Closer Settlement Act 1957

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

Crown land has the same meaning as in the Crown Lands Act 1976;

eligible person means a natural person not incapable of taking a lease under Part V;

Financial Agreement means the agreement made between the Commonwealth and the States and ratified by the Financial Agreement Act 1927, and includes that agreement as varied from time to time and any agreement made in substitution therefor;

holding means a defined area of land leased subject to Part V or intended by TDR to be so leased;

lessee means the grantee of a lease subject to Part V and includes any person in occupation of a holding by virtue of such a lease;

rural land means land not within a city or town;

TDR means Tasmania Development and Resources.