Crown Lands Amendment Act 2015


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Crown Lands Amendment Act 2015

An Act to amend the Crown Lands Act 1976

[Royal Assent 14 September 2015]

Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1.   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Crown Lands Amendment Act 2015 .

2.   Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3.   Principal Act

In this Act, the Crown Lands Act 1976 is referred to as the Principal Act.

4.    Section 2 amended (Interpretation)

Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting the definition of other portfolio land ;
(b) by omitting "residential portfolio land or other" from the definition of Portfolio Department ;
(c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of Portfolio Department :
portfolio land means Crown land, the control and management of which is the primary responsibility of a State instrumentality other than the Department;
(d) by omitting "residential portfolio land or other" from the definition of Portfolio Minister ;
(e) by omitting the definition of residential portfolio land .

5.    Section 29 amended (Lease of Crown land)

Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1A) "residential portfolio land or other";
(b) by omitting from subsection (9) "other".

6.    Part IV, Division 5: Heading amended

Division 5 of Part IV of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "Leases of residential portfolio land and other portfolio land" from the heading to that Division and substituting "Leases of portfolio land".

7.    Section 39A amended (Lease of portfolio land)

Section 39A of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "residential portfolio land and other";
(b) by omitting subsection (2) ;
(c) by omitting from subsection (3) "other".

8.    Section 39B repealed

Section 39B of the Principal Act is repealed.

9.    Section 39D amended (Use of rent money)

Section 39D of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) "residential portfolio land or other";
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) "residential portfolio land or other";
(c) by omitting from paragraph (c) "residential portfolio land or other".

10.    Section 40 amended (Licences to remove gravel and stone, &c.)

Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "other" first occurring;
(b) by omitting from subsection (1A) "other" first occurring.

11.    Section 42 amended (Temporary licences)

Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (5) "other";
(b) by omitting from subsection (5A) "other".

12.    Section 48B amended (Crown Lands Administration Fund)

Section 48B(2)(a) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "residential portfolio land or other".

13.    Section 60 amended (Effect of error in written description)

Section 60 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "residential portfolio land or other";
(b) by omitting from subsection (3) "residential portfolio land or other";
(c) by omitting from subsection (4) "residential portfolio land or other";
(d) by omitting from subsection (5) "residential portfolio land or other".

14.   Repeal of Act

This Act is repealed on the three hundred and sixty fifth day from the day on which it commences.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 26 MAY 2015

Legislative Council on 26 AUGUST 2015]