LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 3.22

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 3.22

3.22 .         Compensation

        (1)         If a person who is —

            (a)         the owner or occupier of land granted in fee simple; or

            (b)         the occupier of land held under lease or on conditional terms of purchase from the Crown, except for pastoral or timber purposes,

                sustains damage through the performance by a local government of its functions under this Act, the local government is to compensate the person if the person requests compensation unless it is otherwise expressly stated in subsection (5) or in Schedule 3.1 or Schedule 3.2.

        (2)         Despite subsection (1), regulations amending Schedule 3.1 or Schedule 3.2 may exclude or limit the obligation of a local government to pay compensation for a particular matter.

        (3)         The assessment of damage for which compensation is to be paid is to include the value of any material taken under Subdivision 2.

        (4)         A dispute about the amount of compensation is to be determined by arbitration in accordance with section 3.23.

        (5)         Compensation is not payable for damage sustained through a local government —

            (a)         draining water onto land to the extent that the water follows a natural watercourse; or

            (b)         closing or restricting the use of a thoroughfare under section 3.50 or a power given by any other written law; or

            (c)         performing functions under section 3.51(2)(b); or

            (d)         performing any other prescribed function.

        (6)         This section does not limit section 9.57.

        (7)         Regulations may —

            (a)         prescribe the time within which compensation may be claimed and procedures for making claims;

            (b)         make provision as to how compensation for damage is to be assessed.

        [Section 3.22 amended: No. 64 of 1998 s. 14(2).]