Crown Land Management Act 2016

This section applies if the whole or any part of dedicated or reserved Crown land (the added land) is added to different dedicated or reserved Crown land (the expanded land) under this Part.

The Minister may, by the notice that adds the added land to the expanded land or a subsequent notice published in the Gazette, provide for specified assets, rights and liabilities of the former Crown land manager of the added land to be transferred to the Crown land manager of the expanded land.

An asset, right or liability cannot be specified for the purposes of subsection (2) unless—

the Minister is satisfied that it was created, exercisable or incurred in connection with the exercise of functions as the Crown land manager of the added land, or

the parties to an agreement under subsection (4) have requested it.

The former Crown land manager of the added land and the Crown land manager of the expanded land may agree to the appropriate division of the assets, rights and liabilities of the former Crown land manager in relation to the added land.

The Minister does not have to transfer any assets, rights or liabilities under this section unless—

if there is an agreement under subsection (4)—the parties to the agreement request it, or

the Minister is satisfied that an agreement under subsection (4) is not likely to be reached.

Schedule 6 applies to a transfer of any asset, right or liability to a person by a notice referred to in subsection (2).