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LAND ACT 1933 - SECT 15

This legislation has been repealed.

LAND ACT 1933 - SECT 15

15 .         Reservations in grants

        (1)         All Crown grants issued under this Act shall be deemed to contain a reservation of all gold, silver, copper, tin, or other metals, ore, minerals, or other substances containing metals and all gems or precious stones, and coal, or mineral oil, and all phosphatic substances in or upon the land comprised therein, and shall be in the appropriate prescribed form, subject to the variations required to meet special circumstances.

        (2)         Crown grants, leases, or licences issued under this Act may be issued for an estate in the land to a limited depth only, and reserving to the Crown all land below such depth.

                Provided that, subject to the provisions of the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 , notwithstanding such limitation of depth and reservation, the grantee shall have the right to enjoy all wells and springs of water which may at any time be upon the land, and to bore and sink wells for water through such land to any depth and to enjoy the same.

        [Section 15 amended by No. 126 of 1987 s.55.]