(1A) For the purposes of the Public Works Act 1912 ,
any such acquisition of land is taken to be for an authorised work and the
Minister is, in relation to that authorised work, taken to be the Constructing
Authority.
(1B) Sections 34, 35, 36 and 37 of the Public Works Act 1912 do
not apply in respect of works constructed under this Act.
(2) The Minister
may acquire, by gift made during a person's lifetime or by devise or bequest
in the will or other testamentary disposition of any person, any property for
use for purposes for which land may be acquired under subsection (1).
(3) The
Minister may agree to a condition of any such gift, devise or bequest, and the
rule of law against remoteness of vesting does not apply to any such
condition.
(4) The Minister may expend money on the improvement of any land
acquired under this Act, or, for the purposes of this Act, on any other land,
even though the improvement or the land may not be used solely for
technical and further education.
(5) The Minister may:
(a) for any of the
purposes for which land may be acquired under this section, grant a lease or
licence of any land so acquired, and
(b) in the case of land that is no
longer required for the purpose for which it was acquired, grant a lease or
licence of the land or sell or exchange the land, and
(c) grant easements and
rights of way in respect of land acquired under this section.
(6) The
Minister may make commercial use of land acquired under this section if that
use is associated with a purpose for which land may be so acquired.
(7) Land:
(a) acquired under or for the purposes of the Technical and Further Education
Act 1974 , or
(b) acquired under any other Act for those purposes,
is to be
taken to have been acquired under this section.