ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1967 - SECT 8
Dealing with objections
ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1967 - SECT 8
Dealing with objections
8 Dealing with objections
(1) A person entitled to be served with a notice of intention to resume land
who has objected as prescribed to the taking (the
"objector" ) shall not be entitled to be heard in support of the grounds of
the objection unless the person stated in the objection that the person
desired to be so heard and appears, in person or by counsel, solicitor or
agent, at the time and place specified in the notice.
(2) The constructing
authority shall consider the grounds of objection to the taking of any land
and—
(a) if the objector has been heard by the constructing authority—the
matters put forward by the objector in support of such grounds; or
(b) if the
objector has been heard by the delegate of the constructing authority—the
report thereon of such delegate.
(2A) If upon such consideration, the
constructing authority is of opinion that the resumption should be
discontinued or that the notice of intention to resume should be amended, the
constructing authority may discontinue the resumption or amend the notice of
intention to resume.
(2B) However, a notice of intention to resume shall not
be amended so as to include therein land additional to the land the subject
thereof.
(3) If the constructing authority amends the notice of intention to
resume, the objector can not again object to the taking of the land as
provided for under the amended notice if the owner of the land (whether or not
the owner is the objector) agrees to the amendment.
