13Revesting of land in previous owners

#### 13 Revesting of land in previous owners 13 Revesting of land in previous owners > > (1) The estate in fee simple of the land vested in the Commissioner by operation of section 12 (other than land in respect of which compensation has been paid as referred to in section 12 (7)) shall not be disposed of otherwise than in the manner prescribed by this section. > > > (2) The Governor may, by proclamation published in the Gazette, declare that any part of the land vested in the Commissioner by operation of section 12 shall be revested in the person in whom that part of the land was vested immediately before the land was so vested in the Commissioner. > > > (3) Such a declaration may not be made in respect of any land the subject of a lease or licence entered into under an agreement referred to in section 6 (2) otherwise than in accordance with the terms of any such lease or licence. > > > (4) Upon publication of a proclamation under subsection (2), the land described in the proclamation shall vest in the person specified therein for an estate in fee simple, subject to all trusts, obligations, estates, interests, contracts, charges, rates, rights-of-way and other easements then existing. > > > (5) The Commissioner is not entitled to receive compensation from any person as a consequence of land having vested in that person by operation of subsection (4). > > > (6) In this section, a reference to a person in whom land was vested immediately before the land was vested in the Commissioner by operation of section 12 is, in the case of a person who has ceased to exist, a reference to such other person as, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is the appropriate person in whom the land should be vested.