Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MOOMBA-SYDNEY PIPELINE SYSTEM SALE ACT 1994 No. 70, 1994 - SECT 137

137. (1) If:

   (a)  a determination under section 80 would result in an acquisition of
        property; and

   (b)  the determination would not be valid, apart from this section, because
        a particular person has not been compensated; the Commonwealth must
        pay that person:

   (c)  a reasonable amount of compensation agreed on between the person and
        the Commonwealth; or

   (d)  failing agreement-a reasonable amount of compensation determined by a
        court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) Any damages or compensation recovered, or other remedy, in a proceeding
begun otherwise than under this section must be taken into account in
assessing compensation payable in a proceeding begun under this section and
arising out of the same event or transaction.

(3) In this section, "acquisition of property" has the same meaning as in
paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution.