13Further provision for leases and licences of certain trust lands

13 Further provision for leases and licences of certain trust lands

13 Further provision for leases and licences of certain trust lands

(1) Despite section 12 (3), the Trust may, with the approval of the Minister, grant a lease in respect of any of the following parts of the trust lands for any term that, together with the term of any further lease that may be granted on the exercise of an option contained in the lease, does not exceed 50 years—

(a) such part of the trust lands as was vested by the National Parks and Wildlife (Parramatta Regional Park) Act 1998, immediately before the repeal of that Act, in the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 in that Minister’s capacity as a corporation sole,

(b) such part of the Mays Hill precinct (as identified as the Mays Hill precinct on the map in Part 2 of Schedule 1A) that is leased for the purposes of—

(i) the operation and maintenance of an aquatic leisure centre, or

(ii) any purpose associated with the aquatic leisure centre, including gymnasiums, sports courts, public amenities, cafes, spectator seating, barbecue areas, health and well-being facilities, ancillary administrative areas, associated car parking facilities and outdoor recreation and leisure spaces.

(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1) (b) (i), aquatic leisure centre means a building or place used predominantly for aquatic recreational purposes and includes a swimming pool.

(2), (3) (Repealed)

(4) The Trust must not grant a lease of any land referred to in subsection (1) unless—

(a) it has given public notice of the proposed lease in accordance with subsections (5) and (6), and

(b) it has considered any submissions duly made to it under subsection (7), and

(c) it has given to the Minister, when seeking the Minister’s approval of the terms and conditions of the proposed lease, copies of any submissions objecting to the proposed lease.

(5) The Trust must—

(a) give public notice of a proposed lease by means of a notice published in a newspaper (whether published in print or on a publicly accessible website) circulating generally in New South Wales, and