Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00857:clause:2_16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00857
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 16
Character Range: 136070–138628

16  Compensation for acquisition of property
(1) If the amendments made by this Act, or the provisions of this Schedule or the regulations, would result in an acquisition of property from a person otherwise than on just terms, the Commonwealth is liable to pay a reasonable amount of compensation to the person.
(2) If the Commonwealth and the person do not agree on the amount of the compensation, the person may institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery from the Commonwealth of such reasonable amount of compensation as the court determines.
(3) In this item:
acquisition of property has the same meaning as in paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution.
just terms has the same meaning as in paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution.
Notes to the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2010
Note 1
The Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2010 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 69, 2010 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts
Act                                                Number     Date          Date of commencement       Application, saving or transitional provisions
                                                   and year   of Assent
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2010  69, 2010   28 June 2010  See s. 2(1)
Statute Law Revision Act 2012                      136, 2012  22 Sept 2012  Schedule 2 (item 32): (a)  —

(a) Subsection 2(1) (item 24) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2012 provides as follows:
 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1                  Column 2                                                                                                                                                  Column 3
Provision(s)              Commencement                                                                                                                                              Date/Details
24.  Schedule 2, item 32  Immediately after the time specified in the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2010 for the commencement of item 39 of Schedule 1 to that Act.  1 January 2011

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected                                                                                How affected