(1) If the approval or
signature of the owner of Crown land or freehold land in the name of the State
is required for the purposes of this Act, the approval or signature may be
given by —
(a) the
Minister as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1) (the
Minister for Lands ); or
(b) a
person 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, as an owner of land mentioned in
subsection (1), has under this Act in relation to that land; or
(b) how
that right may be exercised or that obligation may be satisfied.
[Section 267A inserted: No. 8 of 2010 s. 25.]