16Power of Minister to grant easements etc. over Crown land

##### 16. Power of Minister to grant easements etc. over Crown land Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Act or in any licence, proclamation, reservation, declaration or dedication of or with respect to any Crown land, the Minister for Lands, or a public service officer of the Department, as defined in the *Land Administration Act 1997* section 3(1), who is authorised in writing by the Minister for Lands to do so in that Minister’s name, may, upon such terms and conditions, and subject to the payment of such fee as the grantor thinks fit, grant to a licensee any lease, easement, licence or other authority necessary or expedient to enable the licensee — (a) to construct the pipeline specified in the licensee’s licence over any such Crown land; and (b) to operate, inspect, maintain and repair that pipeline. [Section 16 amended: No. 8 of 2010 s. 23.]