Ministerial Corporation to invite persons to negotiate
4 Ministerial Corporation to invite persons to negotiate
The Ministerial Corporation must take all reasonable steps to invite the following persons to negotiate (an invitation to negotiate) with the Ministerial Corporation about the effect of a declared release on the persons—
each affected landholder of land within the area described in the declaration,
other persons who the Ministerial Corporation considers relevant.
The invitation to negotiate must—
be given by written notice, and
specify the circumstances in which the Minister may consider the compulsory acquisition of an interest in the land by the Ministerial Corporation in accordance with the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991.
The invitation to negotiate is not a notice of intention to acquire for the purposes of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991.
The Ministerial Corporation is not required to invite a person to negotiate if—
there is an existing agreement or negotiation between the person and a public authority concerning the effect of a declared release, and
the agreement or negotiation commenced before the declaration was made.
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