Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009
133Power of project authority to purchase land
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133 Power of project authority to purchase land
S. 133(1) amended by No. 43/2021 s. 157(a).
(1) A project authority may purchase land outside the project area for the purposes of an approved project or any purpose connected with an approved project.
(2) A project authority may purchase land outside the project area for the purpose of preservation, restoration or provision of native habitat.
S. 133(3) amended by No. 43/2021 s. 157(b).
(3) A project authority may purchase the whole of a parcel of land even if only part of the land is required for a purpose referred to in subsection (1) or (2).
S. 133(4) amended by No. 43/2021 s. 157(b).
(4) If a project authority acquires part of a parcel of land under section 112, it may purchase the rest of the parcel of land under this Division even if the rest of the parcel is not required for a purpose referred to in subsection (1) or (2).
S. 133(5) amended by No. 43/2021 s. 157(b).
(5) If an Order has been published under section 134 requiring a public authority to surrender land to the Crown or divesting land from a public authority, and at the time the public authority acquired the land it did not acquire the whole of the parcel of which the land formed part, the project authority may purchase the rest of the parcel of land under this Division even if the rest of the parcel is not required for a purpose referred to in subsection (1) or (2).