Planning Act 2023

This section applies to—

public land; and

future public land during the defined period.

The territory planning authority may grant a lease of an area of public land only if—

the lease is recommended, in writing, by the conservator of flora and fauna and the custodian of the land; and

the area is not reserved under the plan as a wilderness area.

The territory planning authority may, during the defined period, grant a lease of an area of future public land only if—

the lease is recommended, in writing, by the conservator of flora and fauna and the custodian of the land; and

the area is not proposed to be reserved as a wilderness area in a draft major plan amendment designating the land to become public land.

In this section:

defined period, in relation to future public land, means the period of interim effect under section 64 of a draft major plan amendment designating the land to become public land.

future public land means land designated, in a draft major plan amendment publicly notified under section 63, to become public land.