LAND ACT 1958 - SECT 137G Minister may declare lease forfeited

LAND ACT 1958 - SECT 137G

    (1)     Where the Minister is satisfied that a lessee under this subdivision has failed to comply with any covenant or condition of the lease, and that the lessee has not rectified the matter within 30 days after receiving notice from the Minister to do so, the Minister may declare by notice published in the Government Gazette that the lease is forfeited.

    (2)     The Minister shall not declare under subsection (1) that a lease is forfeited unless—

        (a)     a hearing under section 34 has been held in respect of the forfeiture; and

        (b)     every mortgagee of the lessee's interest was given seven days' notice of the hearing.

S. 137H inserted by No. 10011 s. 12.