The Land and Public Works Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (LAPWLA Act) made a number of amendments to the Land Administration Act 1997 (LAA), including;
- providing the ability for the Minister for Lands (Minister) to excise land from managed reserves for a public work, and to revoke a management order for a public work where a management body will not give consent,
- a new consultation process for certain actions affecting managed reserves, and
- a number of administrative improvements to the Public Works Act 1902 (Public Works Act) to modernise the definition of “public work”.
