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1 New South Wales Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Status information Currency of version Current version for 31 January 2011 to date (generated 21 February 2011 at 10:02). Legislation on the NSW legislation website is usually updated within 3 working days. Provisions in force All the provisions displayed in this version of the legislation have commenced. For commencement and other details see the Historical notes. This version of the legislation is compiled and maintained in a database of legislation by the Parliamentary Counsel s Office and published on the NSW legislation website.
3 New South Wales Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Contents Part 1 Preliminary Page 1 Name of Act 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Objects of Act 2 4 Definitions 2 4A Notes in the text 4 5 Acquisition of land to which Act applies 4 6 Acquisition of land to which Act does not apply 5 7 Act not to empower authority to acquire land 5 7A Authority empowered to acquire native title 5 7B Authority empowered to acquire its own land 6 8 Act to prevail over other Acts relating to acquisition of land 6 9 Act binds Crown 6 10 Statement of guaranteed acquisition at market value 6
4 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Contents Part 2 Acquisition of land by compulsory process Page Division 1 Pre-acquisition procedures 11 Notice of intention to acquire land by compulsory process 7 12 Owners to be given notice 7 13 Minimum period of notice 7 14 Compulsory acquisition to be completed as soon as practicable 8 15 Particulars to be included in proposed acquisition notice 8 16 Withdrawal or amendment of proposed acquisition notice 9 17 Registrar-General to be notified of proposed acquisition notice and withdrawal or amendment of such notice 9 18 Valuer-General to be notified of proposed acquisition notice 9 Division 2 Acquisition procedures 19 Compulsory acquisition by notice in Gazette Effect of acquisition notice 10 Division 3 Owner-initiated acquisition in cases of hardship 21 Definition of land designated for acquisition for a public purpose Owners of land to whom Division applies Owner who suffers hardship may require authority of the State to acquire land designated for acquisition Hardship Method of acquisition under this Division Compensation for acquisition under this Division Authority of the State may lift designation of land (Repealed) 14 Division 4 Miscellaneous provisions relating to acquisition 29 Acquisition of Crown land Compulsory acquisition with consent of owners Rescission of acquisition notice New interests in land Validity of compulsory acquisition Former owner s right to occupy land until compensation paid etc Power of authority of the State to obtain possession of compulsorily acquired land Adverse use of acquired land 17 Contents page 2
5 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Contents Part 3 Compensation for acquisition of land Page Division 1 Entitlement to compensation 37 Right to compensation if land compulsorily acquired 18 37A Requests for non-monetary compensation for native title Compensation entitlement if land (not available for public sale) acquired by agreement 18 Division 2 Claims for compensation 39 Claim for compensation Owner claiming compensation must disclose particulars of other persons with an interest in land Valuer-General to be given copy of claim for compensation 19 Division 3 Post-acquisition procedures relating to compensation 42 Notice of compensation entitlement and offer of compensation Particulars to be included in notice of compensation entitlement and offer of compensation 20 43A Amendment or rescission of compensation notice Acceptance of offer of compensation Deemed acceptance of offer of compensation Claim for compensation by person not offered compensation Valuer-General to determine amount of compensation offered22 48 Advance payments of compensation etc Interest on compensation Rate of interest on compensation Trust account Payments to be a good discharge Compensation for interest not known to acquiring authority 24 Division 4 Determination of amount of compensation 54 Entitlement to just compensation Relevant matters to be considered in determining amount of compensation Market value Special value Loss attributable to severance Loss attributable to disturbance Solatium Special provision relating to market value assessed on potential of land Special provision relating to acquisition of easements or rights, tunnels etc 28 Contents page 3
6 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Contents Page 63 Pre-acquisition agreements on compensation Compensation in form of land or works Effect of acquisition of mortgage interest 28 Division 5 Objections and appeals to Land and Environment Court 66 Objection against amount of compensation offered Appeal against failure to entertain claim for compensation Payment of compensation arising from court proceedings 30 Part 4 Compensation for abandoned acquisition of land 69 Compensation for withdrawal of proposed acquisition notice Compensation for rescission of acquisition notice Claims for compensation under this Part 31 Part 5 Miscellaneous 72 Manner of giving or serving notices or documents Proceedings for offences Regulations (Repealed) Repeal of Acts Savings, transitional and other provisions 34 Schedule 1 (Repealed) 35 Schedule 2 Repeal of Acts 36 Schedule 3 Savings, transitional and other provisions 37 Notes Table of amending instruments 40 Table of amendments 41 Contents page 4
7 New South Wales Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 An Act relating to the acquisition of land on just terms by authorities of the State.
