Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

LANDS ACQUISITION ACT 1989 - SECT 28

             (1)  Subject to this section, where under section 27:

                     (a)  the Minister has confirmed, or is to be regarded as having confirmed, a pre‑acquisition declaration; or

                     (b)  the Minister has varied such a declaration;

a person affected (within the meaning of subsection 22(10)) by the declaration as so confirmed or varied may apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of the declaration.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to an unreviewable pre‑acquisition declaration.

             (3)  An application:

                     (a)  shall be in writing;

                     (b)  may be made in accordance with the prescribed form within the meaning of paragraph 29(1)(b) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 ; and

                     (c)  shall set out the reasons for the application.

             (4)  The time within which an application must be made is 28 days after the declaration was confirmed or varied, or is to be regarded as having been confirmed or varied, as the case may be.

             (5)  The Tribunal may, before the end of the period referred to in subsection (4), agree to an extension of that period.