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MELBOURNE MARKET AUTHORITY ACT 1977 - SECT 7

Powers of the Authority

    (1)     Subject to this Act, the Authority has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions.

    (2)     Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Authority may, subject to this Act—

        (a)     grant leases, tenancies, permits and licences of land forming part of, or of buildings or chattels on, the market land or other land purchased or acquired by the Authority subject to any terms and conditions and the payment of any fees that the Authority determines;

        (b)     enter into arrangements with other persons for the sale by the Authority on behalf of those persons of fruit, vegetables or cut flowers, including arrangements for the payment to the Authority of commission or other amounts;

S. 7(2)(c) amended by No. 40/2019 s. 77(2).

        (c)     provide on the market land any buildings, premises, machinery or other equipment for the purposes of the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Market.

S. 7(3) substituted by No. 40/2019 s. 66.

    (3)     Despite section 4(2)(e), the Authority is not required to obtain the approval of the Minister to—

        (a)     the grant by the Authority of a lease, tenancy, permit or licence under this section if the grant is for a term that is 10 years or less; or

        (b)     the entering into a lease, tenancy, permit or licence under this section by the Authority for a term that is 10 years or less.

S. 8 substituted by No. 127/1993 s. 6.



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