18Management of land of other public authorities

18 Management of land of other public authorities

18 Management of land of other public authorities

(1) If the Minister for a public authority that owns land within the foreshore area agrees that the land is not being used for the core activities of the public authority, the public authority must transfer—

(a) the land, or

(b) the management of the land,

to Place Management NSW, subject to any terms and conditions agreed to between that Minister and the Minister administering this Act.

(2) An agreement may state whether the transfer is subject to the payment of compensation and, if compensation is to be paid, the amount of the compensation or the basis on which it is to be determined.

(3) Duty under the Duties Act 1997 is not chargeable for or in respect of—

(a) a transfer effected in accordance with an agreement under this section or a voluntary transfer of land to Place Management NSW by a public authority, or

(b) anything certified by the Minister as having been done in consequence of such a transfer (for example, the transfer or conveyance of an interest in land).

(4) A public authority whose land is managed by Place Management NSW under an agreement with the public authority may delegate its functions to Place Management NSW, despite the provisions of any other Act.

(5) In this section—

Minister for a public authority means the Minister administering—

(a) the Act by which the public authority is constituted or established, or

(b) in the case of a subsidiary, the Act by which the subsidiary’s parent is constituted or established.

public authority includes—

(a) a State owned corporation within the meaning of the State Owned Corporations Act 1989 and a subsidiary within the meaning of that Act of such a corporation, and

(b) Transport for NSW constituted under the Transport Administration Act 1988,

but does not include a council.

s 18: Am 2000 No 53, Sch 2.22; 2006 No 58, Sch 2.63; 2006 No 84, Sch 2.16; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.68.