Planning Act 2023
383Conversion of Commonwealth leases
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383 Conversion of Commonwealth leases (a) a declaration under the Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988 (Cwlth), section 27 (1), that specified land in the Territory is national land, is amended or repealed; and (b) because of the amendment or repeal of the declaration, the land stops being national land; and (c) a lease granted under a prescribed law, or over all or part of the land, is in force immediately before the amendment or repeal of the declaration. (2) The lease is taken to be granted under this Act on the amendment or repeal of the declaration. prescribed law means— (a) any of the following laws in effect before the law was repealed: (i) the Leases Ordinance 1918;
(ii) the City Area Leases Ordinance 1936; or (b) a law mentioned in paragraph (a) as in effect under the Australian Capital Territory National Land (Leased) Ordinance 2022 (Cwlth).
Management of public land Part 11.1