LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 12 Restrictions on dealings with land

LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 12

    (1)     If a notice of intention to acquire has been served upon a person under section 6, that person must not, while the notice is in force, without the consent of the Authority—

        (a)     enter into any sale, transaction or arrangement, or obtain or grant any licence or approval with respect to the land; or

        (b)     make any improvements of a durable nature to the land.

    (2)     Upon receipt of any document relating to any dealings with an interest in land in respect of which a notice of intention to acquire has been served, the Registrar of Titles must notify the Authority of this fact.

    (3)     Nothing in this section prevents—

        (a)     any person from discharging the land from any mortgage affecting the land; or

        (b)     a mortgagee from exercising a power of foreclosure or sale in respect of the land.