8 Section 1 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Part 1 Preliminary 1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act Commencement 3 Objects of Act This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation. (1) The objects of this Act are: (a) to guarantee that, when land affected by a proposal for acquisition by an authority of the State is eventually acquired, the amount of compensation will be not less than the market value of the land (unaffected by the proposal) at the date of acquisition, and (b) to ensure compensation on just terms for the owners of land that is acquired by an authority of the State when the land is not available for public sale, and (c) to establish new procedures for the compulsory acquisition of land by authorities of the State to simplify and expedite the acquisition process, and (d) to require an authority of the State to acquire land designated for acquisition for a public purpose where hardship is demonstrated, and (e) to encourage the acquisition of land by agreement instead of compulsory process. (2) Nothing in this section gives rise to, or can be taken into account in, any civil cause of action. 4 Definitions (1) In this Act: acquisition of land means an acquisition of land or of any interest in land. acquisition notice means a notice under section 19 which declares that land has been acquired by compulsory process. authority of the State means: (a) a Minister of the Crown, or (b) a statutory body representing the Crown, or Page 2
9 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section 4 (c) a council or a county council within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993, or (d) any other authority authorised to acquire land by compulsory process. Commonwealth Native Title Act or NTA means the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth. compensation notice means a notice under section 42 which notifies the former owners of land of a compulsory acquisition, their entitlement to compensation and the amount of compensation offered. compulsory acquisition of land means the acquisition of the land by compulsory process under this Act. Crown land means: (a) Crown land within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1989, or (b) Crown land dedicated for a public purpose, or (c) any other land of the Crown or of an authority of the State. interest in land means: (a) a legal or equitable estate or interest in the land, or (b) an easement, right, charge, power or privilege over, or in connection with, the land. land includes any interest in land. loss attributable to disturbance of land is defined in section 59. loss attributable to severance of land is defined in section 58. market value of land is defined in section 56. native title and native title rights and interests has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Native Title Act. owner of land means any person who has an interest in the land. proposed acquisition notice means a notice under section 11 of intention to acquire land by compulsory process. public purpose means any purpose for which land may by law be acquired by compulsory process under this Act. registered interest in land means an interest in the land: (a) recorded in the Register kept under the Real Property Act 1900, or (b) recorded in the General Register of Deeds kept under the Conveyancing Act 1919, or (c) recorded in the National Native Title Register kept under the Commonwealth Native Title Act if the interest is an interest in relation to land that is the subject of an approved determination Page 3
10 Section 4A Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 of native title (other than an approved determination that no native title exists). solatium is defined in section 60. special value of land is defined in section 57. (2) For the purposes of this Act, an authority is authorised to acquire land by compulsory process if: (a) the authority is authorised by law to acquire land by compulsory process under this Act, or (b) land is authorised by law to be acquired for the authority by resumption or appropriation under any provision of the Public Works Act 1912 or the authority is declared by law to be a Constructing Authority in connection with any such resumption or appropriation. (3) In this Act, a reference to the Minister responsible for an authority of the State is: (a) if that authority is constituted by or under an Act a reference to the Minister administering that Act, or (b) if that authority is a Minister a reference to that Minister. (4) For the purposes of this Act, the owners of Crown land not vested in any other person include: (a) the person having the care and control of the land, or (b) if the land is not under the care and control of any person the Minister administering the Crown Lands Act (5) For the purposes of this Act, owner of land includes a holder of native title rights and interests in relation to land. Note. Approved determination of native title, referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of registered interest in s 4 (1), is defined in s 253 NTA. 4A Notes in the text Notes included in this Act are explanatory notes and do not form part of this Act. 5 Acquisition of land to which Act applies (1) This Act applies to the acquisition of land (by agreement or compulsory process) by an authority of the State which is authorised to acquire the land by compulsory process. (2) This Act does not apply to any such acquisition if the land is available for public sale and the land is acquired by agreement. (3) Land is available for public sale if: Page 4
