134Minister may lease Crown land under this subdivision

134 Minister may lease Crown land under this subdivision S. 134(1) amended by Nos 96/1994 s. 13(1), 25/2023 s. 7(Sch. 1 item 17.15). (1) Subject to this subdivision, the Minister on behalf of His Majesty may grant leases under this subdivision of any Crown land for any purposes (except for the purposes of agriculture) at the rent and subject to the conditions, covenants, reservations, restrictions and exceptions which he thinks fit. S. 134(1A) inserted by No. 40/2009 s. 27(1). (1A) The Minister may, for the purposes of entering into a lease of any Crown land under subsection (1), enter into an agreement to lease that land. S. 134(1B) inserted by No. 40/2009 s. 27(1). (1B) If the Minister enters an agreement to lease Crown land under subsection (1A) and the agreement to lease gives a right to occupy land for a period of time, that period and the period of any lease entered into consequent on that agreement must not, when added together, exceed the maximum lease term permitted under this subdivision. S. 134(2) amended by No. 40/2009 s. 27(2). (2) Nothing in subsection (1) or (1A) constitutes an authority to lease any land which is reserved either temporarily or permanently under section 4 of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** where the reservation of the land has not been revoked, unless— (a) the lease is for the purpose of the manufacture or collection of salt; or (b) the lease is a special lease granted under section 137AA(4). S. 134A inserted by No. 79/1993 s. 5.