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This legislation has been repealed.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.]