Acquisition of land
6 Acquisition of land
The Minister may, by appropriation or resumption, acquire the whole or any part of the land described in the Second Schedule to this Act, or any land adjoining the same or adjacent thereto, for the purposes of this Act.
Where the Minister proposes to acquire land by appropriation or resumption he may make application to the Governor for the purpose.
The Governor may authorise the appropriation or resumption of the land.
Thereupon the Governor may:
appropriate or resume the land by Gazette notification under Division 1 of Part 5 of the Public Works Act 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts,
notify that the land is vested in the Minister.
Thereupon the land shall vest in the Minister and his successors.
For the purposes of the Public Works Act 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts, such appropriation or resumption shall be deemed to be for the purpose of carrying out an authorised work within the meaning of that Act.
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