LANDS ACQUISITION ACT 1989 - SECT 5 Operation of Territory laws
LANDS ACQUISITION ACT 1989 - SECT 5
Operation of Territory laws(1) Subject to this section, where:
(a) a law of a Territory authorising the acquisition or disposal of land, or the acquisition or disposal of interests in land, is in force;
(b) that law would, but for this subsection, apply to the acquisition or disposal, by an authority, of an interest in particular land; and
(c) this Act requires that the Authority acquire or dispose of the interest in accordance with this Act;
the law of the Territory does not apply to that acquisition or disposal.
(2) If a provision referred to in section 21A of the Christmas Island Act 1958 is in operation, this Act does not apply to anything dealt with by the provision.
(2A) If a provision referred to in section 18B of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955 is in operation, this Act does not apply to anything dealt with by the provision.
(3) If a provision referred to in section 62 of the Norfolk Island Act 1979 is in operation, this Act does not apply to anything dealt with by the provision.
(4) Except as provided by subsection ( 1), this Act is not intended to affect the making or operation of a law of a Territory of a kind referred to in paragraph ( 1)(a).