(1) If, under a
provision of this Act, the owner or occupier of Crown land or freehold land in
the name of the State may give, or is required to give, notice or may make an
application or representation, give comments or authority, show cause, provide
information or do any other thing, that thing may be done by —
(a) the
Minister as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1) (the
Minister for Lands ); or
(b) a
public service officer of the Department, as defined in the Land
Administration Act 1997 section 3(1), who is authorised in writing by the
Minister for Lands to do so.
(2) Nothing in this
section limits the ability of the Minister for Lands to otherwise perform a
function through an officer or agent.
(3) Nothing in this
section affects —
(a) a
right or obligation that any other person has under Part V Division 2 in
relation to land mentioned in subsection (1) if the person is an owner or
occupier of that land because of the meaning of those terms in that Division;
or
(b) a
right or obligation that any other person has under any other provision of
this Act in relation to land mentioned in subsection (1) if the person is an
occupier of that land because of the meaning of occupier in section 3(1); or
(c) how
that right may be exercised or that obligation may be satisfied.
[Section 121A inserted: No. 8 of 2010 s. 10.]