CROWN LANDS ACT 1929 - SECT 78B
This legislation has been repealed.
CROWN LANDS ACT 1929 - SECT 78B
78B—Life leases for certain shacks
(1) The Minister may,
upon the expiry or surrender of—
(a) a
miscellaneous lease for holiday accommodation purposes granted under this Act
or the Irrigation Act 1930 prior to the first day of January, 1984, for a
term not exceeding ten years; or
(b) a
licence for a shack site granted under this Act or the Irrigation
Act 1930 ,
grant a lease under this section over the lands comprised in the expired or
surrendered lease or licence.
(2) A lease under this
section—
(a) may
only be granted—
(i)
to a person who was a lessee or licensee under the
expired or surrendered lease or licence; or
(ii)
to an existing or surviving spouse or domestic partner of
a person referred to in subparagraph (i) or a lessee under a lease
granted under this section; or
(iii)
to any other person—
(A) whose use or enjoyment of the lands; or
(B) whose relationship with a person
referred to in subparagraph (i) or a lessee under a lease granted under
this section,
is such that the Minister is of the opinion that the person should be granted
a lease under this section; and
(b) may
contain such terms, conditions, covenants and reservations as the Minister
thinks fit.
(3) Where a lease is
granted under this section to a natural person, his interest in the lease is
extinguished upon his death.
(4) Where a lease is
granted under this section to a body corporate, the interest of the lessee in
the lease is extinguished on the thirty-first day of December, 1999, or on the
body corporate ceasing to exist, whichever first occurs.
(5) In this
section—
"domestic partner" means a person who is a domestic partner within the meaning
of the Family Relationships Act 1975 , whether declared as such under
that Act or not;
"spouse"—a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married.