21Notice to former owner after acquisition

21 Notice to former owner after acquisition

(1)  An acquiring authority must, within the period of 30 days after a notice of acquisition is gazetted, serve on every former owner of the land taken –

(a) a notice in a form approved by the Secretary; and

(b) a copy of the notice of acquisition; and

(c) if part only of the former owner's land was taken, a plan of that part of the land; and

(d) if the whole of the former owner's land was taken and a plan of the land taken is available, that plan.

(2)  [Section 21 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 15, Applied:01 Jan 2022] A notice referred to in subsection (1) (a) is to inform the person on whom it is served that the person, within 6 months after the notice is so served, is entitled to lodge a claim for compensation under this Act.

(3)  This section does not apply where a notice of acquisition is gazetted pursuant to an agreement referred to in section 16 .