(1) This section applies to an application for a term lease that has been made under previous chapter 4, part 3 but not decided before the commencement.
(2) Previous chapter 4, part 3 and chapter 5, part 2 continue to apply to the application.
(3) However, subsection (4) applies if the application is for a lease to which the following apply—(a) the lease—(i) is for rural leasehold land; and(ii) is for a term of 20 years of more;(b) the lease land is 100ha or more but less than 1,000ha.
(4) The Minister may, at the applicant’s request, decide the application as if chapter 4, part 3 as amended under the amending Act applied to the application.
(5) In this section—
"amending Act" means the Land, Water and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013.