51Acquisition of land

### 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) > > > (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 – > > > > > > (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 > > > > > > > (b) for any other purpose that the Minister considers necessary. > > > (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) .