Closer Settlement Act 1957 (Tas)

Closer Settlement Act 1957

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to closer settlement [Royal Assent 23 December 1957]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART I - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Closer Settlement Act 1957 .

2. Repeal The Acts specified in Schedule 1 to this Act are repealed.

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Crown land has the same meaning as in the Crown Lands Act 1976 ; eligible person means a natural person not incapable of taking a lease under Part V ; Financial Agreement means the agreement made between the Commonwealth and the States and ratified by the Financial Agreement Act 1927 , and includes that agreement as varied from time to time and any agreement made in substitution therefor; holding means a defined area of land leased subject to Part V or intended by TDR to be so leased; lessee means the grantee of a lease subject to Part V and includes any person in occupation of a holding by virtue of such a lease; rural land means land not within a city or town; TDR means Tasmania Development and Resources.

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PART III - Land for Settlement

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14. Purchase of land (1) TDR may, with the consent of the Minister, purchase any land that is, in its opinion, suitable for the purposes of this Act. (2) Where any person offers to sell land to TDR for the purposes of this Act his offer shall remain open for not less than two months from the date thereof and may be accepted by TDR at any time within that period.