7 Custody of seal of Ministerial Corporation
The seal of the Ministerial Corporation is to be kept in the custody of the Director-General.
8 Use of seal of Ministerial Corporation
The seal of the Ministerial Corporation may be affixed to an instrument or document only:(a) in the presence of the Minister or a person authorised by the Ministerial Corporation for the purposes of this clause, and(b) with an attestation by the signature of the Minister or person of the fact of the affixing of the seal.
9 Records of Ministerial Corporation
The Director-General is required to keep written records containing details of all acts, decisions and proceedings of the Ministerial Corporation.
10 Jurisdiction of local land boards
(1) For the purposes of section 22 (1) (b) of the Act, the Minister may refer any of the following matters to a local land board or a Chairperson sitting alone for inquiry and report:(a) any matter arising out of the administration of any land, lease or licence that the Minister or the Ministerial Corporation administers under any arrangement entered into under section 18 of the Act,(b) any matter arising out of the administration of any land, lease or licence that the Minister or the Ministerial Corporation administers on behalf of the Crown,(c) any matter arising out of the administration of any land dedicated or reserved under the Act,(d) any matter arising out of the administration of any common within the meaning of the Commons Management Act 1989,(e) any matter arising out of the administration of any land subject to the Trustees of Schools of Arts Enabling Act 1902.(2) In this clause, a reference to the administration of any land or common includes a reference to the use and management of the land or common.
11 Registrar of Local Land Boards
(1) The Director-General is required to appoint a Registrar of Local Land Boards for each land district.(2) One Registrar may be appointed for several land districts.
12 Registrar to bring matters before board
Subject to any direction by the Chairperson or the Senior Chairperson, the Registrar of Local Land Boards for a land district must bring all matters before the local land board or the Chairperson as soon as practicable after they are received.
13 Notice of proceedings before board
Notice of the time and place appointed for any proceedings before the local land board or Chairperson, and of the nature of the proceedings:(a) is to be in the approved form, and(b) is to be served on the parties to the proceedings not less than 14 days before the time appointed for the proceedings (or such lesser period as may be directed by the Chairperson).
14 Substituted service of notice of proceedings
(1) If for any reason it is not practicable to effect service of a notice of proceedings before a local land board or the Chairperson, the Chairperson may give directions for service or for the substitution of the advertisement of the proceedings in a newspaper circulating in the locality or in the State.(2) If those directions are carried out, service of notice is to be taken to have been effected.
15 Proceedings may be heard in absence of a party
If the local land board or Chairperson is satisfied that notice of the time and place appointed for any proceedings has been given to a party, the board or Chairperson may hear and determine in the absence of that party.
(1) Any summons to give evidence or for the production of deeds or other documents to the local land board:(a) may be issued by the Chairperson or other member of the local land board on payment of the fee specified in Schedule 1, and(b) is to be in the approved form.(2) A copy of a summons issued by the Chairperson or other member of the local land board that is sent by facsimile, email or other electronic communication may be dealt with as if it were the original summons if it is certified by a Registrar as having been issued by the Chairperson or member.
17 Allowances payable to witnesses before local land boards
For the purposes of clause 3 (e) of Schedule 2 to the Act, the allowances for attendance and travelling payable to witnesses before a local land board are the same as those payable from time to time to witnesses attending Local Courts.
18 Form of warrant to apprehend witness
For the purposes of clause 3 (f) of Schedule 2 to the Act, the prescribed form of warrant to bring a person before a local land board to give evidence is the form specified in Schedule 3.