"acquisition notice" means a notice under section 19 which declares that land
has been acquired by compulsory process.
"authority of the State" means:
(a) a Minister of the Crown, or
(b) a
statutory body representing the Crown, or
(c) a council, a county council or
a joint organisation within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 , or
(d) any other authority authorised to acquire land by compulsory process.
"Commonwealth Native Title Act" or
"NTA" means the Native Title Act 1993of the Commonwealth.
"compensation notice" means a notice under section 42 which notifies the
former owners of land of a compulsory acquisition, their entitlement to
compensation and the amount of compensation offered.
"compulsory acquisition" of land means the acquisition of the land by
compulsory process under this Act.
(2) For the purposes of this Act,
an authority is authorised to acquire land by compulsory process if:
(a) the
authority is authorised by law to acquire land by compulsory process under
this Act, or
(b) land is authorised by law to be acquired for the authority
by resumption or appropriation under any provision of the Public Works and
Procurement Act 1912 or the authority is declared by law to be a Constructing
Authority in connection with any such resumption or appropriation.
(3) In
this Act, a reference to the Minister responsible for an
authority of the State is:
(a) if that authority is constituted by or under an
Act--a reference to the Minister administering that Act, or
(b) if that
authority is a Minister--a reference to that Minister.
(4) For the purposes
of this Act, the owners of Crown land not vested in any other person include:
(a) the person having the care and control of the land, or
Note : "Approved determination of native title" , referred to in paragraph (c) of the
definition of
"registered interest" in s 4 (1), is defined in s 253 NTA.