SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 73
Acquisitions interrupted by transfer scheme or notice
SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 73
Acquisitions interrupted by transfer scheme or notice
73 Acquisitions interrupted by transfer scheme or notice
(1) This section applies if— (a) a participating local government of a
distributor-retailer has— (i) served a notice of intention to resume to take
land as a constructing authority under the Acquisition of Land Act ; or
(ii)
entered into an agreement to take land; and
(b) the purpose of the proposed
resumption relates to the distributor-retailer’s geographic area functions.
(2) The distributor-retailer may by notice given to each affected person
decide to continue the taking.
(3) The notice must state— (a) that the
distributor-retailer has become the constructing authority for the taking; and
(b) its address for service of documents.
(4) On the giving of the notice,
for the Acquisition of Land Act — (a) the distributor-retailer becomes the
constructing authority for the taking; and
(b) the local government’s
rights and obligations concerning the taking end.
(5) However, the purpose of
the taking does not change.
(6) In this section—
"affected person" , for the taking, means— (a) each person— (i) on whom
the local government served a notice of intention to resume the land; or
(ii)
with whom the local government has entered into an agreement to take the land;
and
(b) anyone else the distributor-retailer considers is financially
affected by the taking.