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EastLink Project Act 2004
79Compensation—surrender, divesting or revocation of reservation
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79 Compensation—surrender, divesting or revocation of reservation
(1) Subject to this Act and the **Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986**, every person who—
(a) immediately before the publication of an Order under Division 1 or 2 had a legal or equitable estate or interest in land to which the Order applies; or
(b) immediately before the commencement of section 60(1) or 60(2) had a legal or equitable estate or interest in any Crown land to which that subsection applies—
has a claim for compensation.
(2) The **Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986** (except sections 31 to 36) applies to the determination of compensation payable under this section—
(a) in the case of an estate or interest in land to which subsection (1)(a) applies, as if the publication of the Order were a notice of acquisition of that estate or interest and the Authority had acquired that estate or interest; or
(b) in the case of an estate or interest in land to which subsection (1)(b) applies, as if the proclamation of the commencement of section 60(1) or 60(2) were a notice of acquisition of that estate or interest and the Authority had acquired that estate or interest.
S. 79(3) amended by No. 95/2005 s. 4(4)(a).
(3) Section 43 of the **Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986** applies to the determination of compensation under this section as if after section 43(1)(b) there were inserted—
"(ba) Any special suitability or adaptability of the land in which the acquired interest subsists for a purpose for which it could be used under the **EastLink Project Act 2004** for the purposes of the Project within the meaning of that Act.".
(4) This section does not apply to—
(a) an estate or interest held by a public authority; or
(b) an estate or interest (other than an interest in fee simple) held by a Council.