PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 19
PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 19
(1) Subject to this
Act, the Minister may grant pastoral leases over Crown land.
(2) Where the Minister
proposes to make Crown land available for lease for pastoral purposes, the
process for taking a lease must be an open competitive process.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply—
(a) if
the Minister is satisfied that special circumstances exist justifying the
addition of the land to the holding of an existing lease; or
(b) if
the land was subject to a pastoral lease that was surrendered upon condition
that a further such lease be granted to the same lessee or a nominee of the
lessee; or
(c) if
the Minister is satisfied, on the recommendation of the Board, that for any
other good and proper reason it would be just and equitable to offer the land
to a particular person.