New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CROWN LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 2016 - SECT 5.24

5.24 Restrictions on transfer of licences

(1) A licence over Crown land may be transferred only if--

(a) for a licence that includes provisions concerning its transfer--the licence is transferred in accordance with those provisions, or

(b) for a licence that does not include provisions concerning its transfer--the licence specifies a parcel of land that benefits from the licence (the
"benefited land" ) and the licence is transferred to the owner or holder of the benefited land.

(2) The Minister may, without notice, revoke a licence transferred on the basis of subsection (1) (b) if the licence is, at any time, held by a person who is not the owner or holder of the benefited land. Compensation is not payable on the revocation of the licence.

(3) This section does not apply in relation to a licence authorising the use or occupation of Crown land for the purposes of constructing, operating or maintaining telecommunications infrastructure.

(4) In this section--

"transfer" includes anything that results in another person gaining effective control over the use of most or all of the rights given by a licence.