LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 269

LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 269

269 .         Contravention or avoidance of condition or covenant in respect of Crown land

        (1)         A person must not —

            (a)         contravene a condition or covenant imposed in respect of Crown land under this Act; or

            (b)         directly or indirectly enter into a transaction relating to Crown land under this Act for the purposes of avoiding a condition or covenant referred to in paragraph (a).

        Penalty for this subsection:

            (a)         a fine of $2 000;

            (b)         a daily penalty of a fine of $200 for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues.

        (2)         In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1)(b), a certificate of the Minister certifying that the purpose of the transaction in question is to avoid a condition or covenant —

            (a)         imposed in respect of Crown land under this Act; and

            (b)         set out in that certificate,

                is prima facie evidence of that purpose.

        (3)         When a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1)(b), that conviction constitutes a breach of a condition or covenant for the purposes of section 35 and that section applies to the Crown land in question accordingly.

        [Section 269 amended: No. 4 of 2023 s. 85.]