52GValidation of certain limited access licences

52G Validation of certain limited access licences

[Section 52G Inserted by No. 39 of 2019, s. 14, Applied:04 Nov 2019]

(1)  A licence issued, or purportedly issued, by the Minister in good faith under this Part before the commencement of the Roads and Jetties Amendment (Validation) Act 2019 , that was not revoked or surrendered under this Part before the commencement of that Act –

(a) is taken to have been validly issued; and

(b) is taken to have been so validly issued in respect of the land specified in the licence; and

(c) is taken to have remained in force on the same terms and conditions until the commencement of that Act; and

(d) on and from the commencement of that Act, is taken to remain in force until the first of the following occurs:

(i) the licence ceases to have effect, or be in force, in accordance with a term or condition of the licence;

(ii) the licence is revoked under section 52CG ;

(iii) the licence is surrendered under section 52CH .

(2)  A licence that is taken to remain in force on and from the commencement of the Roads and Jetties Amendment (Validation) Act 2019 , by virtue of subsection (1)(d) , is taken to have been in force continuously since the licence was issued, or purportedly issued, under this Part subject to its terms and conditions.

(3)  If, before the commencement of the Roads and Jetties Amendment (Validation) Act 2019  –

(a) the owner of land, in respect of which a licence was issued, sold, or otherwise disposed of, the land; and

(b) the licence was not revoked under section 52CG , or surrendered under section 52CH , before the sale or disposal of the land by the owner –

the licence is not taken to have ceased to be in force solely on the basis of that sale, or disposal, of the land.