67ZApplication of Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986—private crossing adjoining land

67Z Application of Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986—private crossing adjoining land

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 applies to this Subdivision and for that purpose—

(a) the Rail Management Act 1996 is the special Act; and

(b) the Secretary is the Authority; and

(c) land includes strata above or below the surface of land and easements and rights to use land or strata above or below the surface of the land.

(2) Sections 5 and 109 of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 do not apply to an acquisition under this Subdivision.

Subdivision 4—General

S. 67ZA inserted by No. 41/2020 s. 7.

67ZA Service

(1) Any notice or other document which the Secretary is required to serve on any person under this Division may be served on that person personally or by post.

(2) If the whereabouts of a person on whom the Secretary is required to serve the notice or document is not known to the Secretary, the notice or document may be served by affixing it in a prominent place on the land to which it relates.

(3) A notice or other document may be served on the Secretary by delivering or sending it by post to the Secretary at the Department's offices, or to the office of such person as the Secretary may authorise to receive the notice or document on the Secretary's behalf.

S. 67ZB inserted by No. 41/2020 s. 7.

67ZB Minor misdescription not to invalidate documents

The validity of any notice or statement under this Division is not affected by any misdescription in it of the private crossing, the land or of any interest in the land if sufficient information appears on the face of the notice or statement to identify the private crossing, the land or interest intended to be affected.

S. 67ZC inserted by No. 41/2020 s. 7.

67ZC Extension or abridgement of time

(1) If it is provided in this Division that an act or thing may be or is required to be done within a specified time, or not before the expiration of a specified time, and that provision is stated to be subject to this subsection—

(a) the Governor in Council may abridge that time; or

(b) the Minister may extend that time; or

(c) that time may be extended or abridged by agreement between the Secretary and the other party concerned in the matter.

(2) The Minister may extend time under subsection (1)(b) despite the fact that the time prescribed by this Division for the doing of an act or thing has expired.