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Recovery of Lands Act 1929.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Australian Capital Territory
Document type
Legislation
Date
1929 (2001)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the recovery of possession of lands on the determination of leases.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Expropriation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act provides for the recovery of possession of lands on the determination of leases. After a lease has been determined, a magistrate sitting as the Magistrates Court, may, on the application of the Minister, or of any person acting in that behalf for the Minister, if in his opinion the lease has been lawfully determined, issue a warrant, authorising any police officer, within a period of not more than 30 days after the date of the warrant, to enter on the land by force and with the assistance that is necessary and give possession of it to the Territory.

Full text
English
Website
www6.austlii.edu.au