71Transfer of leases, licences and permits to the Authority

71 Transfer of leases, licences and permits to the Authority

(1) Any lease granted by an old body and in force immediately before the commencement day is taken to be a lease granted by the Authority as a committee of management under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978.

S. 71(1A) inserted by No. 42/2021 s. 20(1).

(1A) Any lease granted by a former land manager and in force immediately before the Authority is appointed land manager for the land the subject of the lease under section 62Q or under any other Act is, on that appointment, taken to be a lease granted by the Authority.

S. 71(2) amended by No. 42/2021 s. 20(2).

(2) Any licence or permit granted by an old body and in force immediately before the commencement day is taken to be a licence or permit granted by the Authority as a committee of management under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978.

S. 71(2A) inserted by No. 42/2021 s. 20(3).

(2A) Any licence, permit, consent or authorisation granted by a former land manager and in force immediately before the Authority is appointed land manager for the land the subject of the licence, permit, consent or authorisation under section 62Q or under any other Act is, on that appointment, taken to be a licence, permit, consent or authorisation granted by the Authority.

(3) Nothing effected by this section—

(a) is to be regarded as placing any person in a breach of or as constituting a default under any provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the assignment of a lease, licence or permit referred to in this section; or

(b) is to be regarded as fulfilling any condition which allows a person to exercise a right or remedy in respect of, or to terminate, any agreement or obligation; or

(c) releases any surety or other obligor wholly or in part from any obligation.

S. 71(4) inserted by No. 42/2021 s. 20(4).

(4) In this section—

former land manager means an entity who, immediately before the Authority is appointed land manager for land under section 62Q or under any other Act, had control or management of that land under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, the Forests Act 1958, the Land Act 1958, the National Parks Act 1975 or the Wildlife Act 1975.

S. 71A inserted by No. 42/2021 s. 21.