11 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section 6 (a) (b) (c) the land is advertised by the owner as being available for sale, or the land is listed by the owner with a real estate agent as being available for sale, or the land is otherwise held out by the owner as being available for sale. 6 Acquisition of land to which Act does not apply This Act does not apply to an acquisition of land if: (a) (Repealed) (b) the acquisition consists of the taking of a mortgage, charge or other similar security over an interest in land, or (c) the acquisition consists of an interest in land which is acquired otherwise than by agreement or compulsory process, or (d) the acquisition consists of the revocation of exclusive rights of burial that have been granted under an Act in relation to a public cemetery. 7 Act not to empower authority to acquire land (1) This Act does not empower an authority of the State to acquire land if it does not have the power (apart from this Act) to acquire the land. (2) The power of an authority of the State to acquire land under another Act is affected by sections 7A and 7B of this Act. Any such acquisition to which section 7A or 7B applies remains, for all purposes, an acquisition of land under and subject to that other Act. 7A Authority empowered to acquire native title (1) An authority of the State that is authorised by law to acquire land by compulsory process in accordance with this Act is authorised to acquire native title rights and interests in relation to the land in the same way that other interests in the land may be acquired. (2) For the purposes of any such acquisition of native title rights and interests, the authority of the State is, despite any provision of this or any other Act to the contrary, authorised to comply with any relevant procedure under the Commonwealth Native Title Act for a valid acquisition of those rights and interests. Note. Relevant procedures under the NTA include the following different procedures: (a) the right to negotiate procedure under Subdivision P of Division 3 of Part 2, (b) the procedure under section 24MD (6B), (c) the procedure under an indigenous land use agreement. Page 5
12 Section 7B Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section 26 NTA makes provision with respect to the application of the right to negotiate procedure see section 26 (1) (c) (iii) (A) NTA with respect to compulsory acquisitions that confer rights on a Government party. Section 24MD NTA sets out a number of requirements for extinguishment of native title by compulsory acquisition that passes the freehold test (including the need to acquire the whole or relevant part of all non-native title rights and interests see subsection (2) (b)). 7B Authority empowered to acquire its own land An authority of the State that is authorised by law to acquire land by compulsory process in accordance with this Act may so acquire the land even if the land is vested in the authority itself. 8 Act to prevail over other Acts relating to acquisition of land This Act prevails, to the extent of any inconsistency, over the provisions of any other Act relating to the acquisition of land by an authority of the State. 9 Act binds Crown This Act binds the Crown, not only in right of New South Wales but also, so far as the legislative power of Parliament permits, in all its other capacities. 10 Statement of guaranteed acquisition at market value (1) When, on request by or on behalf of an owner or prospective purchaser of land, an authority of the State gives a person written notice to the effect that the land is affected by a proposal for acquisition by the authority, the notice must contain the following: (a) a statement that the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 guarantees that, if and when the land is acquired by (insert name of authority) under that Act, the amount of compensation will not be less than market value (assessed under that Act) unaffected by the proposal, (b) such other information as the regulations may require. (2) This section does not apply to a proposal to acquire an easement, or right to use land, under the surface for the construction and maintenance of works. (3) Nothing in this section or in a statement made in a notice pursuant to this section gives rise to, or can be taken into account in, any civil cause of action. Page 6
13 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section 11 Part 2 Division 1 Acquisition of land by compulsory process Pre-acquisition procedures 11 Notice of intention to acquire land by compulsory process (1) An authority of the State may not acquire land by compulsory process unless the authority has given the owners of the land written notice of its intention to do so. (2) The authority of the State is not prevented from acquiring the land by agreement after giving the proposed acquisition notice. 12 Owners to be given notice (1) A proposed acquisition notice need only be given to all the owners of the land who: (a) have a registered interest in the land, or (b) are in lawful occupation of the land, or (c) have, to the actual knowledge of the authority of the State, an interest in the land. (2) If the proposed acquisition notice relates only to a particular interest in land, the notice need only be given to all such owners of that interest. (3) If the proposed acquisition notice relates to an interest which does not exist (such as a proposed easement), the notice need only be given to all the owners of the land who: (a) have a registered interest in the land (other than a mortgage interest), or (b) are in lawful occupation of the land. (4) If the proposed acquisition notice relates to land under the Real Property Act 1900, the authority of the State must give a copy of the notice to any person who has lodged a caveat which is recorded in respect of the land in the Register kept under that Act. (5) If the proposed acquisition notice relates to land that is the subject of a registered native title claim under the Commonwealth Native Title Act, the authority of the State must give a copy of the notice to the registered native title claimant under that Act. Note. Under the NTA, the registered native title claimant is the person shown in the Register of Native Title Claims as the applicant for the claim. 13 Minimum period of notice (1) A proposed acquisition notice must be given at least 90 days before the land is compulsorily acquired. Page 7
14 Section 14 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 (2) A shorter period of notice may be given if: (a) the authority of the State and the owners of the land agree in writing to the shorter period, or (b) the Minister responsible for that authority approves of the shorter period, but only if that Minister is satisfied that the urgency of the matter or other circumstances of the case make it impracticable to give any longer period of notice. 14 Compulsory acquisition to be completed as soon as practicable (1) As soon as practicable after the expiration of the minimum period of notice of a proposed compulsory acquisition, the authority of the State must: (a) acquire the land by compulsory process or by agreement, or (b) withdraw the proposed acquisition notice. (2) The proposed acquisition notice is taken to have been withdrawn if the authority of the State has not acquired the land or withdrawn the proposed acquisition notice: (a) except as provided by paragraph (b) within 120 days after it gave that notice, or (b) within such longer period as that authority and the owner of the land have agreed to in writing. (3) If the proposed acquisition notice is withdrawn or taken to have been withdrawn, the authority of the State may not give a further proposed acquisition notice in respect of the land within 12 months after the date of withdrawal unless the Minister responsible for that authority is satisfied that in the circumstances of the case a further notice within that period is justified. 15 Particulars to be included in proposed acquisition notice A proposed acquisition notice given to an owner of land must: (a) be in the form prescribed by the regulations or (if no such form is prescribed) in the form approved by the Minister, and (b) specify the authority of the State proposing to acquire the land, and (c) contain a description sufficient to identify the land proposed to be acquired, and (d) specify the period within which the land will be compulsorily acquired, and (e) request any owner who wishes to claim compensation for the acquisition to lodge with the authority of the State a claim for Page 8
15 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section 16 (f) compensation within the period specified in the notice (being not less than 60 days after the notice is given to the owner), and be accompanied by the form for a claim for compensation under section Withdrawal or amendment of proposed acquisition notice (1) An authority of the State may, before the land is compulsorily acquired, withdraw a proposed acquisition notice by a further notice. (2) Part 4 deals with the compensation payable when a proposed acquisition notice is withdrawn. (3) An authority of the State may, by a further notice, amend a proposed acquisition notice for the purpose of correcting a clerical error or an obvious mistake in the notice. Any such amendment has effect from the date of the original notice unless otherwise specified in the further notice. (4) A further notice under this section is to be given in the same manner as the proposed acquisition notice concerned was given. 17 Registrar-General to be notified of proposed acquisition notice and withdrawal or amendment of such notice (1) An authority of the State must, as soon as practicable after giving a proposed acquisition notice (or after such a notice is withdrawn or amended), lodge with the Registrar-General notification of the proposed acquisition notice (or its withdrawal or amendment). (2) Any such notification must be in such form as the Registrar-General approves. (3) On receipt of the notification, the Registrar-General must make such recordings as the Registrar-General considers appropriate: (a) in the case of land under the Real Property Act 1900 in the Register kept under that Act, or (b) in the case of other land in the General Register of Deeds or other relevant Register. 18 Valuer-General to be notified of proposed acquisition notice An authority of the State must, as soon as practicable after giving a proposed acquisition notice, notify the Valuer-General of the proposed acquisition notice. Page 9
16 Section 19 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Division 2 Acquisition procedures 19 Compulsory acquisition by notice in Gazette (1) An authority of the State that is authorised to acquire land by compulsory process may, with the approval of the Governor, declare, by notice published in the Gazette, that any land described in the notice is acquired by compulsory process. (2) A copy of the acquisition notice is, if practicable, to be published in at least one newspaper circulating in the district in which the land concerned is situated. (3) An acquisition notice may relate to part only of the land described in the relevant proposed acquisition notice. 20 Effect of acquisition notice (1) On the date of publication in the Gazette of an acquisition notice, the land described in the notice is, by force of this Act: (a) vested in the authority of the State acquiring the land, and (b) freed and discharged from all estates, interests, trusts, restrictions, dedications, reservations, easements, rights, charges, rates and contracts in, over or in connection with the land. (1A) Subsection (1) is subject to any express provision of an Act that authorises the acquisition of land by compulsory process but preserves the operation of any trusts, restrictions, dedications, reservations, declarations, setting apart of or other matters relating to the land concerned. (2) If: (a) the acquisition notice excepted an easement from acquisition, and (b) immediately before the vesting, the benefit of a restriction as to user was annexed to the easement, then (unless otherwise specified in the acquisition notice) the restriction continues to have effect as if the acquisition had not taken place. Note. Examples of express provisions of Acts to which section 20 (1A) refers are section 17AB (4) (b) of the Fisheries and Oyster Farms Act 1935, section 15 (4C) (b) of the Forestry Act 1916, section 186 (3) of the Local Government Act 1993 and section 146 (2C) (b) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act Division 3 Owner-initiated acquisition in cases of hardship 21 Definition of land designated for acquisition for a public purpose (1) For the purposes of this Division, land is designated for acquisition by an authority of the State for a public purpose if: Page 10
17 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section 21 (a) an authority of the State has, in connection with an application for development consent or building approval, given the local authority or other person dealing with the application written notice that the land has been designated by the authority of the State for future acquisition by it for a public purpose, or (b) the land is reserved by an environmental planning instrument for use exclusively for a purpose referred to in section 26 (1) (c) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and the instrument (or some other environmental planning instrument) specifies that authority as the authority required to acquire the land. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (a), a notice given by an authority of the State constitutes notice that the land has been designated for future acquisition by that authority only if the notice states that the authority will acquire the land at some future time or that the land is affected by a proposal of that authority that requires the acquisition of the land at some future time. