Land Act 1994

The chief executive may keep guidelines (by whatever name called) about the making of applications, in the way the chief executive considers appropriate, for the information and guidance of departmental staff and persons dealing with the department.

The guidelines may include directions by the chief executive about all or any of the following—

practices developed in the department about the making of applications;

how application forms must be filled in;

how information required to be included in or given with applications must be included or given.

The chief executive must make the guidelines available to the public in the way the chief executive considers appropriate.

Without limiting subsection (3), the chief executive must ensure an up-to-date copy of the guidelines is available to be read free of charge at each office of the department.