Transfer of Crown land
53 Transfer of Crown land
The Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, may transfer Crown land, including all or any part of the Macquarie Point land, specified in the notice to the Corporation if – the Treasurer and the Minister administering the Crown Lands Act 1976 approve that transfer; and the Corporation has agreed to the transfer.
A notice under subsection (1) – takes effect on the day it is published in the Gazette or a later day specified in the notice; and is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953.
On the day on which a notice under subsection (1) takes effect, the Crown land specified in the notice – ceases to be Crown land; and vests in the Corporation – subject only to those estates in the land specified in the notice; or if the notice does not specify that the land vests subject to an estate, free from all encumbrances.
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