New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAND ACQUISITION (JUST TERMS COMPENSATION) ACT 1991 - SECT 71

71 Claims for compensation under this Part

(1) A person who wishes to claim compensation under this Part must lodge a claim for compensation in accordance with this section with the authority of the State liable to pay the compensation.

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(3) A claim for compensation may be withdrawn by the claimant.

(4) The authority of the State may accept a claim for compensation (in whole or in part) or reject any such claim.

(5) A claim for compensation is taken to have been rejected if the authority of the State has not dealt with the claim within 60 days after receiving the claim. However, the authority of the State is not precluded from accepting the claim after that time.

(6) A person whose claim for compensation is rejected (or taken to be rejected) or is accepted in part only may appeal to the Land and Environment Court against that decision. Section 67 applies to any such appeal in the same way as it applies to an appeal under that section.

(7) The regulations may apply any of the provisions of Part 3 relating to claims for compensation under that Part (with or without modifications) to claims for compensation under this Part.