102   Consent of Minister to sale, lease, easement, licence or mortgage

(1)  A reserve trust may not sell, lease or mortgage land, or grant an easement or a licence (except a temporary licence) in respect of land, comprising the whole or any part of the reserve unless:

(a)  the trust has decided that it is desirable to do so on the terms and conditions specified in the decision,

(b)  in the case of a proposed sale, the trust has caused a notice to be published in a newspaper circulating in the locality of the land setting out the date and the terms and conditions of the trust’s decision, the location of the land and other prescribed particulars,

(c)  the trust has (in the case of a proposed sale, not earlier than 14 days after the publication of the newspaper notice) applied to the Minister in writing for consent, giving full details of the proposal, and

(d)  the Minister has consented in writing to the proposal.

(2)  The Minister may not give a consent under subsection (1) (d) to:

(a)  a sale,

(b)  a lease for a term exceeding 5 years, or

(c)  a lease for a term that, by the exercise of an option, could exceed 5 years,

      unless at least 14 days have elapsed since notice of intention to give the consent has been published in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land is situated or in a newspaper circulating generally in the State.

(3)  The Minister’s consent may relate to the whole or part only of the land with which the application is concerned.

(4)  If the application for consent proposes a sale, lease, easement or licence, the Minister’s consent:

(a)  may be general, authorising the proposal subject to such conditions, restrictions, reservations and covenants, and in such manner and within such time, as the Minister thinks desirable, or

(b)  may be specific, approving of a particular contract of sale, lease or licence.

(5)  If the application for consent relates to a mortgage, the Minister’s consent can only be given to the specific terms of the mortgage.

(6)  In giving consent, the Minister may:

(a)  vary the terms and conditions to which the sale, lease, easement, licence or mortgage is to be subject, and

(b)  impose such other terms and conditions as the Minister thinks desirable.

(7)  The Minister may, at any time, wholly or partly withdraw the consent or vary its terms, but only if to do so would not prejudice the rights of third parties.