New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CROWN LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 2016 - SECT 5.3

5.3 Powers of Minister generally

(1) Subject to this Act (particularly, Part 2), the Minister can do anything with Crown land that a registered proprietor of land can do.

(2) Anything the Minister does with Crown land has the same effect as if its owner had done it.

(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the powers of the Minister include--

(a) selling, exchanging, transferring or in any other way disposing of or dealing with Crown land, and

(b) mortgaging Crown land or allowing it to be mortgaged, and

(c) granting easements, rights of way, leases, licences or permits over Crown land, and

(d) imposing, requiring or agreeing to covenants, conditions or other restrictions on use (or removing or releasing, or agreeing to remove or release, covenants, conditions or other restrictions on use) in connection with dealings involving Crown land.

(4) The appointment of a Crown land manager of dedicated or reserved Crown land does not limit the Minister's powers to deal with the land.

(5) This section does not authorise the sale of Crown land that is dedicated or reserved for a public purpose.