Victorian Consolidated Legislation

EastLink Project Act 2004 - SECT 54

Power of Authority to purchase land

54. Power of Authority to purchase land



(1) The Authority may purchase land for the purposes of the Project in any
area outside the Project area.

(2) The Authority may purchase land in any area outside the Project area for
the purpose of preservation, restoration or provision of native habitat.

(3) The Authority may purchase the whole of a parcel of land even if only part
of the land is required for the purposes of the Project or for the purposes of
subsection (2).

(4) If the Authority acquires part of a parcel of land under section 34, it
may purchase the rest of the parcel of land under this Division even if the
rest of the parcel is not required for the purposes of the Project or for the
purposes of subsection (2).





(5) If an Order has been published under section 55 requiring a public
authority to surrender land to the Crown or divesting land from a public
authority and at the time the public authority acquired the land it did not
acquire the whole of the parcel of which the land formed part, the Authority
may purchase the rest of the parcel of land under this Division even if the
rest of the parcel is not required for the purposes of the Project or for the
purposes of subsection (2).

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