HARBORS AND NAVIGATION ACT 1993 - SECT 15
HARBORS AND NAVIGATION ACT 1993 - SECT 15
(1) Subject to
subsection (2), the following property is vested in the Minister—
(a) all
adjacent and subjacent land;
(b) all
wharves, docks, jetties and other structures that are situated in a harbor;
(c) all
wharves, docks, jetties and other structures situated outside a harbor but on
adjacent or subjacent land;
(d) all
navigational aids within the jurisdiction.
(2) The land that is
vested in the Minister under this section is vested for an estate in fee
simple but subject to any pre-existing registered interests in that land.
(3) This section does
not apply to—
(a) real
or personal property vested in the Commonwealth, a council, or in private
ownership at the commencement of this Act or subsequently transferred to the
Commonwealth, a council or to private ownership; or
(b) land
that forms part of a reserve under the National Parks and Wildlife
Act 1972 ; or
(c) real
or personal property excluded by regulation from the ambit of this section.
(4) The
Crown Lands Act 1929 does not apply in relation to land vested in the
Minister under this Act but the Crown may, with the concurrence of the
Minister, exercise any other power that it has to grant a lease or licence
over its land in relation to land vested in the Minister under this Act.