21Leases, licences and easements

21 Leases, licences and easements

21 Leases, licences and easements

(1) The Trust may grant a lease, licence or easement over land within the GSPT estate if the lease, licence or easement—

(a) is consistent with the objects of this Act, and

(b) will not reduce the extent of the net existing natural environment of the GSPT estate.

(2) However, a lease, licence or easement for more than 25 years may be granted only with the Minister’s consent.

(3) The Minister’s consent under subsection (2) may be—

(a) given in relation to—

(i) particular land or a class of land, or

(ii) a particular lease, licence or easement or a class of leases, licences, or easements, and

(b) subject to conditions, including conditions about—

(i) public consultation that are consistent with the approved consultation and engagement framework, and

(ii) access and use of the land that is the subject of the lease, licence or easement by the community, and

(c) amended from time to time.

(4) The Trust must give public notice, in the way prescribed by the regulations, of the following—

(a) that the Trust proposes to grant a lease, licence or easement under this section,

(b) that a lease, licence or easement has been granted under this section.

(5) To avoid doubt, the Trust’s annual reporting information prepared under the Government Sector Finance Act 2018 must include—

(a) information about all leases, licences and easements granted by the Trust over land within the GSPT estate during the financial year to which the annual report relates, and

(b) details of all money received by the Trust as revenue, during the financial year to which the annual report relates, from leases, licences and easements over land within the GSPT estate.

s 21: Am 2023 No 35, Sch 3.3.