Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009
118Modification of Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986—general
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118 Modification of Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986—general
S. 118(1) repealed by No. 43/2021 s. 151(1).
(2) Land in a project area is taken to have been reserved under a planning instrument for a public purpose for the purposes of section 5 of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986.
(3) Section 7(2) of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 applies to an acquisition under section 112 as if in that section for "twelve months" there were substituted "3 months".
(4) Section 8(1) of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 applies to an acquisition under section 112 as if for paragraph (e) there were substituted—
"(e) state that the land is within a project area within the meaning of the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009;".
S. 118(5) substituted by No. 43/2021 s. 151(2).
(5) Part 9 of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 does not apply in relation to an approved project.
(6) Section 43 of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 applies to an acquisition under section 112 as if after section 43(1)(b) there were inserted—
"(ba) any special suitability or adaptability of the land in which the acquired interest subsists for a purpose for which it could be used under the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009 for the purposes of an approved project within the meaning of that Act;".
S. 118(7) substituted by No. 43/2021 s. 151(3).
(7) Section 109 of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 does not apply in relation to the disposal of any project land by the project authority.
S. 119 repealed by No. 43/2021 s. 152.
S. 120 amended by No. 49/2013 s. 54, repealed by No. 43/2021 s. 152.
S. 120A inserted by No. 49/2013 s. 55.