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1) (b), land is reserved by an environmental planning instrument for use exclusively for a purpose referred to in section 26 (1) (c) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 only if: (a) the land is expressly set apart by that instrument for use exclusively for such a purpose, or (b) the land is expressly set apart by that instrument for use for such a purpose and also for other purposes, but those other purposes do not constitute a reasonable use of the land. The aims, objectives, policies and strategies of that instrument are to be taken into account in determining whether those other purposes constitute a reasonable use of the land. (4) The Minister administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 is to institute any relevant proceedings under that Act to enable the designation of the public authority required to acquire land referred to in subsection (1) (b) in any case in which the relevant authority has not been designated. (5) Pending the designation of the relevant authority, the relevant authority is (if the land is required to be acquired under this Division) to be such authority as is determined by order in writing of the Minister administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act (6) A notice of a kind referred to in subsection (1) (a) is to be ignored for the purposes of this section unless it is given after the commencement of this section. However, a reference in subsection (1) (b) to a Page 11
18 Section 22 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 reservation extends to a reservation effected before that commencement. 22 Owners of land to whom Division applies (1) This Division applies to the following owners of designated land: (a) a person who has the fee simple estate in the land, (b) a person who has become entitled to exercise a power of sale of the land. (2) This Division does not apply to an owner of land which is: (a) an authority of the State, or (b) a public company (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth), or (c) a subsidiary (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth) of such a public company. 23 Owner who suffers hardship may require authority of the State to acquire land designated for acquisition (1) The owner of land to whom this Division applies may require an authority of the State, by notice in writing given to that authority, to acquire that land under this Act if: (a) the land is designated for acquisition by that authority for a public purpose, and (b) the owner considers that he or she will suffer hardship if there is any delay in the acquisition of the land under this Act. (2) The authority of the State must (subject to this Division) acquire the land within 90 days after the owner gives that authority notice under this section (or such longer period as that authority and the owner may agree on in writing). (3) If there is more than one owner of the land concerned, the notice under this section must be given by all the owners. It is sufficient if any one of those owners will suffer hardship. (4) An authority of the State is not required to acquire (under this Division) more land than it requires for the public purpose for which the land was designated or more interests in the land than it requires for that purpose. (5) A notice under this section must be in the form prescribed by the regulations or (if no such form is prescribed) in the form approved by the Minister. Page 12
19 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section Hardship (1) An authority of the State is not required to acquire land under this Division unless it is of the opinion that the owner will suffer hardship (within the meaning of this section) if there is any delay in the acquisition of the land under this Act. (2) An owner of land suffers hardship if: (a) the owner is unable to sell the land, or is unable to sell the land at its market value, because of the designation of the land for acquisition for a public purpose, and (b) it has become necessary for the owner to sell all or any part of the land without delay: (i) for pressing personal, domestic or social reasons, or (ii) in order to avoid the loss of (or a substantial reduction in) the owner s income. (3) However, if the owner of the land is a corporation to which this Division applies, the corporation does not suffer hardship unless it has become necessary for the corporation to sell all or any part of the land without delay: (a) for pressing personal, domestic or social reasons of an individual who holds at least 20 per cent of the shares in the corporation, or (b) in order to avoid the loss of (or a substantial reduction in) the income of such an individual. 25 Method of acquisition under this Division (1) Land required to be acquired under this Division is to be acquired by compulsory process. (2) However, nothing in this Division prevents the land concerned from being acquired by agreement instead of compulsory process within the period required by this Division. (3) Division 1 (Pre-acquisition procedures) does not apply to an acquisition of land under this Division. 26 Compensation for acquisition under this Division The special value of land, any loss attributable to severance or disturbance and solatium (as referred to in Part 3) need not be taken into account in connection with an acquisition of land under this Division, despite anything to the contrary in that Part. Page 13
