New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GOVERNMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 - SECT 28

28 Acquisition of land and construction of works

(1) The Authority may, for the purposes of the Government telecommunications network, acquire land (including an interest in land) by agreement or by compulsory process in accordance with the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 .

(2) For the purposes of the Public Works Act 1912 , the acquisition is taken to be for an authorised work and the Authority is, in relation to the work, taken to be the Constructing Authority.

(3) Sections 34, 35, 36 and 37 of the Public Works Act 1912 do not apply to the construction of works under this Act.