Land Act 1994

This section applies to an application made under former section 31D(1)(b) before the commencement—

to the extent the application is to change the purpose for which a reserve is dedicated to any of the following purposes stated in former schedule 1 (the new purpose)—

cultural purposes;

travelling stock requirements;

watering-places; and

if, before the commencement, the application—

had not been decided; or

had been approved but an adjustment notice for the change had not been registered under former section 31B.

The Minister may change the purpose for which the reserve is dedicated to the new purpose under new section 31B.

Subsection (4) applies to the extent the purpose for which the reserve is dedicated is changed to the new purpose under subsection (2).

While the new purpose remains in effect for the reserve, the amended Act applies in relation to the reserve as if the reserve were dedicated for a community purpose.