9—Amendment of section 22—Conditions of pastoral leases
(1) Section
22(1)(a)(i) and (ii)—delete subparagraphs (i) and (ii)
(2) Section
22(1)(a)(vi)—after "exercising" insert:
, or attempting to exercise,
(3) Section
22—after subsection (1) insert:
(1a) A condition
referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b), and a reservation referred to in
subsection (1)(c), will be taken to be a condition or reservation (as the case
requires) of all pastoral leases (whether granted before or after the
commencement of this subsection).
(4) Section
22—after subsection (4) insert:
(5) A condition of a
pastoral lease is, to the extent that it relates to the minimum stocking rate
of pastoral land, void and of no effect.
(6) The Board may, at
the request or with the consent of the lessee—
(a)
approve the pasturing (as part of the commercial enterprise under the lease)
of a species of animal other than a species specified in the lease; and
(b)
approve a level of stock on the land, or on a particular part of the land, in
excess of the maximum levels specified in the lease; and
(c)
approve the use of land subject to a pastoral lease for a purpose other than
pastoral purposes; and
(d)
—
(i)
set aside from use for pastoral purposes land, or a part
of the land, subject to a pastoral lease; and
(ii)
approve the use of the pastoral land set aside for the
primary purpose of traditional Aboriginal pursuits, conservation purposes or
other purposes as specified by the Board.
(7) An approval of the
Board under subsection (6) must be in writing and may be subject to
conditions.