Crown Lands Act 1976

Where, in the opinion of the Minister, any land subject to a lease granted by the Minister under this Act– is required for any public purpose; or is required for the purposes of any other Act; or should be made available for any purpose which he considers desirable in the public interest– the Minister may, upon giving the lessee 3 months' notice in writing specifying the land or portion of the land which is required or should be made available and the purpose or purposes for which the land is so required or should be made so available, by notice in the Gazette, cancel the lease in respect of the land so required or that should be made so available.

Where the lease is cancelled as to portion only of the land comprised in the lease, the lease shall have effect in respect of the land remaining under the lease and the Director-General shall determine the rent payable under the lease in respect of that land and the rent so determined shall be the rent payable thereafter under the lease.

In determining the rent under subsection (2), the Director-General shall make due allowance for the diminution, if any, in the relative value of the land – by reason of the reduction in the area of land to be held under the lease; or for such other reason as the Director-General thinks fit.

A notice under subsection (1) is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953.