CROWN LANDS ACT 1929 - SECT 244

This legislation has been repealed.

CROWN LANDS ACT 1929 - SECT 244

244—Licences may be granted

        (1)         The Minister or any person authorised by him may grant licences, as provided by this section, to persons to enter upon and occupy the lands described in the licences for the objects and purposes hereunder expressed:

            (a)         with respect to any Crown lands or any other lands belonging to or vested in the Crown (not being lands let on perpetual lease within hundreds, or on lease with right of purchase, or lands under agreement to purchase), or leased for miscellaneous purposes, or comprised in leases under the Pastoral Act 1904 , or under the Pastoral Act 1936 , as amended, licences may be granted for the purpose of cutting, obtaining, and taking away any live or dead timber, gravel, stone, clay, earth, guano, manure, shell, or seaweed;

            (b)         with respect to any Crown lands, dedicated lands, or lands leased for pastoral purposes, licences may be granted for—

                  (i)         fishermen's residences and drying grounds;

                  (ii)         manufactories, fellmongering establishments, slaughterhouses, brick or lime kilns, or sawmills;

                  (iii)         except in the case of lands leased for pastoral purposes, depasturing the lands with cattle, sheep, or other animals;

                  (iv)         any other purpose approved by the Minister, whether similar to any of the abovementioned purposes or not.

        (2)         If a proposed licence relates to an area within the Murray-Darling Basin, the Minister or person authorised by the Minister to grant the licence must, in considering whether to grant the licence, take into account the objects of the River Murray Act 2003 and the Objectives for a Healthy River Murray under that Act.

        (3)         If a proposed licence relates to a River Murray Protection Area under the River Murray Act 2003 and is within a class of licences prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this provision (which class may be prescribed so as to consist of all such licences), the Minister or person authorised by the Minister to grant the licence must, before deciding whether to grant the licence—

            (a)         consult with the Minister to whom the administration of that Act is committed; and

            (b)         comply with the Minister's directions (if any) in relation to the licence (including a direction that the licence not be granted, or that if it is granted, then the licence be subject to conditions specified by the Minister).