54APowers of entry to carry out works in relation to major infrastructure projects

54A Powers of entry to carry out works in relation to major infrastructure projects

[Section 54A Inserted by No. 19 of 2001, s. 11, Applied:12 Apr 2001]

(1)  In this section –

authorisation means an authorisation given under subsection (2) ;

notified corridor has the same meaning as in the Major Infrastructure Development Approvals Act 1999 ;

permit has the same meaning as in the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 ;

prescribed person means –

(a) the occupier, if any, of the land on to which a person is authorised to enter; or

(b) the owner in fee simple of that land; or

(c) if that land is not subject to the Land Titles Act 1980 but is subject to a mortgage, the mortgagor.

(2)  [Section 54A Subsection (2) amended by No. 5 of 2002, s. 4, Applied:30 May 2002] [Section 54A Subsection (2) amended by No. 5 of 2002, s. 4, Applied:30 May 2002] Subject to subsection (4) , the Minister may authorise in writing a person to enter on to land within a notified corridor for the purposes of the implementation of a major infrastructure project.

(3)  If an order under section 14B of the Major Infrastructure Development Approvals Act 1999 amends a corridor described in a permit by adding land to the corridor, that land is taken to be within a notified corridor for the purposes of subsection (2) .

(4)  The Minister may not authorise entry under unless the Minister is satisfied that the works that are proposed to be carried out on the land are authorised by a permit and –