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Lands Acquisition Act 1994.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Australian Capital Territory
Document type
Legislation
Date
1994 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act relating to the acquisition of interests in land by the Executive and certain authorities and dealings with land so acquired, and for other purposes.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Basic legislation Land tenure Expropriation
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

An interest in land, which may be acquired under this Act by agreement or by compulsory process, can be a legal or equitable estate or interest in land or any other right (including a right under an option and a right of redemption), charge, power or privilege over, or in connection with, land or an interest in land. Those interests include an interest of the Territory, a State or another Territory in land; an interest that did not previously exist in relation to particular land; and a restriction on the use of the land, whether or not annexed to particular land.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.act.gov.au

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Lands Acquisition Regulation 1999.

Legislation | Australia | 1999 (2001)

Keyword: Land tenure, Expropriation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX