87Public authority may grant easements etc. for pipelines

87 Public authority may grant easements etc. for pipelines (1) A public authority may grant to a licensee a lease, easement, licence or other authority of or over any land vested in the public authority that is necessary or expedient to enable the licensee to carry out a pipeline operation on or under that land. (2) Subject to subsection (3), a lease, easement, licence or authority under subsection (1) may be granted on any terms and conditions agreed between the public authority and the licensee. (3) If the Minister so determines, a lease, easement, licence or authority under subsection (1) must be granted on any terms and conditions imposed by the Minister. (4) A lease, easement, licence or authority cannot be granted under this section in respect of— (a) wilderness Crown land; or (b) land that is part of a park within the meaning of the **National Parks Act 1975** or land that is managed under that Act; or (c) land that is subject to a licence granted under Part 3A of the **Victorian Plantations Corporation Act 1993**. (5) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in any other Act.