New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LORD HOWE ISLAND ACT 1953 - SECT 31A

31A Permissive occupancies

(1) The Minister on the recommendation of the Board may grant permissions to occupy vacant Crown lands or Crown lands the subject of a reservation under this Act, whether above or below or beyond high water mark, for such purposes and upon such terms and conditions as the Minister may impose on the recommendation of the Board.

(2) A permission to occupy such Crown lands or a permissive occupancy of Crown lands granted or purporting to have been granted before the commencement of the Lord Howe Island (Amendment) Act 1967 , and whether or not a tenancy was created or purported to have been created thereby, shall be deemed to have been validly granted and to have and always to have had force and effect subject to the terms and conditions thereof.

(3) A permission to occupy Crown lands or a permissive occupancy of Crown lands referred to in subsection (2) or a permission to occupy Crown lands granted under subsection (1) shall be terminable at will by the Minister on the recommendation of the Board.