351Dealings with rural leases

351 Dealings with rural leases (a) a rural lease granted under section 263 (Granting leases); and (b) a grant of a further rural lease. (2) A lessee, or anyone else with an interest in the rural lease, must not deal with the lease without the written approval of the territory planning authority. (3) A dealing in relation to a rural lease made or entered into without the territory planning authority’s approval has no effect. (4) The territory planning authority must approve a dealing in relation to a rural lease if— (i) the lessee’s domestic partner or child is the person to whom— (A) the lease is being assigned or transferred; or (B) the land described in the lease, or part of it, is sublet; or

(C) possession of the land described in the lease, or part of it, is being given; or (ii) the holding period for the lease has ended; and (b) for an assignment or transfer of the rural lease—the person to whom the lease is to be transferred or assigned has entered into a land management agreement in accordance with section 350. (5) The validity of a dealing made or entered into with the consent of the territory planning authority is not affected— (a) by a defect or irregularity in relation to the giving of the consent; or (b) because a ground, or all grounds, for the consent had not arisen. (6) To remove any doubt, a person is not required to pay a discharge amount more than once under this section in relation to a rural lease. child, of a lessee, includes a child of the lessee’s domestic partner.