Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of section 6 or 7 cause a copy of a notice of vesting of the land, in accordance with a form approved by the Minister, to be served upon each person who had an interest in the land immediately before the commencement of that section (in this section referred to as an owner ), or such of them as can, after careful inquiry, be ascertained.
(a) the Minister is unable, after careful inquiry, to ascertain the identity of an owner; or
(b) service on an owner cannot be effected;
service on that owner may be effected by causing a copy of the notice of
vesting to be published in a newspaper circulating in the district in which
the relevant land is situated.