53Acquiring authority

53 Acquiring authority (1) In this Division ***acquiring authority*** means any person corporation or body of persons authorized by or under any Victorian or Commonwealth Act or law to acquire land compulsorily. (2) The provisions of this Division shall be read and construed as in aid of and not in derogation from the provisions of any other Act or enactment or law whereby an acquiring authority may become registered as the proprietor of any land acquired by or vested in that authority. (3) Apart from the operation of Part III nothing in this Act shall affect or delay the vesting in any acquiring authority of any land by virtue of any other Act or law. No. 5842 s. 54. S. 54 amended by Nos 9976 s. 11, 121/1986 s. 112, 53/1988 s. 45(Sch. 2 item 82) (as amended by No. 47/1989 s. 4(5)).