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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (8 April) . . Page.. 657 ..

MS HORODNY (continuing):

Interpretation

4B. Section 222 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (j) of the definition of Ôdevelopment[Otilde] in subsection (1) the following paragraph:

Ô(k) a transfer or variation of a lease of land to be used wholly or partly for rural purposes;[Otilde].

Approvals

4C. Section 230 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) ÔThe[Otilde] and substituting ÔSubject to subsection (6), the[Otilde]; and

(b) by adding at the end the following subsections:

Ô(6) The relevant authority shall not approve an application to undertake a development of a kind referred to in paragraph (k) of the definition of Ôdevelopment[Otilde] in subsection 222(1) unless there is in force in relation to the lease a property management plan agreed to by the Conservator compliance with which is a condition of the lease.

Ô(7) A property management plan referred to in subsection (6) shall include a statement of any action necessary to be performed by the lessee -

(a) to protect and conserve native plants and animals on the land comprising the lease;

(b) to minimise the impact of any activity on that land on soil and water quality; and

(c) to control the propagation of pest animals or pest plants on that land.[Otilde] Ó.

This amendment legislates the Government's current policy requiring property management agreements for rural leases. A new subsection of section 161 of the Land Act requires that the Government cannot grant a new rural lease unless it includes a property management plan. Amendments to sections 222 and 230 of the Land Act make it a requirement that rural leases cannot be transferred or varied unless there is a property management plan in place for that lease.

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