Crown Minerals Act 1991

Permits, access to land, and other matters - Permits, access to land, and title notations - Access to land other than for minimum impact activity

63: Request for appointment of arbitrator

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"Asking for a helper to settle a land access dispute"

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If you want to access someone's land and you cannot agree on the details, you can ask the owner and occupier to appoint an arbitrator. You must do this in writing, after you have already tried to reach an agreement with them for 60 days, or 30 days if you need access for a geophysical survey, following the notice you served under section 59. You and the owner and occupier can then choose anyone you all agree on to be the arbitrator.

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62: Prohibition of access in respect of Crown land, or

"Some Crown land is off-limits, and the Governor-General can stop you from entering it."

64: Appointment of arbitrator in default of agreement, or

"What happens if you and a landowner can't agree on an arbitrator to help you access some land?"

Part 1BPermits, access to land, and other matters
Permits, access to land, and title notations: Access to land other than for minimum impact activity

63Request for appointment of arbitrator

If, by the end of 60 days (or, in the case of access required for a geophysical survey, 30 days) after a person serves notice in writing under section 59 on each owner and occupier of land to which the person desires access, that person has been unable to agree on an access arrangement with each owner and occupier, that person may, by further notice in writing served on each owner and occupier, request them to agree to the appointment of an arbitrator.
The person desiring access, and each owner and occupier of the land concerned, may agree to the appointment of any person as arbitrator.