20 Section 27 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No Authority of the State may lift designation of land 28 (Repealed) An authority of the State is not required to acquire land under this Division if, before it is required to acquire the land: (a) in the case of land designated for acquisition as referred to in section 21 (1) (a) that authority gives the owner of the land written notice that the land is no longer designated by that authority for future acquisition, or (b) in the case of land designated for acquisition as referred to in section 21 (1) (b) that authority gives the owner a written undertaking that it will use its best endeavours to remove the relevant reservations and a written notice that the land is no longer designated by that authority for future acquisition. Division 4 Miscellaneous provisions relating to acquisition 29 Acquisition of Crown land (1) Land may be compulsorily acquired by an authority of the State under this Act even though it is Crown land. (2) If Crown land is subject to a dedication or reservation that (by virtue of any Act) cannot be removed except by an Act, that land may not be compulsorily acquired. However, this prohibition does not apply if the dedication or reservation is not affected by the compulsory acquisition of the land. (3) Nothing in this Act affects the acquisition by agreement of Crown land by an authority of the State. (4) The provisions of Division 1 (Pre-acquisition procedures) and Part 3 (Compensation for acquisition of land) do not apply to the compulsory acquisition of Crown land if the owners of the land have agreed on all relevant matters concerning the compulsory acquisition and the compensation (if any) to be paid for the acquisition. 30 Compulsory acquisition with consent of owners (1) An authority of the State and the owners of land may agree in writing that the land be compulsorily acquired by that authority. (2) The provisions of Division 1 (Pre-acquisition procedures) and Part 3 (Compensation for acquisition of land) do not apply to any such compulsory acquisition if the owners have agreed in writing on all relevant matters concerning the compulsory acquisition and the compensation to be paid for the acquisition. Page 14
21 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section Rescission of acquisition notice (1) The Governor may, by notice published in the Gazette, rescind in whole or in part any acquisition notice. (2) An acquisition notice may not be rescinded unless a Minister has certified that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of correcting a clerical error or obvious mistake or for other good cause or that the former owners of the land have agreed to the rescission. (3) An acquisition notice published under Division 3 (Owner-initiated acquisition in cases of hardship) may not be rescinded without the consent of the owner who required the acquisition. (4) On the publication in the Gazette of the rescission notice, the land described in the rescission notice: (a) revests in the person who was entitled to it immediately before the compulsory acquisition for the estate, interest or right which the person had immediately before the compulsory acquisition, but subject to any interest in or equity binding on the land created by the authority of the State since its compulsory acquisition, and (b) is subject to all trusts, restrictions, dedications, reservations, easements, rights, charges, rates and contracts from which it was freed and discharged by the compulsory acquisition, and (c) is subject to any interests in or equities binding on the compensation money that were created since the compulsory acquisition. (5) If a resumption application relating to land described or referred to in an acquisition notice has been lodged under section 31A (2) of the Real Property Act 1900 with the Registrar-General: (a) a rescission notice may not rescind so much of the acquisition notice as relates to that land, and (b) any transfer of that land, after it has been brought under the provisions of the Real Property Act 1900, to the person who was entitled to it immediately before the resumption is, for the purposes of Part 4 of this Act, taken, on its registration under that Act: (i) to revest that land under this section in the transferee, and (ii) to rescind the compulsory acquisition in so far as it relates to that land. (6) Part 4 deals with the compensation payable when an acquisition notice is rescinded under this section. Page 15
22 Section 32 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 (7) In this section, acquisition notice includes a notification of appropriation or resumption made under the Public Works Act 1912 before the commencement of this section. 32 New interests in land An interest in land (such as an easement) may be acquired by compulsory process under this Act even though the interest did not previously exist in relation to the land. 33 Validity of compulsory acquisition Once land has been acquired by compulsory process under this Act, the validity of the acquisition is not affected by: (a) a failure to comply with any requirement of this Part relating to the giving of notice of the proposed acquisition, or (b) a subsequent failure to comply with a requirement of this Act relating to the acquisition. 34 Former owner s right to occupy land until compensation paid etc (1) A person who was in lawful occupation of land immediately before it was compulsorily acquired under this Act and to whom compensation is payable under this Act is entitled to remain in occupation until: (a) the compensation is duly paid to the person, or (b) the authority of the State makes (in accordance with any other provision of this Act) an advance payment of not less than 90 per cent of the amount of compensation offered by the authority, or (c) the authority of the State makes (in accordance with any other provision of this Act) a payment into the trust account kept under Part 3 of not less than 90 per cent of the amount of compensation offered by the authority, whichever first occurs. (2) Any such person is entitled to remain in occupation of any building that is the person s principal place of residence, or the person s place of business, for 3 months after it is compulsorily acquired, even though the person has ceased to be entitled to remain in occupation under subsection (1). However, if the Minister responsible for the authority of the State is satisfied that the authority requires immediate vacant possession of land, the authority is entitled to immediate vacant possession even though the 3-month period has not expired. (3) The terms on which a person remains in occupation of land that has been compulsorily acquired under this Act are, in the absence of agreement, such reasonable terms as are determined by the authority of the State (including terms as to the rental to be paid and the restrictions on the use Page 16
