Land (COVID-19 Emergency Response—Waiver and Deferral of Rents and Instalments) Regulation 2020.

The purpose of this regulation is to provide for the waiver and deferral of rent and the deferral of instalments in response to the COVID-19 emergency. The purpose is achieved by (a)providing for the waiver of the payment of rent for eligible tenures under part 2; and (b)providing for the Minister to decide, under part 3, to (i)waive the payment of rent for particular tenures; and (ii) defer the payment of rent or instalments for particular tenures.
The eligible tenures under Part 2 fall under different rental categories; among those the regulation applies also to primary production (11.1 and 11.2 – these include aquaculture, viticulture and agriculture) and businesses (13) leases, licences and permits.
Part 4, Division 4 concerns Relationship with Land Regulation 2009. The Division clarifies that if there is an inconsistency between a provision of this regulation and a provision of the Land Regulation 2009, the provision of this regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.