5Application of Act to acquisition of land by an acquiring authority other than the Crown

5 Application of Act to acquisition of land by an acquiring authority other than the Crown

(1)  Where an acquiring authority (other than the Crown) is authorized by a special Act to acquire any land required for the purposes of the authority, that land –

(a) if it is Crown land, is to be purchased as provided by the Crown Lands Act 1976 ; or

(b) if it is not Crown land, is to be acquired as provided by this Act.

(2)  Except to the extent that the provisions of this Act are expressly varied or made inapplicable by a special Act, those provisions –

(a) apply to the purpose authorized by that special Act as far as they are applicable to that purpose; and

(b) form part of the special Act, together with any other Act that is to be incorporated with that special Act; and

(c) are to be read as one Act with the special Act and any other Act so incorporated.