Land Acquisition Amendment Bill 2003* (Qld)

Queensland

LAND ACQUISITION AMENDMENT BILL 2003

Queensland

LAND ACQUISITION AMENDMENT BILL 2003

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Amendment of s 7 (Notice of intention to take land) ..................

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Amendment of s 20 (Assessment of compensation)...................

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Acquisition of Land Act 1967

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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2003.

2 Act amended This Act amends the Acquisition of Land Act 1967.

3 Amendment of s 7 (Notice of intention to take land) (1) Section 7(2), after 'shall'— insert—

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, as soon as practicable after the constructing authority decides to resume the land,'.

(2) Section 7(3)— insert—

'(g) state the date by which the constructing authority needs the land for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (a).'.

4 Amendment of s 20 (Assessment of compensation) Section 20— insert—

'(2A) In addition to the compensation assessed under subsection (2), compensation is also payable for—

(a) any reduction in the value of the claimant's interest in the land that may have been caused by a public expectation that the land could be resumed; and

(b) the value of the claimant's special knowledge of the particular parcel of land, that can not immediately transfer to another parcel of land including—

(i) the water flow over the land; and

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(ii) the carrying capacity of the land for crops or stock; and

(iii) appropriate cropping and management systems for the land; and

the personal cost to the claimant of moving from the land; and

the financial cost to the claimant of finding and purchasing a replacement parcel of land including, for example, outlays on legal fees and stamp duty; and