Land management agreements
A land management agreement is an agreement between the leaseholder and the Minister relating to the land condition. It provides property management guidance to the leaseholder to assist with securing future productive and sustainable use of the leased land.
Agreements will be negotiated for all new, renewed and modified term leases and new perpetual leases over rural leasehold land covered by the Delbessie Agreement.
Land management agreements will:
- identify and describe the natural and physical characteristics of the lease land
- identify any land degradation issues
- record the condition of the lease land at a point in time
- contain agreed measures that will improve or maintain lease land in good condition
- establish the management outcomes for any identified issues and agreed measures to address them
- identify ways to protect known Indigenous and other cultural heritage values, and any identified significant environmental values
- establish a monitoring and reporting program
- provide commitments to lease extensions where leases are managed, or returned, to good condition
- provide a review and dispute resolution process to maintain the effectiveness of the agreement.
Transfers and subleases
If a lease is transferred, the new leaseholder must comply with the terms of the current land management agreement.
Where all or part of the leased land is subleased, the head leaseholder remains responsible for complying with the land management agreement. However, any sublease must include a condition binding the sub-leaseholder to the provisions of the land management agreement.
Assessment and review
Specialist regional officers will be assigned to carry out the land condition assessments, help leaseholders identify key natural resource information and prepare land management agreements. Land management agreements will be:
- self-assessed every five years by the leaseholder (under guidelines being developed collaboratively with stakeholders)
- reviewed at least every 10 years (or earlier, at the request of either party)
- subject to periodic random assessments.
Last updated: 20 May 2009