99Minister may sell Crown land to public authority

99 Minister may sell Crown land to public authority (1) In this section ***public authority*** has the same meaning as in the **Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987**. (2) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in any Act. (3) With the Governor in Council's approval, the Minister may sell Crown land to a public authority at a price and on terms and conditions which the Minister thinks fit, if the Minister is satisfied that the public authority requires the land for a public purpose. (4) The Minister cannot under subsection (3) sell land to a public authority if the land is for the time being permanently or temporarily reserved under section 4 of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978**. (5) A public authority may acquire land sold to it under this section for any public purpose for which the authority may acquire or hold land. S. 99(6) amended by No. 13/1990 s. 41(c). (6) Without limiting subsection (5), a reference to a public purpose includes, in the case of a municipal council, the purpose of housing or decentralised industry. (7) The Minister cannot, under subsection (3), sell to a public authority land described in Schedule Three A. S. 99A inserted by No. 28/1993 s. 4.