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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

65: Fixing time and place for conducting hearing

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"Deciding when and where to discuss land access"

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When you want to access some land, an arbitrator is appointed to help sort it out. The arbitrator will choose a time and place to hold a hearing about accessing the land. They will let you know when and where the hearing is, and they will also tell the owners and people living on the land.

The arbitrator might change the time or place of the hearing if needed, and they will tell you and the owners and occupiers of the land about any changes. You can ask for a change, or the owners or occupiers can ask, or the arbitrator can decide to make a change.

The arbitrator will hold the hearing at the chosen time and place to talk about whether you can access the land.

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

65Fixing time and place for conducting hearing

  1. As soon as practicable after having been appointed, an arbitrator shall—

  2. fix a time and place for conducting a hearing into the question of access to the land concerned; and
    1. cause notice of his or her appointment, and of the time and place fixed for conducting the hearing, to be given to the person desiring access and to each of the owners and occupiers of that land.

      1. The arbitrator may, by a further notice served on the person desiring access and on each of the owners and occupiers of the land concerned (whether on the application of the person desiring access or of any owner or occupier of that land or otherwise), vary the time or place fixed for conducting the hearing.

      2. The arbitrator shall, at the time and place fixed under this section, conduct a hearing into the question of access to the land concerned.

      Notes
      • Section 65(1)(b): amended, on , by section 13 of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 139).