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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 No. 17 - SECT 63

63 Appeal on a claim for compensation

(1) A person who is aggrieved by the decision of a local government on a claim for compensation may appeal against the decision to the Planning and Environment Court.

(2) The appeal must be started within 30 days after--

(a) notice of the decision is given to the claimant; or
(b) the decision is taken to have been made.

(3) In order to award compensation, the Planning and Environment Court must be satisfied--

(a) if the land has been sold--
(i) the seller took reasonable steps to obtain a reasonable price for the land; and
(ii) the seller sold the land in good faith; and
(iii) the sale price is less than the seller might reasonably have expected to receive had there been no notice of intention to acquire land; or
(b) if a local government refused the owner permission to erect, place, re-erect, replace or repair any structure, or part of a structure, on the land--the permission was applied for in good faith.


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