Land Acquisition and Compensation Regulations 2021

Form 1

Regulation 7

Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986

Notice of intention to acquire

To: [name and address of person(s) whose interest(s) in land are to be acquired]

[name of Authority] intends to acquire the following interest:

[clearly specify the interest in the land intended to be acquired]

in the following land:

[set out title particulars and a description (including, if appropriate, a sketch) sufficient to identify the land to be acquired and the location of the land]

*The description of the land set out above refers to a document called [name of document]. A copy of this document can be inspected without charge at the Authority's office at [address] during the hours [ordinary office hours].

The [name of Authority] has determined that acquiring the interest in the land described above is required for [set out details of purpose for which land is to be acquired]. The [name of Authority] thinks that the land is suitable for this purpose because [set out reasons why the Authority thinks this is so].

The land—

*is/*is not reserved for a public purpose under *a planning scheme/

*[specify planning scheme];

*is in a class of land exempted from reservation under section 5(2) of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986;

*has been certified by the Governor in Council as land which need not be reserved under section 5(3) of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986;

*is in an area that has been declared under section 172(2) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987;

*is in an area that has been declared to be special project land under section 201I(3) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987;

*is under a work-in-kind agreement within the meaning of Part 9B of the Planning and Environment Act 1987;

*has been deemed to be reserved under section 5 of the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 by another Act [state relevant legislation; e.g. section 118(2) of the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009].

At the present time it is expected that the [name of Authority] may require possession of the land on approximately [date]. This date may change.

The [name of Authority] requests you to provide it with information about the following—

1 The name of any other person who has, or you think may have, an interest in the land. (This person might be a tenant or a mortgagee or a person to whom you have agreed to sell the land.)