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### 51 Acquisition of land
> *\[Section 51 Amended by No. 24 of 1993, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]*[*\[Section 51 Substituted by No. 45 of 1998, s. 68, Applied:31 Dec 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-12-31/act-1998-045#GS68@EN)
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> > (1) The Minister may purchase, acquire and take, under the provisions of the [Land Acquisition Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1993-023) or any other Act providing generally for the acquisition of land for public purposes, land –
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> > > > (a) that possesses any of the values specified in Column 2 of [Schedule 5](#JS5@EN) for any of the purposes specified in Column 3 of [Schedule 5](#JS5@EN) ; or
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> > > > (b) for any other purpose that the Minister considers necessary.
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> > (2) Any land purchased, acquired or taken under [subsection (1)(a)](#GS51@Gs1@Hpa@EN) is taken to have been reserved to the Crown as a public reserve under [section 8](#GS8@EN) .