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Public Works and Procurement Act 1912
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#### 84 Compensation to be made for temporary occupation
84 Compensation to be made for temporary occupation
> In any of the cases aforesaid, where the Constructing Authority takes temporary possession of lands by virtue of the powers herein granted, the Constructing Authority shall—
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> > (a) within one month after the Constructing Authority’s entry upon such lands, upon being required to do so, pay to the occupier of the said lands the value of any crop or dressing that may be thereon, as well as full compensation for any other damage of a temporary nature which the occupier may sustain by reason of the Constructing Authority so taking possession of the occupier’s lands,
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> > (b) during such occupation of the said lands, pay half-yearly or quarterly to such occupier or the owner of the lands, as the case may require, a rent, to be agreed upon by the parties, or, if they cannot agree, to be fixed by the Local Court,
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> > (c) within six months after the Constructing Authority has ceased to occupy the said lands, pay to such owner and occupier or pay into Court as prescribed by rules of Court, for the benefit of all parties interested, as the case may require, compensation for all permanent or other loss, damage or injury that may have been sustained by them, by reason of the exercise as regards the said lands of the powers herein granted, including the full value of all such clay, stone, gravel, sand, and other things taken from such land.
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> **s 84:** Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.176 \[2\]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.