Amalgamating land with common purposes
36 Amalgamating land with common purposes
If unallocated State land to be granted in trust for a community purpose adjoins land contained in a deed of grant in trust for the same purpose, both areas of land may be included in a single deed of grant in trust.
If land contained in a deed of grant in trust for a purpose adjoins land contained in another deed of grant in trust for the same purpose, both areas of land may be included in a single deed of grant in trust.Note for subsections (1) and (2)—A deed of grant issued because of an addition of land is issued under section 358.
However, the following land must not be included with land contained in a deed of grant in trust issued on or after 1 July 1995—
land contained in a deed of grant in trust issued before 1 July 1995;
land contained in a conditional deed that became a deed of grant in trust under section 493(1).
For this section—
land separated from other land by a road or watercourse is taken to adjoin the other land; and
a reference to a deed of grant in trust issued before 1 July 1995 is taken to include a reference to a deed of grant in trust issued on or after 1 July 1995 under section 358 for land originally granted in trust before 1 July 1995.
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