centre of the Yallourn Storage Dam to the confluence of the Latrobe River and Andersons Creek, Yallourn; and

(b) any area of reserved Crown land on either side of the banks of that section of the Latrobe River whether reserved before or after the commencement of section 37 of the Electricity Industry (Amendment) Act 1995.

S. 195
inserted by No. 56/1995 s. 37 (as amended by No. 79/1995 s. 29), amended by No. 11/2024 s. 70.