LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS
- In force under the Lands Acquisition Act 1989
- Updated as at 7 December 1994 (HISTREG CHAP 873 #DATE 07:12:1994)
*1* The Lands Acquisition Regulations (in force under the Lands Acquisition
Act 1989) as shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1989 No. 111
amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Statutory Rules
Year and Date of Date of Application
Number Notification commencement saving or
in Gazette transitional
provisions
1989 No. 111 7 June 1989 9 June 1989
(see Gazette
1989, No. S185)
274 19 Oct 1989 19 Oct 1989 -
1990 No. 291 21 Sept 1990 21 Sept 1990 -
1993 No. 56 4 May 1993 4 May 1993 -
325 10 Dec 1993 9 Nov 1993
(see r. 1) R. 3
1994 No. 389 25 Nov 1994 25 Nov 1994 -
Table of Amendments
ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
R. 4 rs. 1990 No. 291
R. 4A ad. 1994 No. 389
R. 7 rs. 1990 No. 291
R. 7A ad. 1994 No. 389
Schedule 1 am. 1989 No. 274; 1990 No. 291; 1993 Nos. 56
and 325
#ADD 12:12:1994
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Exempt authorities
4A. Specified circumstances - paragraph 21 (1) (b) of the Act
(Pipeline Authority and its subsidiaries)
4. Specified circumstance - paragraph 21 (1) (b) of the Act
5. Interest payable on compensation - interests other than
mortgage interests
6. Interest payable in compensation
7. Specified circumstance - paragraph 117 (1) (b) of the Act
7A. Specified circumstances - paragraph 117 (1) (b) of the Act
(Pipeline Authority and its subsidiaries)
8. Prescribed addresses - subsection 137 (1) of the Act
SCHEDULE 1
EXEMPT AUTHORITIES
SCHEDULE 2
PRESCRIBED ADDRESSES
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - REG 1
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Lands Acquisition Regulations.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - REG 2
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
"the Act" means the Lands Acquisition Act 1989.
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - REG 3
Exempt authorities
3. For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of "Commonwealth
authority" in section 6 of the Act, each of the authorities specified in
Column 2 in Schedule 1 is declared to be an exempt authority.
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - REG 4
Specified circumstance - paragraph 21 (1) (b) of the Act
4. The Act does not apply in relation to the acquisition by the Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Commission of an interest in land under section 14
of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 for the
benefit of, or assistance to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
corporations.
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - REG 4A
Specified circumstances - paragraph 21 (1) (b) of the Act (Pipeline
Authority and its subsidiaries)
4A. The Act does not apply in relation to an acquisition by the Pipeline
Authority, or a subsidiary company of the Authority, of an interest in land
(including land in a public park) by agreement, under the Pipeline Authority
Act 1973.
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - REG 5
Interest payable on compensation - interests other than mortgage
interests
5. For the purposes of subsection 91 (2) of the Act, the rate of interest
payable on compensation is the rate that is the assessed secondary market
yield, in respect of 5-year non-rebate Treasury bonds, published by the
Reserve Bank in respect of a month in respect of which the Commonwealth is
liable to pay compensation to the relevant claimant under Part VII of the Act.
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - REG 6
Interest payable in compensation
6. For the purposes of subsection 115 (2) of the Act, the rate of interest
payable on compensation is the rate that is the assessed secondary market
yield, in respect of 5-year non-rebate Treasury bonds, published by the
Reserve Bank in respect of a month in respect of which the Commonwealth is
liable to pay compensation to the relevant claimant under Part VIII of the
Act.
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - REG 7
Specified circumstance - paragraph 117 (1) (b) of the Act
7. The Act does not apply in relation to the disposal by the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Commission of an interest in land under section 14 of
the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 for the benefit
of, or assistance to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations.
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - REG 7A
Specified circumstances - paragraph 117 (1) (b) of the Act (Pipeline
Authority and its subsidiaries)
7A. The Act does not apply in relation to a disposal by the Pipeline
Authority, or a subsidiary company of the Authority, of an interest in land
(including land in a public park) by agreement, under the Pipeline Authority
Act 1973.
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - REG 8
Prescribed addresses - subsection 137 (1) of the Act
8. An address specified in Column 3 of an item in Schedule 2 is, in relation
to the State or Territory specified in Column 2 of that item, a prescribed
address for the purposes of subsection 137 (1) of the Act.
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 1
SCH
SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 3
EXEMPT AUTHORITIES
Column 1 Column 2
Item No. Authority
1 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
1A Australian Dairy Corporation
2 Australian Dried Fruits Corporation
3 Australian Honey Board
3A Australian Horticultural Corporation
3B Australian Horticultural Research and
Development Corporation
4 Australian Industry Development Corporation
4A Australian Maritime Safety Authority
5 Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation
5A Australian Meat and Livestock Research and
Development Corporation
5B Australian National Railways Commission
5C Australian Postal Corporation
5D Australian Securities Commission
5E Australian Shipping Commission
5F Australian Telecommunications Corporation
6 Australian Tobacco Board
7 Australian Wheat Board
8 Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation
9 Australian Wool Corporation
10 Commonwealth Banking Corporation
11 Commonwealth Development Bank
12 Commonwealth Savings Bank
13 Commonwealth Trading Bank
13A Health Insurance Commission
14 Joint Coal Board
15 Reserve Bank of Australia
17 Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority
18 Special Broadcasting Service
LANDS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 2
SCH
SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 8
PRESCRIBED ADDRESSES
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Item No. State or Territory Prescribed address
1 Australian Capital Territory
Australian Property Group
Head Office
G.P.O. Box 1920
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: (062) 753 000
Facsimile: (062) 753 821
2 New South Wales Australian Property Group
Locked Mail Bag 40
Post Office
Chatswood NSW 2067
Telephone: (02) 414 8000
Facsimile: (02) 414 7019
3 Victoria Australian Property Group
G.P.O. Box 250B
Melbourne Vic 3001
Telephone: (03) 649 4600
Facsimile: (03) 614 7423
4 Queensland Australian Property Group
G.P.O. Box 2474
Brisbane Qld 4001
Telephone: (07) 225 2581
Facsimile: (07) 229 9376
5 Western Australia Australian Property Group
G.P.O. Box P1233
Perth WA 6001
Telephone: (09) 220 2444
Facsimile: (09) 221 4046
6 South Australia Australian Property Group
G.P.O. Box 1263
Adelaide SA 5001
Telephone: (08) 213 2699
Facsimile: (08) 213 2635
7 Tasmania Australian Property Group
G.P.O. Box 519E
Hobart Tas 7001
Telephone: (002) 205 011
Facsimile: (002) 349 443
8 Northern Territory Australian Property Group
G.P.O. Box 927
Darwin NT 0801
Telephone: (089) 460 700
Facsimile: (089) 818 096