Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LANDS ACQUISITION ACT 1989 No. 15 of 1989 - SECT 98

98. (1) If the Minister is satisfied that compensation in accordance with this
Part is payable to a claimant for compensation in respect of the loss to which
the claim relates, the Minister shall, by written notice given to the
claimant:

   (a)  inform the claimant that the claim is accepted;

   (b)  make an offer to the claimant of the amount of compensation to which
        the Minister considers the claimant is entitled in accordance with
        Division 1; and

   (c)  explain to the claimant how the amount offered was arrived at.

(2) If the Minister does not consider that compensation in accordance with
this Part is payable to a person who has made a claim in respect of the loss
suffered particulars of which were included in the claim, the Minister shall,
by written notice given to the claimant, inform the claimant that the claim is
rejected and state the reasons for the rejection.

(3) If, within 42 days after the receipt of the claim, the Minister has not
given the claimant a notice under subsection (1) or (2), the Minister shall,
at the end of that period, be taken to have rejected the claim and to have
given the claimant a notice under subsection (2).

(4) The claimant may, in writing and before the end of the period referred to
in subsection (3), agree to an extension of that period.