Crown Land Management Act 2016

The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, appoint an individual to be a Crown land commissioner.

A Crown land commissioner holds office for the term specified in the notice, unless the office is vacated sooner.

The office of a Crown land commissioner becomes vacant if—

the commissioner completes the commissioner’s term of office and is not reappointed, or

the commissioner resigns the office by a written instrument given to the Minister, or

the commissioner dies, or

the commissioner is removed from office by the Minister under this section.

The Minister may, by written instrument given to a Crown land commissioner, remove the commissioner from office at any time and for any or no reason.

The functions of a Crown land commissioner are—

to advise the Minister, and inquire into and report, on any matter arising out of the administration of this Act or another Act dealing with the administration of Crown land when required by the Minister, and

to exercise any other functions that are conferred or imposed on the commissioner by or under this Act or another Act.

A Crown land commissioner (except one who is a government sector employee) is entitled to be paid the remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) that the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the commissioner.