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Contents (1976 - 28)

1. Short title and commencement

2. Interpretation

2A. Act not to apply to certain land

Part II - Administration

3. Powers of management and sale of Crown land vested in Minister

3A. Compliance with resource management and planning system objectives

4. Land districts and parishes

5. Sites for towns

6. Land to be disposed of only in accordance with this Act

7. Appointment of Director-General of Lands and employees

8. Public purposes for which land may be reserved

9. Repealed

10. Power to revoke certain reservations

11. Bailiffs of Crown lands

12. Setting aside Crown land for purposes of Act, &c.

Part IIB - Management of public reserves

12C. Management plans

12D. Formulation of management plans

12E. Contents of management plans

12F. Notification and taking effect of management plans

12G. Managing authorities for public reserves

12H. Functions of managing authority in relation to public reserves

12I. Establishment of Conservation Management Trust

12J. Functions of Conservation Management Trust

12K. Membership of Conservation Management Trust

12L. Revocation of establishment of Conservation Management Trust

Part III - Sale of Crown Land

13. Sale of Crown land

14. Power of Minister to take mortgage upon sale of Crown land

15. Payments of interest on moneys owing upon sale of Crown land

16. Upon sale the Minister to grant land; the grant to make reservation for gold, &c.

17. Classification of Crown land and determination of terms and conditions of sale, &c.

18. Special provisions relating to sale by auction

19. Successful bidder to pay deposit on day of auction

20. Land not to be transferred, &c., unless conditions of contract fulfilled

21. Purchaser agreeing to effect improvements to furnish declaration as to expenditure

22. Forfeiture for non-payment of instalments

23. Forfeiture for breach of conditions

24. Effect of forfeiture

25. Dealing with land held under contract

26. Transmission without probate or administration in certain cases

27. Surrender of interest under contract

28. Purchase of Crown land by false representation

Part IV - Leases

Division 1 - Lease of Crown land

29. Lease of Crown land

29A. Additional provisions for lease of public reserve

Division 2 - Lease of land for industrial, business, residential, or other purposes

30. Lease of land for industrial or residential purposes

Division 3 - Lease of land for rural purposes

31. Lease of land for rural purposes

32. Re-assessment of rent in respect of land leased for rural purposes

33. Termination or surrender of lease

34. The Director-General to keep record of improvements effected by a lessee

35. Grant of option to purchase to outgoing lessee or payment of value for improvements effected on Crown land

35A. Compensation payable on non-renewal of certain leases

35B. Compensation payable on vesting of certain land to Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania

Division 4 - General provisions as to leases granted by the Minister

36. Forfeiture or cancellation of lease for non-payment of rent or breach of conditions

37. Termination of lease where land required for public or other purposes

38. Termination of lease in consequence of mining operations

39. Compensation for improvements

Division 5 - Leases of portfolio land

39A. Lease of portfolio land

39B. Repealed

39C. Application of Residential Tenancy Act 1997

39D. Use of rent money

39E. Repealed

Part V - Licences

Division 1 - Licences to take material from Crown land

40. Licences to remove gravel and stone, &c.

41. Marine plant licences

41A. Repealed

Division 2 - Temporary licences

42. Temporary licences

Division 3 - General provisions as to licences

43. When lawfully required holder to produce licence

44. Cancellation of licence when land used for other purposes

45. Improvements on land held under temporary or occupation licence

Part VA - Business Licences

45A. Trading without business licence prohibited

45B. Application for business licence

45C. Granting of business licence

45D. Issue of business licence

45E. Variation of conditions

45F. Term of business licence

45G. Renewal of business licence

45H. Transfer of business licence

45I. Cancellation of business licence

45J. General authority

Part VI - Unlawful Acts relating to Crown Land, &c.

46. Unlawful user

47. Obstructing roads

48. Dispossession of persons in unlawful occupations

Part VIA - Financial Provisions

48A. Interpretation of Part VIA

48B. Crown Lands Administration Fund

48C. Transfer of money to Public Account

Part VII - Miscellaneous

49. Neglect or refusal to sign lease, &c.

50. General penalty

51. Acquisition of land

52. Power to close and dispose of old road

53. Reclamations from the sea, &c.

54. Crown lands to be alienated as regards surface only

55. Closure of highway; land how dealt with

56. Leases and licences of land subject to mining rights

57. Reservation of land abutting on streams

58. No waiver by acceptance of purchase-money, interest, or rent

59. Surrender of land to the Crown

60. Effect of error in written description

61. Repealed

62. Pounds on Crown lands

63. Powers with respect to land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act 1993

64. Grant or sale of Crown land otherwise than in accordance with this Act

65. Offence to prevent free and open competition at auctions

66. Serving of notices

67. Reviews in certain cases

68. Regulations

69. Regulations with respect to the management, &c., of Crown lands

70. Fees

71. Delegation of powers by Minister, &c.

71A. Delegation

72. Saving for other Acts

73. Repeals and transitional provisions

73A. Consequential amendments to other Acts

73B. Transitional provisions

74. Consequential amendments

Schedule 1 - Acts Repealed

Schedule 2 - Transitional Provisions

Schedule 3 - Objectives of the Resource Management and Planning System of Tasmania

Schedule 4 - Objectives for management of public reserves

Schedule 5 - Purposes of reservation

Schedule 6 - Provisions with respect to membership and meetings of a Conservation Management Trust

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