2017-12-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    12 DECEMBER 2017


Land Delegation under the Land Act 1994 and Acquisition of Land Act 1967
(as confirmed by Director of Corporate Services)


Section 16(1C) Power to have the amount of compensation payable under subsection (1A) taxed by an
officer of the Supreme Court.

Section 17(1) Power as a gazetting authority to, by gazette notice, revoke a gazette resumption notice.

Section 17(1A) Power to agree in writing with the person entitled as owner to compensation in respect of
the taking of the land to the revesting of the land or part of it, to which a gazette resumption notice will
relate.

Section 17(2)(c) Power to lodge a gazette copy of the revoking gazette notice with the land registry.

Section 17(5) Power to agree upon the amount of compensation to be paid under subsection (4) or to
agree that the amount be determined by the Land Court.

Section 19 Power to accept and deal with a claim for compensation served by the claimant within 3 years
after the day the land was taken.

Sections 19(4) and 19(6) Power to accept and deal with a claim for compensation served by the claimant
more than 3 years after the day the land was taken.

Section 21(1) Power to agree to grant the claimant, in satisfaction wholly or partly of the claimant’s claim
for compensation, any easement, right of way, lease or other right of occupation, or any other right,
privilege or concession in, upon, over or under the land taken or any other land the property of Council.

Section 21(1A) Power to agree to transfer land held in fee simple by Council to the claimant in satisfaction
wholly or partly of the Claimant’s claim for compensation.

Section 21(2) Power to agree with the Claimant that the extent to which the grant or transfer shall satisfy
the claim for compensation be determined by the Land Court.

Section 23(2) Power to make an advance on compensation to the Claimant.

Section 23(5) Power to, before paying the advance, require the claimant to satisfy Council regarding
taxes, rates and other moneys which, if unpaid, would be a charge upon the land, and to decide to reduce
an advance by any such amount.

Section 23(6) Power to reduce the advance by the sum due to the mortgagee.

Section 23(7) Power to pay to Council, the Crown or a mortgagee any amount by which the advance has
been reduced.

Section 24(1) Power to refer a claim for compensation to the Land Court.

Section 24(4) Power to apply to the Land Court for further or other particulars of a claim for compensation.

Section 25(1) Power to apply to the Land Court for the Claimant to enter an appearance on the reference.

Sections 29 & 30 Power to pay the amount of compensation agreed upon or determined into the Supreme
Court.

Section 32 Power to pay to a mortgagee so much of the amount of compensation as does not exceed the
sum due to the mortgagee.

Section 35 Power to deduct from an amount of compensation and pay to the Crown or to Council any
amount of taxes, rates or other moneys charged upon the land taken in favour of the Crown or Council.




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