LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 144

LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 144

144 .         Easements over Crown land, Minister’s powers to grant etc.

        (1)         Subject to this section, the Minister may —

            (a)         with the consent of every management body of the relevant Crown land and of every person having any interest, right, title or power in respect of that land, grant to any person an easement in, on, over, through or under that Crown land for a specified purpose or any other purpose the Minister thinks fit; and

            (b)         in that grant express that easement to be subject to specified conditions and the payment of specified consideration.

        (2)         The grantee of an easement may, with the consent of any management body or lessee of the relevant Crown land, apply to the Minister for the easement to be varied or cancelled.

        (2a)         An easement may be granted under this section despite the fact that the characteristics of the easement do not satisfy all of the characteristics that must be satisfied for an easement to be created under the common law.

        (3)         The Minister may, on receiving an application under subsection (2) —

            (a)         by order or other instrument vary or cancel the relevant easement; or

            (b)         refuse the application.

        (4)         In this section —

        specified purpose means for —

            (a)         the provision of pipes, conduits, cables, transmission lines, and other services; or

            (b)         the provision of any structure, plant, or equipment; or

            (c)         the provision of access for carrying out of any works and the performance of any maintenance that is necessary for, or ancillary or incidental to, giving effect to any of the purposes referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or

            (d)         a prescribed purpose.

        [Section 144 amended: No. 59 of 2000 s. 39.]