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State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971
sec.153ETransfer of easement
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### sec.153E Transfer of easement
With the Minister’s written approval, a critical infrastructure easement may be transferred to—
another public utility provider; or
a person approved by the Minister as suitable to provide a public utility service in relation to the critical infrastructure easement.
On receiving an instrument evidencing the transfer, the registrar must record the transfer in the appropriate register.
The transfer may be recorded in the appropriate register—
without the approval of a person other than the Minister; and
if the appropriate register is a register under the Land Act 1994 —without the approval of the Minister under that Act.
A person approved by the Minister under subsection (1) (b) is taken to be a public utility provider for the purposes of the critical infrastructure easement.
In this section—
public utility provider means a public utility provider under—
the Land Act 1994 , chapter 6 , part 4 , division 8 ; or
the Land Title Act 1994 , part 6 , division 4 .
s 153E ins 2006 No. 54 s 13A
(sec.153E-ssec.1) With the Minister’s written approval, a critical infrastructure easement may be transferred to— another public utility provider; or a person approved by the Minister as suitable to provide a public utility service in relation to the critical infrastructure easement.
(sec.153E-ssec.2) On receiving an instrument evidencing the transfer, the registrar must record the transfer in the appropriate register.
(sec.153E-ssec.3) The transfer may be recorded in the appropriate register— without the approval of a person other than the Minister; and if the appropriate register is a register under the Land Act 1994 —without the approval of the Minister under that Act.
(sec.153E-ssec.4) A person approved by the Minister under subsection (1) (b) is taken to be a public utility provider for the purposes of the critical infrastructure easement.
(sec.153E-ssec.5) In this section— public utility provider means a public utility provider under— the Land Act 1994 , chapter 6 , part 4 , division 8 ; or the Land Title Act 1994 , part 6 , division 4 .
- (a) another public utility provider; or
- (b) a person approved by the Minister as suitable to provide a public utility service in relation to the critical infrastructure easement.
- (a) without the approval of a person other than the Minister; and
- (b) if the appropriate register is a register under the Land Act 1994 —without the approval of the Minister under that Act.
- (a) the Land Act 1994 , chapter 6 , part 4 , division 8 ; or
- (b) the Land Title Act 1994 , part 6 , division 4 .