23 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section 35 of the land). The Residential Tenancies Act 2010 does not apply to that continued occupation. (4) Any such unpaid rent or other money due to the authority of the State may be set off against the compensation payable under this Act. 35 Power of authority of the State to obtain possession of compulsorily acquired land (1) If, after an authority of the State becomes entitled to vacant possession of land compulsorily acquired under this Act, any person remains in or takes up occupation of the land, that authority may direct and empower the Sheriff (or any person prescribed by the regulations) to deliver possession of the land to that authority. (2) On receipt of any such direction, the Sheriff (or prescribed person) is required to deliver possession of the land to the authority of the State. (3) The costs incurred by the Sheriff (or prescribed person) in delivering possession of the land may be recovered as a debt by the authority of the State from the person refusing to deliver possession. The authority of the State may deduct the amount of any such costs from any compensation payable to the person under this Act. (4) Nothing in this section operates to limit or restrict the power of the authority of the State to enforce its right to possession of land otherwise than under this section. 36 Adverse use of acquired land (1) If a person is using, or proposes to use, land acquired by an authority of the State by compulsory process in a manner inconsistent with the public purpose for which the land was acquired, the Land and Environment Court may, on the application of that authority, make such order as it thinks fit to remedy or restrain that use. (2) Without limiting the powers of the Land and Environment Court under subsection (1), an order made under that subsection may: (a) restrain the use of any building, work or land, or (b) require the demolition or removal of any building or work, or (c) require the reinstatement, as far as practicable, of a building, work or land to the condition it was in immediately before the relevant use. (3) The Land and Environment Court may, at its discretion, by interlocutory order, restrain the continuation of the relevant use of the land pending the determination of an application under subsection (1). Page 17
24 Section 37 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Part 3 Division 1 Compensation for acquisition of land Entitlement to compensation 37 Right to compensation if land compulsorily acquired An owner of an interest in land which is divested, extinguished or diminished by an acquisition notice is entitled to be paid compensation in accordance with this Part by the authority of the State which acquired the land. 37A Requests for non-monetary compensation for native title (1) This section applies to any negotiations held about a compulsory acquisition of native title rights and interests in relation to land however arising. (2) If, during any such negotiations, a person or persons who may be entitled to compensation ask that the whole or part of the compensation should be in a form other than money, the other person or persons involved in the negotiations: (a) must consider the request, and (b) must negotiate in good faith about the request. Note. Section 79 NTA requires that requests for non-monetary compensation by persons who may be entitled to compensation for impairment or extinguishment of native title rights and interests must be handled in the manner referred to in section 37A. The transfer of property or the supply of goods or services are examples of compensation in a form other than money. 38 Compensation entitlement if land (not available for public sale) acquired by agreement An authority of the State is to take into account, in connection with any proposed acquisition by agreement of land not available for public sale, the same matters as are required to be taken into account under this Part in determining the compensation payable for an acquisition by compulsory process. Division 2 Claims for compensation 39 Claim for compensation (1) A person who wishes to claim compensation under this Part must lodge a claim in accordance with this section with the authority of the State that is acquiring the land concerned. (2) A claim for compensation must be in the form prescribed by the regulations or (if no such form is prescribed) in the form approved by the Minister. Page 18
25 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section 40 (3) The claim form may require information to be verified by statutory declaration. (4) A claim for compensation may be withdrawn by the claimant. 40 Owner claiming compensation must disclose particulars of other persons with an interest in land (1) A person who claims compensation under this Part must state, in the claim form, whether the person is aware of any other person who has an interest in the land and who may be entitled to compensation. (2) If the person is aware of such an interest, the claim must contain such particulars of the interest as are required by the requisite claim form. 41 Valuer-General to be given copy of claim for compensation (1) An authority of the State must, as soon as practicable after receiving a claim for compensation in respect of a compulsory acquisition (or proposed compulsory acquisition), give the Valuer-General a copy of the claim. (2) The Valuer-General may determine the amount of compensation to be offered to a former owner of land for a compulsory acquisition of the land: (a) before or after the acquisition takes effect, and (b) even though the former owner has not made a claim for the compensation. Division 3 Post-acquisition procedures relating to compensation 42 Notice of compensation entitlement and offer of compensation (1) An authority of the State which has compulsorily acquired land under this Act must, within 30 days after the publication of the acquisition notice, give the former owners of the land written notice of the compulsory acquisition, their entitlement to compensation and the amount of compensation offered (as determined by the Valuer-General). (2) The compensation notice must be given to all former owners of the land who, immediately before the acquisition: (a) had a registered interest in the land, or (b) were in lawful occupation of the land (but only if the authority of the State considers they are entitled to compensation), or (c) had, to the actual knowledge of the authority of the State, an interest in the land which entitles them to compensation. Page 19
