69Indemnification of planning authorities for liability to pay compensation

### 69 Indemnification of planning authorities for liability to pay compensation > > (1)  [*\[Section 69 Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2015, s. 35, Applied:17 Dec 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-12-17/act-2015-047#GS35@EN) *\[Section 69 Subsection (1) amended by No. 104 of 1995, s. 35 and Sched. 1 \]*Where an entitlement to compensation under this Division arises out of the inclusion in a planning scheme, at the written request, or with the written consent, of a relevant agency, of a provision reserving land for a public purpose, the planning authority is entitled to be indemnified by the State or the relevant agency, as the case requires, for the payment of that compensation. > > > (2)  Any sum to which an authority is entitled under [subsection (1)](#GS69@Gs1@EN) may be recovered as a debt due to the planning authority in any court of competent jurisdiction.