Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 - SECT 74

PART 9 POWERS OF ENTRY AND TEMPORARY OCCUPATION

Powers of entry

74. Powers of entry



(1) For the purposes of the special Act, the Authority or any person
authorized in writing to that effect by the Authority, may-

   (a)  enter and remain upon any land with any assistants, vehicles,
        machinery or equipment; and

   (b)  affix or establish any trigonometrical stations, survey pegs, marks or
        poles on the land and from time to time alter, remove or reinstate
        them; and

   (c)  dig or bore into the land and take samples of soil, rock, ground water
        or minerals.

(2) The Authority must serve upon the occupier of the land, and if the
occupier is not the owner, upon the owner of the land-

   (a)  a notice of intention to enter the land; and

   (b)  a statement in the prescribed form setting out the rights and
        obligations of the occupier and owner (as the case may be) under this
        Act-

at least seven days before the land is entered pursuant to subsection (1).

(3) A person who-

   (a)  wilfully and without authorization from the Authority, interferes with
        any trigonometrical station, survey pegs, marks or poles; or





   (b)  wilfully obstructs any person acting in accordance with this section-

is guilty of an offence. Penalty: 5 penalty units.