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Gas Industry Act 2001
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147 Easements over lands held by Crown licensees or lessees
S. 147(1) amended by No. 49/2015 s. 27.
(1) If an easement acquired by a gas company for any of the purposes of this Act is an easement over land held or occupied by any licensee or lessee of the Crown, a description of the easement and a notification that it has been so acquired must be forwarded without delay by the gas company to the Secretary to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
S. 147(2) amended by No. 49/2015 s. 27.
(2) If an easement referred to in subsection (1) is over land held or occupied under licence, the description and notification must be endorsed on the licence by the Secretary to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and be registered in that Department.
(3) If a Crown grant is issued to a person of the land over which any such easement has been taken, the grant is subject to the easement.
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S. 147A inserted by No. 9/2006 s. 158(1), substituted by No. 22/2013 s. 57.