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Pastoral Land Act 1992
30BMeaning of lease transaction
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30B Meaning of lease transaction
(1) A lease transaction is any one of the following:
(a) transfer of a pastoral lease;
(b) sublease of all or part of land the subject of a pastoral lease;
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(c) transfer a sublease;
(d) variation or extension of a sublease;
(e) any other transaction that results in a pastoral lessee or
sublessee otherwise parting with possession of pastoral land.
(2) For this section, where a body corporate is a lessee or sublessee,
any change in the following is taken to be a transfer of the lease or
sublease:
(a) the ability or capacity of one or more persons to control or
procure the composition of the board of directors of the lessee
or sublessee;
(b) the ability or capacity of one or more persons to cast or
control, or procure the casting of 15% or more of the
maximum number of votes that may be cast at a general
meeting of the lessee or sublessee;
(c) the holding of legal title to, or of a beneficial interest, direct or
indirect, whether by medium of interposed corporations or
trusts or otherwise, in 15% or more of the shares in the lessee
or sublessee.