(1)  Any land purchased, acquired, or taken in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act 1993 may be leased to any person, or a licence may be granted to any person in respect thereof, by the Minister, as if that land were land reserved as a public reserve under section 8 , or were Crown land.

(2)  The power conferred on the Minister by this section shall be in addition to any powers conferred by the Act under the authority or for the purposes of which the land was purchased, acquired, or taken, but such power shall not be exercised except on the recommendation of the Minister, board, commission, or other authority having the administration of that Act.