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Australian Capital Territory National Land (Leased) Ordinance 2022

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance.

Dated 31 March 2022

  David Hurley
  Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Nola Marino
Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories
Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
5 Simplified outline of this Ordinance
6 Definitions
7 Application and administration of Ordinance
8 Interaction with Territory Acts
9 Occupancy or use of existing buildings
Part 2—Leases of National Land
Division 1—Grant of leases
10 Power of the Minister to grant leases
11 Grant of lease for diplomatic purposes
12 Failure to accept and execute lease
Division 2—Rent review and relief from lease obligations
13 Review of Ministerial determination of rent
14 Reduction of rent and relief from conditions
Division 3—Lease variations
15 Scope of Division
16 Meaning of variation in relation to a lease
17 Process for variation of lease
18 Amount of lease variation charge
19 Payment of lease variation charge
20 Minister may remit or refund lease variation charge
Division 4—Restrictions on dealing with certain leases
21 Scope of Division
22 Division 4 leases—restricted periods and dealings
23 Consent to dealings in Division 4 leases
24 Registration of Division 4 leases
25 Certificates of compliance and discharge of liability
26 Dealings entered into subject to Minister's consent
27 Arrangements to avoid restrictions on dealings
28 Validity of certain dealings with leases not affected by this Division
Division 5—Subleasing
29 Leased land to be held as undivided parcel
30 Power of lessee to sublet part of building
Division 6—Improvements
31 Application of Division
32 Renewing lessee not liable to pay for improvements
33 Commonwealth to pay lessee for certain improvements
34 Payment for improvements where lease surrendered or terminated
35 Determining market value of improvements
Division 7—Shared infrastructure and access
36 Scope of Division
37 Fences
38 Party walls
39 Road access to and from leased land
Division 8—Financial matters relating to leases
40 Survey fees
41 Assessment of value of leases and lands
42 Recovery of amounts owing
Division 9—Use of land for unauthorised purposes
43 Use of land for leased purpose
44 Injunctions to restrain use of leased land for unauthorised purpose
45 Keeping of touring vehicles on land used for residential purposes
Division 10—Surrender of leases
46 Lessee may surrender lease or part of land in lease
47 Commencement of further lease granted after surrender of lease
Division 11—Termination of leases
48 Minister's power to terminate lease
49 Steps before giving termination