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Port Management Act 1995
66Powers of Ports Victoria in relation to reserved Crown land
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66 Powers of Ports Victoria in relation to reserved Crown land
S. 66(1) amended by Nos 10/2016 s. 179(Sch. 1 item 7.8), 19/2022 s. 43(2)(a).
(1) Despite anything to the contrary in the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978**, Ports Victoria may grant a lease or licence over any land reserved under this Part for which it is the committee of management for any period (of not greater than 25 years) for which Ports Victoria thinks fit, if that lease or licence is in accordance with the purposes for which the land is reserved.
S. 66(2) amended by Nos 10/2016 s. 179(Sch. 1 item 7.8), 19/2022 s. 43(2)(b).
(2) The power to grant a lease or licence under subsection (1) is in addition to any power Ports Victoria has as a committee of management under the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** to grant a lease or licence under that Act.
S. 66(3) amended by Nos 10/2016 s. 179(Sch. 1 item 7.8), 19/2022 s. 43(2)(c).
(3) Ports Victoria has the same powers to manage land reserved under this Part as it has in relation to land in which it has a proprietary interest, including, but not limited to, the power to impose wharfage and channel fees.
S. 66(4) amended by Nos 10/2016 s. 179(Sch. 1 item 7.8), 19/2022 s. 43(2)(b).
(4) In exercising a power under subsection (3) Ports Victoria must not do so inconsistently with—
(a) subsection (1) or (2); or
(b) the purposes for which the land is reserved.
Pt 4 Divs 2, 3 (Headings and ss 68–71) repealed by No. 63/1997 s. 6(3).
Division 4—General