78Extension of time or period

78 Extension of time or period

(1)  A time or period prescribed in this Act as the time or period within which any act or thing is to be done, or any proceedings are to be taken, may, before or within 14 days after the expiration of the time or period so prescribed and on the application of an owner of subject land, a claimant or a former owner of land acquired under this Act, be extended –

(a) by the agreement of the acquiring authority; or

(b) in default of agreement, by order of the Court made on the application of the acquiring authority or the claimant.

(1A)  [Section 78 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 31 of 2019, s. 23, Applied:01 Jan 2020] An acquiring authority may, by notice in writing to an owner of subject land, a claimant, or a former owner of land, (the relevant person), extend a time or period referred to in subsection (1) , without an agreement between the acquiring authority and the relevant person, if the acquiring authority has been –

(a) unable to contact the relevant person; or

(b) unable to obtain the agreement of the relevant person to an extension of the time or period.

(2)  An application referred to in subsection (1) (b) is to be made within 14 days after the day on which the acquiring authority and claimant have determined that they cannot agree in relation to an extension of time.

(3)  Where an agreement or order is made for the extension of time or a period within which any act or thing is to be done or any proceedings are to be taken, the act or thing may be done, or the proceedings may be taken, within that extended time or period specified in the agreement or order.

(4)  This section does not apply in relation to the period specified in section 77 (1) .