74Resumption procedure

74 Resumption procedure

(1)  If the Crown has power to resume land by virtue of a right reserved in the grant of the land, the Crown may give notice of resumption to the owner of the land.

(2)  A notice of resumption is to –

(a) specify the day on which re-entry will be made on behalf of the Crown; and

(b) have on it, or annexed to it, a plan of the land to be resumed.

(3)  A notice of resumption is to be served –

(a) on every owner of the land being resumed known to the Crown; or

(b) if the Crown does not know of any owner, or of an owner's address, on the Public Trustee.

(4)  The provisions of section 20 apply in respect of a notice of resumption as if it were a notice of acquisition.

(5)  Where a notice of resumption has been given under this section –

(a) section 71 applies to the land as if it were land acquired under this Act and the Crown was an acquiring authority; and

(b) section 72 applies to the removal from the land of goods or animals owned by, or in the custody of, the person to whom the notice is given in the same manner as that section applies to the removal of goods or animals from land acquired under this Act.