Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LANDS ACQUISITION ACT 1989 No. 15 of 1989 - SECT 43

43. (1) Where:

   (a)  a pre-acquisition declaration is in force; and

   (b)  the Minister has complied with the requirements of subsection 22 (7),
        sections 23, 36 and 37 and subsection 38 (1) in relation to the
        declaration; the declaration becomes absolute in accordance with this
        section.

(2) If no application for reconsideration has been made, the declaration
becomes absolute at the end of 28 days after the last day on which such an
application could have been made.

(3) If:

   (a)  the declaration is an unreviewable declaration; and

   (b)  as a result of one or more applications for reconsideration, the
        declaration has been confirmed or varied; the declaration, as
        confirmed or varied, becomes absolute at the end of 28 days after the
        day, or the last day, as the case may be, on which the declaration was
        confirmed or varied.

(4) If:

   (a)  the declaration is reviewable by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal;

   (b)  as a result of one or more applications for reconsideration, the
        declaration has been confirmed or varied; and

   (c)  no application has been made for review of the declaration by the
        Tribunal; the declaration, as confirmed or varied, becomes absolute at
        the end of 28 days after the last day on which an application for
        review could have been made.

(5) If:

   (a)  the declaration is reviewable by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal;

   (b)  as a result of one or more applications for reconsideration, the
        declaration has been confirmed or varied;

   (c)  one or more applications have been made for review, by the Tribunal,
        of the declaration as so confirmed or varied; and

   (d)  the Minister has complied with the requirements of subsection 33 (1)
        in relation to the recommendation or recommendations made by the
        Tribunal and, in complying with those requirements, did not revoke the
        declaration; the declaration, as confirmed or varied on
        reconsideration and, if applicable, as further varied by the Minister
        under subsection 33 (1), becomes absolute at the end of 28 days after
        the first day on which the Minister had complied with those
        requirements in relation to the recommendation or recommendations.