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Public Works Act 1981

Grants of land, etc, in lieu of compensation

108: Execution of certificates

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“How the government signs papers when giving you land instead of money”

When the government needs to give you land instead of money as compensation, they need to sign a special document called a certificate. The law says that certain important people can sign these certificates on behalf of government ministers. The person in charge of the department that deals with land surveys can sign for the Minister. For railway land, the person who runs the railways can sign for the Minister of Railways. This makes it easier and quicker to give you the land you’re supposed to get.

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Part 6 Grants of land, etc, in lieu of compensation

108Execution of certificates

  1. Without affecting the authority of any other person to execute documents made or issued under this Act, the chief executive of the department within the meaning of the Survey Act 1986, and the General Manager of Railways in respect of railway land transactions, may on behalf of the Minister and the Minister of Railways, respectively, execute any certificate of grant of land under section 107.

Notes
  • Section 108: amended, on , by section 5 of the Survey Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 55).