A government scheme that invites landowners to offer to sell their land voluntarily, even where accompanied by rezoning that diminishes land value, does not constitute a compulsory or constructive acquisition of property under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW), though landowners may have recourse to s 38 (acquisition by agreement) or Part 2 Division 3 (owner-initiated hardship acquisition).
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