Fire and Emergency Services Act 1998

in relation to Crown land, means —

a lessee of the land or another person with a right to occupy the land otherwise than as an owner according to paragraph (b) or (c); or

a person with a right to acquire by purchase or otherwise the fee simple of the land;

in relation to Crown land that does not have an owner according to paragraph (a) and that —

is vested in a person; or

is dedicated to a purpose of a person; or

is placed under the control of a person,

in relation to Crown land that does not have an owner according to paragraph (a) or (b), means the State; or

in relation to freehold land that is under the operation of the Transfer of Land Act 1893, means a proprietor within the meaning of that Act, except a mortgagee who is not a mortgagee in possession of the land; or

in relation to land that is subject to the Registration of Deeds Act 1856, means the holder of an interest registered by memorial under that Act, except a mortgagee who is not a mortgagee in possession of the land; or

means a person who —

under the Mining Act 1978, holds in respect of the land a mining tenement within the meaning of that Act; or

in accordance with the Mining Act 1978, holds, occupies, uses, or enjoys in respect of the land a mining tenement within the meaning of the Mining Act 1904 ¹; or

under the Petroleum, Geothermal Energy and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 1967, holds in respect of the land a permit, drilling reservation, lease or licence within the meaning of that Act.