18Acquisitions to be in accordance with Act

18 Acquisitions to be in accordance with Act (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), an acquiring authority shall not acquire an interest in land otherwise than in accordance with this Act unless— (a) the regulations provide that this Act does not apply in relation to the acquisition, by the acquiring authority, of interests in land in specified circumstances and the acquisition is an acquisition in those circumstances; or (b) the acquisition is authorised by a territory law (including a law passed or made after the commencement of this part) and that law, or another territory law, expressly provides that the firstmentioned law has effect despite anything contained in this Act; or (c) the acquisition is effected by a territory law; or (d) the acquisition is effected by an agreement made when there was no pre-acquisition declaration or certificate under section 21 in force relating to the acquisition. (2) Nothing in this Act prevents the benefit of a restriction on the use of land becoming vested in an authority by the operation of a law other than this Act. (3) This Act does not apply in respect of the withdrawal by the Executive from a lease of territory land of all or part of the land comprised in the lease where the withdrawal is made in accordance with the provisions of the lease.

Pre-acquisition declarations Division 4.1