15Acquisition of land

15 Acquisition of land

15 Acquisition of land

(1) The Corporation may, for the purposes of this Act or any other Act administered by the Minister, acquire land (including an interest in land) by agreement or by compulsory process in accordance with the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991.

(2) For the purposes of the Public Works Act 1912, any such acquisition of land is taken to be for an authorised work and the Corporation is, in relation to that authorised work, taken to be the Constructing Authority.

(3) Sections 34, 35, 36 and 37 of the Public Works Act 1912 do not apply in respect of works constructed under this Act.

(4) Despite the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991, section 55, a strategic benefit payment to which a person is entitled must be disregarded in determining the amount of compensation to which the person is entitled under that Act, Part 3.

(5) In this section—

strategic benefit payment has the same meaning as in the Electricity Supply Act 1995, section 44.

s 15: Subst 1992 No 34, Sch 2. Am 2024 No 41, Sch 5.2[1].