New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 44

44 Acquisition of land

(1) A network operator may acquire land (including an interest in land) for the purpose of exercising its functions under this or any other Act or law.

(2) Land that a network operator is authorised to acquire under this section may be acquired by agreement or by compulsory process in accordance with the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 for the purposes of this Act.

(3) A network operator may not give a proposed acquisition notice under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 without the approval of the Minister.

(4) This section authorises a network operator that is an energy transmission operator within the meaning of the Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 to acquire land by agreement or compulsorily for the purposes of the exercise of its principal functions under section 6C of that Act (whether or not the land acquired may also be used for the purposes of the telecommunications function within the meaning of that section). It does not authorise a network operator to acquire land compulsorily solely for the purposes of the exercise of the telecommunications function.