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Public Works Act 1981

Compensation - Entitlement

70: Offer of compensation when land taken

You could also call this:

“You can ask for money when someone takes your land”

When someone takes your land under this law, you have the right to ask for money as compensation. If you and the person taking the land haven’t agreed on how much money you should get, you can ask the Minister or local authority to make you a formal offer.

The rules for making this offer are the same as in another part of the law (section 69). These rules say how the offer should be made and what information it should include. When the rules talk about the Minister, they also mean the local authority if they’re the ones making the offer.

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Part 5 Compensation
Entitlement

70Offer of compensation when land taken

  1. Subject to sections 99 to 101, where any land is taken under this Act, and no agreement for the payment or determination of compensation has been made, the owner of any estate or interest in the land taken shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 77, be entitled on application to the Minister or local authority to be made a formal offer of compensation for his estate or interest in the land taken.

  2. The provisions of subsections (2), (3), (4) and (6) of section 69 shall apply to the making of an offer under this section, and every reference in those subsections to the Minister shall be read as a reference to the Minister or the local authority, as the case may require.