165PProject authority may enter, occupy, use and carry out works on certain land

165P Project authority may enter, occupy, use and carry out works on certain land

(1) Subject to this Subdivision, a project authority, or a person authorised in writing by a project authority, may—

(a) enter, occupy and use land within the project area for the approved project; and

(b) carry out works on the land mentioned in paragraph (a) for the construction of permanent infrastructure for the purposes of an approved project or any purpose connected with an approved project.

(2) A power under subsection (1) may be exercised only if—

(a) the project authority intends to compulsorily acquire at least the part of the land on which the permanent infrastructure is to be constructed; and

(b) the project authority is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable to precisely identify the area of land on which the permanent infrastructure will be constructed before the works for the construction of the permanent infrastructure are commenced.

S. 165Q inserted by No. 48/2024 s. 22.