AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

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National Land (Amendment) Ordinance
(No. 2) 1997

No. 3 of 1997

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 17 September 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

DAVID JULL

Minister for Administrative Services

An Ordinance to amend the National Land Ordinance 1989

Short title

1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the National Land (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 19971.

Commencement

2.  This Ordinance commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.

Principal Ordinance

3.  In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the National Land Ordinance 19892.

Schedule

4.  The Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting, in the appropriate respective positions in the modifications of the City Area Leases Ordinance 1936, the modifications set out in the Schedule to this Ordinance.

 SCHEDULE Section 4

FURTHER MODIFICATIONS OF CITY AREA LEASES ORDINANCE 1936

Subsection 3 (1) (definition of “lessee”)—

Omit “registered proprietor of a lease”, substitute “proprietor of a lease, whether or not the person is the registered proprietor of the lease, and”.

Section 5—

Omit all the words following “land”.

Subsection 6 (1)—

Omit “may, by notice in the Gazette,”, substitute “may”.

Section 17AA—

After section 17A, insert—

Minister’s power to grant leases under special arrangements

“17AA.  (1)  This section applies to land that the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, determines should, in the public interest, be dealt with under this section.

“(2)  The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth:

 (a) enter into a contract for the grant of a lease of land to which this section applies; and

 (b) grant such a lease for such period, not exceeding 99 years, as the Minister determines.

“(3)  In exercising the powers given by subsection (2), the Minister:

 (a) is not obliged to comply with any of the requirements of sections 12A, 13, 14 and 17; and

 (b) may proceed by way of auction, tender or direct negotiation, as the Minister thinks fit.”.

Subsection 30 (2)—

Omit “may, with the consent of the Minister,”, substitute “may”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 September 1997.

2. Reprinted as at 31 August 1996.  See also No. 1, 1997.