Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LANDS ACQUISITION ACT 1989 No. 15 of 1989 - SECT 90

90. (1) This section applies where:

   (a)  an interest in land has been acquired from a person by compulsory
        process;

   (b)  the amount of compensation payable to the person in respect of the
        acquisition has been determined in accordance with Division 5; and

   (c)  at the end of 3 months after the determination of the amount of
        compensation, the person has not, because of some default or delay on
        the part of the person, received payment of the compensation.

(2) The Minister may pay the compensation into the Trust Fund.

(3) The Minister may pay rates, taxes or similar amounts charged on the land
and due at the time of the acquisition and shall deduct the amount of the
payment from the compensation otherwise payable into the Trust Fund.

(4) On payment of the compensation into the Trust Fund, the compensation
shall, for the purposes of sections 91 and 92, be taken to have been paid to
the person.

(5) Where the person rectifies the default or delay referred to in subsection
(1), the Minister shall pay to the person, out of the Trust Fund, an amount
equal to the amount of compensation paid into the Trust Fund.