165YProject authority must give notice of decision to abandon acquisition

165Y Project authority must give notice of decision to abandon acquisition

(1) Subsection (2) applies if the project authority decides, after the giving of an advance works notice but before serving a LACA notice of intention to acquire, to not proceed with the acquisition of an interest in land on which the permanent infrastructure is constructed or is intended to be constructed through the exercise of powers under section 165P.

(2) The project authority must give written notice of the decision to not proceed to any person on whom a LACA notice of intention to acquire would have been required to be served if the acquisition had proceeded.

(3) The project authority is taken to have given a notice under subsection (2) if, in relation to the interest in land—

(a) a LACA notice of intention to acquire has not been served within 3 months after the construction completion date; or

(b) the project authority serves a statement cancelling a LACA notice of intention to acquire under section 15 of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986; or

(c) a LACA notice of intention to acquire lapses under section 16 of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986.

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