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Housing Act 1955

State houses

4: Crown land may be set apart for State housing purposes

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"The government can use its land to build State houses."

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You can find out how the government uses land for State houses. The Minister of Lands can decide to use Crown land for State housing. They do this by putting a notice in the Gazette. You might wonder what Crown land is. It is land that belongs to the government, as described in the Land Act 1948. The Minister can use this land for State housing. Some land was already being used for housing before this law started. This land is now considered State housing land. This change happened when the Housing Act 1955 began.

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Part 1State houses

4Crown land may be set apart for State housing purposes

  1. The Minister of Lands may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, set apart as State housing land any Crown land within the meaning of the Land Act 1948.

  2. All land which immediately before the commencement of this Act was held or set apart for the purposes of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1919 shall be deemed to be State housing land at the commencement of this Act.

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  • 1919 No 32 s 9