Section 187 - National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 - Administration of existing interests in reserved land

187Administration of existing interests in reserved land

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187 Administration of existing interests in reserved land

(1) In this section, existing interest means a lease, licence, permit, authority, authorisation or occupancy under the Forestry Act 2012 or Crown land Acts—

(a) in relation to land reserved under this Act immediately before the commencement of this section—in force on that commencement, or

(b) in relation to land reserved under this Act on or after the commencement of this section—in force at the date on which the land was so reserved.

(2) The administration of matters relating to existing interests, to the extent that those interests affect any land reserved under this Act, is vested in the Minister.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the Minister has—

(a) in respect of existing interests under the Forestry Act 2012, the powers of the Minister administering that Act and of the Forestry Corporation, and

(b) in respect of existing interests under the Crown land Acts, the powers of the Minister administering the Crown Land Management Act 2016.

(c), (d) (Repealed)

(4) In this section—

Crown land Acts means each of the following—

(a) the Crown Land Management Act 2016,

(b) the Crown Lands Act 1989,

(c) the Crown Lands (Continued Tenures) Act 1989,

(d) the Western Lands Act 1901.

s 187: Ins 2001 No 130, Sch 1 [64]. Am 2012 No 96, Sch 4.24 [1] [5]; 2017 No 17, Sch 2.16 [26]–[28].