Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Where a highway over land other than Crown land is closed in accordance with section 14, the corporation may acquire any of that land, and, if a notice to treat for the purchase of the land is served within 3 months of the making of the order, the compensation for the taking of the land shall be determined as if the highway were continuing.
(2) Without prejudice to the exercise of powers under any other Act, where a highway over Crown land is closed in accordance with section 14, the land may be dealt with in accordance with the Crown Lands Act 1976.
(3) Where a person is entitled to compensation in respect of the acquisition of land for the purposes of the diversion of a highway made in pursuance of section 14, and the corporation is able and willing to cause to be transferred to him other land that is capable of being occupied and used with land retained by him that adjoined the highway before its diversion, the compensation shall be reduced by the value of the land that may be so transferred, so far as that compensation is attributable to the value of the land acquired.
(4) The powers of a corporation to acquire land for the purposes of the diversion of a highway include power to acquire land for the purpose of its transference pursuant to subsection (3).