26 Section 43 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 (3) If the acquisition relates only to a particular interest in land, the notice need only be given to all such former owners of that interest. (4) The Minister responsible for an authority of the State may extend the period of 30 days within which the compensation notice is required to be given (but not by more than 60 days) if the Minister is satisfied that it is necessary to do so to enable a valuation to be made of any interest in the land concerned. (5) An authority of the State is not excused from the requirement to give a compensation notice because the period during which the notice is required to be given has expired or because the former owner has not lodged a claim for compensation. (6) However, the authority of the State may delay giving a compensation notice if a number of persons claim competing interests in the land concerned. (7) Despite any such delay, the compensation may be paid into the trust account under this Part and advance payments of compensation may be made under this Part. (8) If a former owner of land has not been given a compensation notice as required by this section, the Valuer-General must, as soon as practicable after being requested to do so, give the former owner written notice of the amount of compensation to be offered to the former owner as determined by the Valuer-General. This subsection extends to a compulsory acquisition of land before the commencement of this subsection. 43 Particulars to be included in notice of compensation entitlement and offer of compensation A compensation notice given to a former owner of land must: (a) be in the form prescribed by the regulations or (if there is no prescribed form) the form approved by the Minister, and (b) notify the owner that the land has been compulsorily acquired, and (c) state that the owner is entitled to compensation, and (d) offer to pay a specified amount of compensation as determined by the Valuer-General and be accompanied by a form of deed of release and indemnity for completion if the offer is accepted, and (e) inform the owner of the right to object to the amount offered. 43A Amendment or rescission of compensation notice (1) An authority of the State may, by a further notice, amend a compensation notice to correct a clerical error or obvious mistake. Page 20
27 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 Section 44 (2) An authority of the State must, by a further notice, amend a compensation notice to correct the amount of compensation offered if the Valuer-General changes his or her determination of the amount of compensation to be offered. (3) A further notice under this section is to be given in the same manner as the compensation notice concerned was given. (4) A compensation notice cannot be amended under this section after the offer of compensation in the notice has been accepted. (5) An amendment of a compensation notice by a further notice under this section has effect: (a) from the date of the original notice (or a later date specified in the further notice) if there has been no change in the amount of compensation offered, or (b) from the date of the further notice if there has been such a change. (6) If an amendment made to a compensation notice under this section takes effect on a day other than the day on which the original notice was received by the former owner, the notice is taken, for the purposes of sections 45 and 66, to have been received by the former owner on the day on which the amendment takes effect. (7) If an acquisition notice is rescinded, the compensation notice relating to the acquisition is also rescinded. 44 Acceptance of offer of compensation (1) A person entitled to compensation under this Part may accept the amount of compensation offered by the authority of the State in the compensation notice. (2) Payment of the compensation is to be made within 28 days of the receipt by the authority of the State of a claim for compensation, deed of release and indemnity (duly completed) and any relevant documents of title. 45 Deemed acceptance of offer of compensation (1) If a person entitled to compensation under this Part does not, within 90 days after receiving a compensation notice: (a) accept the amount of compensation offered by the authority of the State, or (b) lodge with the Land and Environment Court an objection to the amount of compensation offered, the offer of compensation is taken to have been accepted. (2) Such an acceptance is subject to any decision of the Land and Environment Court on an objection lodged after the 90-day period. Page 21
28 Section 46 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 (3) The authority of the State must, on such an acceptance taking effect, pay the amount of money concerned into a trust account kept under this Part and pay the money to the person entitled to it on receipt of a claim for compensation, deed of release and indemnity (duly completed) and any relevant documents of title. 46 Claim for compensation by person not offered compensation (1) A person who has not been given a compensation notice may nevertheless lodge with an authority of the State a claim for compensation under this Part. (2) If the authority of the State considers that the person is entitled to compensation, the authority is to give the person a compensation notice. Otherwise, the authority is to reject the claim by notice in writing given to the person. (3) A claim for compensation under this section is taken to have been rejected if the authority of the State has not dealt with the claim within 60 days after receiving the claim. However, the authority of the State is not precluded from giving the person a compensation notice after that time. 47 Valuer-General to determine amount of compensation offered The Valuer-General is to determine the amount of compensation to be offered to a person under this Part. 48 Advance payments of compensation etc (1) An authority of the State may, at any time after land is acquired, make an advance payment of compensation to any person who the authority considers is entitled to the compensation. (2) An advance payment may be made on application by the person or without any such application if the person agrees to accept the advance payment. (3) The acceptance by a person of an advance payment of compensation does not constitute an acceptance of any offer of compensation made by the authority of the State. (4) A person who receives an advance payment of compensation which exceeds the amount of compensation to which the person is entitled must repay to the authority of the State the amount of the excess. (5) Any advance or other payment of compensation to a person not entitled to the compensation must be repaid to the authority of the State that made the payment. Page 22