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LAND ACT 1958 - SECT 4A Minister may purchase lands

LAND ACT 1958 - SECT 4A

Minister may purchase lands

S. 4A(1) amended by No. 25/2023 s. 7(Sch. 1 item 17.1).

    (1)     The Minister may purchase by agreement for and on behalf of His Majesty any land—

        (a)     which is attached to land purchased by the Minister pursuant to section 5(1) of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 ; or

        (b)     which is wholly or partly surrounded by Crown land and would in the Minister's opinion, be best dealt with in conjunction with that Crown land.

S. 4A(2) amended by No. 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 122).

    (2)     The Minister may purchase land under subsection (1) subject to the condition that the vendor may continue to occupy the land for the vendor's lifetime or any period agreed to by the Minister.

S. 4A(3) amended by No. 25/2023 s. 7(Sch.  1 item 17.1).

    (3)     Any land purchased pursuant to this section shall be surrendered and transferred or conveyed to His Majesty and shall thereupon be unalienated land of the Crown freed and discharged from all trusts, encumbrances, limitations and restrictions whatsoever and from every estate or interest therein.

S. 4B inserted by No. 82/2009 s. 40, amended by No. 62/2010 s. 122, substituted by No. 19/2018 s. 137.