New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT 1988 - SECT 12

12 Acquisition of land by TAHE

(1) TAHE may, for any purposes of TAHE, acquire land (including an interest in land) by agreement or by compulsory process in accordance with the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 .

(2) The other purposes for which land may be acquired under subsection (1) include for the purposes of a future sale, lease or disposal, that is, to enable TAHE to exercise its functions in relation to land under this Act.

(3) For the purposes of the Public Works and Procurement Act 1912 , any such acquisition of land is taken to be for an authorised work and TAHE is, in relation to that authorised work, taken to be the Constructing Authority.

(4) TAHE may not give a proposed acquisition notice under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 without the approval of the Minister.

(5) Any such acquisition is not void merely because it is expressed to be for the purposes of TAHE or for the purposes of this Act.

(6) Part 3 of the Public Works and Procurement Act 1912 does not apply in respect of works constructed for the purposes of this section.

Note : Section 20X of the SOC Act prohibits the acquisition of certain fixed assets by a statutory State owned corporation or any of its subsidiaries without the prior written approval of its voting shareholders.