Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LANDS ACQUISITION ACT 1994 - SECT 72

    (1)     Where—

        (a)     a person is entitled to be paid compensation in accordance with this part in respect of an acquisition; and

        (b)     the amount of the compensation has been determined in accordance with division 6.5; and

        (c)     the proof of title requirement in relation to the acquisition has been satisfied; and

        (d)     the person has—

              (i)     produced or surrendered all deeds and documents relating to, or evidencing, the person's title to the interest that the chief executive, or a person authorised under the Government Solicitor Act 1989 , section 5 (4), reasonably requires to be produced or surrendered; and

              (ii)     executed such documents as the chief executive or a person so authorised reasonably requires;

the Executive shall pay to the person the amount of compensation so determined.

    (2)     For subsection (1), the proof of title requirement in relation to the acquisition shall be taken to have been satisfied if—

        (a)     the person has satisfied the chief executive, or a person authorised under the Government Solicitor Act 1989 , section 5 (4), that the person had, immediately before the acquisition, title to the acquired interest; or

        (b)     because of a decision of the ACAT, the interest is taken, for this Act, to have been acquired from the person by compulsory process.

Note     See s 60 (2) (Effect of ACAT decision).