10Disposition of lands by the Board

10 Disposition of lands by the Board

[Section 10 Subsection (8) amended by No. 24 of 1993, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]

(1)  The Board may grant land to eligible persons for the purposes of this Act as provided in Part III .

(2)  *[Section 10 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 26 of 1968, s. 2 ]*For the purposes of this Act the Board may grant land –

(a) to eligible persons to be held for any interest less than freehold; and

(b) to other persons to be held at will.

(3)  The Board may if it is of opinion that any land vested in it is required for any of the purposes specified in subsection (4) of this section with consent transfer, lease, or surrender such land for that purpose.

(4)  [Section 10 Subsection (4) amended by No. 78 of 1952, s. 2 ] Subsection (3) of this section shall apply to any of the following purposes:

(a) The erection or carrying on of any church, chapel, or church hall, with or without a hall, schoolroom, parsonage, presbytery, or manse, or any public hall, community centre, or other building for public or recreational purposes;

(b) the laying out and construction or carrying on of any recreation ground, park, or public reserve;

(c) The provision or carrying on of saleyards, or of any premises for the accommodation or agistment of travelling livestock;

(d) The erection or carrying on of any building or premises for use for the storage of agricultural machinery or plant, or any factory, mill, dairy, or other building for use in, or in connection with, the treatment or processing of primary products;

(e) the erection of shops and other business premises and of dwellings for the proprietors and their employees;

(f) The establishment of experimental farms;

(g) The provision of areas for use as timber plantations, and for afforestation purposes generally; or

(h) The residence of an agricultural contractor.