40Application of certain occupation agreements

40 Application of certain occupation agreements

(1)  In this section –

Crown means the Crown in right of Tasmania;

occupation agreement means a lease, an agreement for a lease, a licence, or a tenancy agreement, under which the Crown occupies, or has the right to occupy, any premises owned by another person.

(2)  This section applies to an occupation agreement whether it is made before or after the commencement of this section or the date on which any other provision of this Act commences.

(3)  This section does not apply to an occupation agreement in respect of any period after the day on which, under the Tasmanian Health Organisations Act 2011 , the occupation agreement was transferred to a Tasmanian Health Organisation within the meaning of that Act.

(4)  If the THS uses or occupies any premises to which an occupation agreement relates, the THS is taken to be a part of the Crown for the purposes of that occupation agreement.