New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WESTERN LANDS REGULATION 2004 - REG 19

19 Concessional rent: section 27E

(1) For the purposes of section 27E (1) of the Act, the following classes of lessee are prescribed:

(a) a lessee under a Western Lands lease for the purpose of residence or a similar purpose, being a lessee:

(i) whose principal place of residence is a dwelling on the land the subject of the lease, and

(ii) who is an eligible pensioner (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ) or is, in the opinion of the Minister, suffering hardship,

(b) a lessee under a Western Lands rural lease, being a lessee:

(i) who receives household support from the Rural Assistance Authority, or

(ii) who is, in the opinion of the Minister, suffering hardship, or

(iii) who, in the opinion of the Minister, contributes appropriate data relating to rangeland condition or other natural resources on the land comprising the lease as part of a program approved by the Commissioner,

(c) a lessee that is a community service, sporting or recreational organisation:

(i) that is the holder of an authority under the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 , or

(ii) that is incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1984 , or

(iii) that the Minister is satisfied is a non-profit organisation,

whose Western Lands lease is used for the purpose of a help or service facility of benefit to the general community or an active sporting, passive recreational or youth advancement facility of general benefit to a local community.

(2) For the purposes of section 27E (1) of the Act, the following classes of lands are prescribed:

(a) such hectares subject to a rural lease on which:

(i) cultivation is permitted under the Act for a limited period of time pursuant to a consent under section 18DA of the Act, and

(ii) either opportunity cropping on receding floodwaters or the maintenance of open grazing land is specifically authorised,

(b) land that:

(i) is subject to a Western Lands lease held in the name of the Crown or a statutory body representing the Crown, or

(ii) in the opinion of the Minister, is managed by or on behalf of the Crown for non-commercial purposes.