New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAND ACQUISITION (JUST TERMS COMPENSATION) ACT 1991 - SECT 39

39 Claim for compensation

(1) A person who wishes to claim compensation under this Part must lodge a claim in accordance with this section with the authority of the State that is acquiring the land concerned or with the Valuer-General.

(2) A claim for compensation must be in the form prescribed by the regulations or (if no such form is prescribed) in the form approved by the Minister.

(3) The claim form may require information to be verified by statutory declaration.

(4) A claim for compensation may be withdrawn by the claimant.

(5) As soon as practicable after an authority of the State or the Valuer-General receives a claim for compensation--

(a) the authority must give the Valuer-General a copy of the claim, or

(b) the Valuer-General must give the authority a copy of the claim,

as the case requires.