ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND HOLDING ACT 2013 - SECT 69 Entitlement to apply for lease under ALA or TSILA

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND HOLDING ACT 2013 - SECT 69

69 Entitlement to apply for lease under ALA or TSILA

(1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply to a 1985 Act granted lease or a new Act granted lease, granted for a term of years, if the lease is—

(a) over Aboriginal trust land in a trust area; or

(b) over transferred land under ALA in a trust area; or

(c) in force as a sublease of a townsite lease under ALA in a trust area.

(2) Before the term of the lease has expired, the holder of the lease may apply to the following person to be granted a lease under ALA over the lease land for the 1985 Act granted lease or new Act granted lease—

(a) if subsection (1) (a) or (b) applies—the trustee of the trust area;

(b) if subsection (1) (c) applies—the lessee of the townsite lease.

(3) The application may be considered, and a lease may be granted, under ALA .

(4) Subsections (5) and (6) apply to a 1985 Act granted lease or a new Act granted lease, granted for a term of years, if the lease is—

(a) over Torres Strait Islander trust land in a trust area; or

(b) over transferred land under TSILA in a trust area; or

(c) in force as a sublease of a townsite lease under TSILA in a trust area.

(5) Before the term of the lease has expired, the holder of the lease may apply to the following person to be granted a lease under TSILA over the lease land for the 1985 Act granted lease or new Act granted lease—

(a) if subsection (4) (a) or (b) applies—the trustee of the trust area;

(b) if subsection (4) (c) applies—the lessee of the townsite lease.

(6) The application may be considered, and a lease may be granted, under TSILA .