Crown Land Management Act 2016

The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, authorise dedicated or reserved Crown land to be used for one or more additional purposes.

Before doing so, the Minister must be satisfied that the use of the dedicated or reserved Crown land for each additional purpose—

would be in the public interest, and

would not be likely to materially harm the use of the land for any of the purposes (an existing purpose) for which it is dedicated or reserved.

Without limitation, the following considerations are relevant to the question of whether the use of dedicated or reserved Crown land for an additional purpose would not be likely to materially harm its use for an existing purpose—

the proportion of the area of the land that may be affected by the additional purpose,

if the activities to be conducted for the additional purpose will be intermittent, the frequency and duration of the impacts of those activities,

the degree of permanence of likely harm and in particular whether that harm is irreversible,

the current condition of the land,

the geographical, environmental and social context of the land,

any other considerations that may be prescribed by the regulations.

An additional purpose does not limit any existing purpose.