Term used: owner
5 Term used: owner
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —
owner, in relation to land held in freehold or held in leasehold under a strata lease, means —
a person whose name is registered as a proprietor of the land; and
the State, if registered as a proprietor of the land; and
a person who holds a prescribed interest in the land;
owner, in relation to Crown land, means —
a prescribed person; or
the State, in prescribed circumstances; or
a person who holds a prescribed interest in the land,
and the regulations may specify whether owner means one or more of those persons for the purposes of a particular provision of this Act.
The regulations may impose restrictions on the circumstances in which a person will be treated as an owner for the purposes of a provision of this Act specified in the regulations.
[Section 5 amended: No. 37 of 2012 s. 5; No. 30 of 2018 s. 122.]
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