LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 81
LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 81
81 . Surrender of lease of Crown land
(1) The Minister may
accept the surrender of a lease from the lessee of the relevant Crown land in
respect of the whole or any part of the area to which the lease applies.
(2) On the acceptance
of the surrender of a lease of Crown land under subsection (1), any sublease
under that lease, and any interest or caveat dependent on such a sublease,
continue to subsist unless that sublease is forfeited under section 35 or
otherwise terminates according to law.
(3) The Minister may
by order, with the consent of the relevant sublessee, vary the conditions to
which a sublease which continues to subsist by virtue of subsection (2) is
subject.
(4) Subsections (2)
and (3) do not apply to the surrender of a pastoral lease.
[Section 81 amended: No. 4 of 2023 s. 36.]