New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GLENREAGH TO DORRIGO RAILWAY (CLOSURE) ACT 1993 - SECT 6

6 Sale, lease etc of railway land

(1) All or any part of the railway land that is owned by the Corporation may, with the approval of the Minister, be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by the Corporation.

(2) The Corporation must not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the railway land under this section for any purpose other than the establishment or operation of a tourist railway. This subsection does not prevent the Corporation from continuing to lease any part of the land for a purpose for which it was used before the closure of the railway line.

(3) The Department of Transport must, within two months of the commencement of this Act, invite expressions of interest for the lease or sale of part or all of the railway land for the establishment of a tourist railway.

(4) The Department of Transport must, within 8 months of the commencement of this Act, announce which expression of interest, if any, has been selected by the Department.