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River Improvement Trust Act 1940
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### sec.11 Definitions
In this division—
improvement notice see section 11A (1) .
occupier , of land, means, if there is no person in actual occupation of the land, a person, whether or not an owner of the land, who is entitled to immediate possession of the land.
owner , of land, means—
for land held from the State for an estate less than freehold—a person who holds the land directly from the State; or
otherwise—a person who is entitled to the rents and profits of the land.
prohibit , a person from doing a relevant act, includes control or regulate the person’s doing of the relevant act.
relevant act means an act causing or contributing to, or likely to cause or contribute to, relevant damage.
relevant damage means damage to the bank of a river caused, or likely to be caused, by flood or cyclone.
relevant land , for an improvement notice, means any land the subject of a prohibition or requirement provided for in the notice.
s 11 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 27 s 11
sub 1965 No. 34 s 8
amd 1971 No. 21 s 3 ; 1977 No. 5 s 7 ; 1985 No. 111 s 6 ; 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1
sub 2014 No. 64 s 38
- (a) for land held from the State for an estate less than freehold—a person who holds the land directly from the State; or
- (b) otherwise—a person who is entitled to the rents and profits of the land.