S. 3(1) def. of Registrar substituted by No. 91/1994 s. 20(b), repealed by No. 52/1998 s. 311(Sch. 1 item 47.1(a)). * * * * * S. 3(1) def of responsible authority amended by No. 45/1987 s. 205(Sch. item 40(b)). responsible authority has the same meaning as it has in the Planning and Environment Act 1987; S. 3(1) def. of spouse inserted by No. 27/2001 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 5.1). spouse of a person means a person to whom the person is married; S. 3(1) def. of Taxing Master inserted by No. 24/2008 s. 83(1), repealed by No. 78/2008 s. 27(1). * * * * * the Authority means a person or body who or which— (a) is authorized by or under the special Act to acquire land; and (b) in the special Act is expressed to be the Authority for the purposes of this Act; the special Act means an Act or a provision of an Act which is expressed to be a special Act for the purposes of this Act; this Act includes the regulations;
the parties or, failing agreement, fixed by the Court or the Tribunal, as the case may be. 48 Form of claim (1) A claim for compensation under this Part is made by serving on the Authority a notice of claim which must— (a) be in the prescribed form; and (b) state the amount of compensation to which the claimant claims to be entitled under this Act; and (c) state the interest which the claimant had in the land concerned; and (d) give details of the loss sustained or expense incurred which gave rise to the claim. (2) Subject to section 106(1), the Authority must before the expiration of three months after the day on which a notice of claim is served on it under this Part serve upon the claimant a statement in writing replying to the notice of claim. (3) The Authority may in that statement— (a) admit the claim; or (b) make an alternative offer of compensation; or (c) reject the claim. (4) A statement of reply under subsection (2) must be accompanied by a statement in the prescribed form setting out the principal rights and obligations of persons entitled to make a claim under this Part. (5) The Authority may admit the claim either in full or in part leaving specified matters subject to negotiation and if it admits the claim it is liable to
Assent Date: 27.5.87 Commencement Date: Pt 1, s. 204 on 27.5.87: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 16.2.88: Government Gazette 10.2.88 p. 218; Sch. items 118, 119 were never proclaimed and were later repealed : All of Act in operation Subdivision Act 1988, No. 53/1988 (as amended by No. 47/1989) Assent Date: 31.5.88 Commencement Date: All of Act on 30.10.89: Government Gazette 4.10.89 p. 2532 : All of Act in operation of Advanced Education (Amalgamation) Act 1988, No. 61/1988 Assent Date: 29.11.88 Commencement Date: 1.1.89: s. 2 : All of Act in operation Transfer of Land (Computer Register) Act 1989, No. 18/1989 Assent Date: 16.5.89 Commencement Date: All of Act on 3.2.92: Government Gazette 18.12.91 p. 3488 : All of Act in operation Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989 Assent Date: 14.6.89 Commencement Date: S. 4(1)(a)–(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217 : All of Act in operation Victorian Public Offices Corporation (Repeal) Act 1990, No. 65/1990 Assent Date: 20.11.90 Commencement Date: 20.11.90: s. 2 : All of Act in operation Mineral Resources Development Act 1990, No. 92/1990 Assent Date: 18.12.90 Commencement Date: S. 128(Sch. 1 items 14.1, 14.2) on 6.11.91: Government Gazette 30.10.91 p. 2970 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 Building Act 1993, No. 126/1993