18Former Crown land that is not developed within 10 years may be transferred back to Crown

18 Former Crown land that is not developed within 10 years may be transferred back to Crown

[Section 18 Substituted by No. 26 of 2022, s. 26, Applied:01 Dec 2022]

(1)  If an area of land that has vested in Homes Tasmania under section 16 has not, within 10 years after the area of land became housing supply land –

(a) been transferred to another person under the Homes Tasmania Act 2022 ; or

(b) been used or developed for the purposes of residential housing, which purposes may include –

(i) a use or development, of part of the land, that is necessary or appropriate for the purposes of a subdivision of the area of land for residential purposes; and

(ii) a use or development, of part of the land, the zoning of which part remained the same when the zoning of other parts of the area of land was altered under a housing land supply order –

the Minister may issue a notice under subsection (2) transferring the area of land from Homes Tasmania to the Crown.

(2)  The Minister, if permitted to do so under subsection (1) , may, by notice in the Gazette, transfer from Homes Tasmania to the Crown an area of land specified in the notice.

(3)  On the day on which a notice under subsection (2) appears in the Gazette, or a later day specified in the notice, the area of land specified in the notice is transferred to the Crown.