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Lands Acquisition Act 1978
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42B Form of notices
(1) A notice of proposal is to be in the approved form and contain:
(c) an invitation to the person on whom the notice is served to
negotiate with the Minister the conditions of the acquisition of
the person's interest by agreement under this Act and advising
the person that in the absence of agreement the land will be
compulsorily acquired;
(d) a statement indicating the period within which a person served
with a notice of proposal may lodge with the Minister
comments on the acquisition; and
(e) where the proposal is for the acquisition of native title rights
and interests – a statement to the effect that, if there are no
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registered native title claimants or registered native title bodies
corporate in relation to the land the subject of the proposal,
the representative body or bodies in relation to that land may,
within 2 months after being served with a copy of a notice of
proposal under section 42A(1)(c), lodge in writing with the
Minister comments on the acquisition.
(2) The Minister must cause to be served on each person served with a
notice of proposal under section 42A(1)(b) or (f) or (2A) a statement
in the approved form summarising the rights of such persons under
this Act.
(3) A notice of proposed acquisition is to be in the approved form and
contain:
(c) a statement indicating that a person who has or claims to have
an interest in the land that will be divested, modified or
affected by the acquisition may, within 21 days of the date of
publication of the notice, apply to the Minister for a notice or
proposal and must indicate in the application the nature of the
interest held or claimed; and
(d) a statement indicating that a person referred to in
paragraph (c) is not entitled under this Act to lodge comments
on the acquisition unless the person has been served with a
notice of proposal under section 42A(2A).