Government Agencies (Land Acquisition Reporting) Act 2018

This section applies to a report under section 8 (1) (a) about a land acquisition by a government agency.

For an acquisition of land from an individual, the individual’s name must not be included in the report, and must be removed from any document attached to the report.

For—

an acquisition of land to be developed or used as—

a housing assistance property; or

a facility to provide a service for community health or safety, if the Minister has declared, in writing, that disclosure of identifying particulars would risk an adverse impact on the privacy or reputation of potential users of the facility; or

an acquisition of land under a land rent lease; or

an acquisition of land from a registered community housing provider; or

an acquisition of land prescribed by regulation;

the only identifying particular of the acquired land that may be included in a report is the district in which the acquired land is located and any other identifying particulars of the land must be removed from any document attached to the report.

Subsection (3) does not apply if the information has entered the public domain.

For an acquisition of land under a land rent lease, information that must not be disclosed by a tax officer under the Taxation Administration Act 1999, division 9.4 (Secrecy) must not be included in the report, and must be removed from any document attached to the report.

In this section:

district means a district determined under the Districts Act 2002, section 5.

housing assistance property—see the Housing Assistance Act 2007, section 28 (2).

land rent lease—see the Land Rent Act 2008, dictionary.

registered community housing provider—see the Community Housing Providers National Law (ACT), section 4.

Note The Community Housing Providers National Law (ACT) Act 2013, s 7 applies the Community Housing Providers National Law set out in the appendix to the Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012 (NSW) as if it were an ACT law called the Community Housing Providers National Law (ACT).

tax officer—see the Taxation Administration Act 1999, section 94.