Cap. 156 ст. 6Acquisition of land.

(1) Any entity to whom a licence is granted under this Act may apply to the Lands Authority for permission to examine any specified area of land with a view to its possible acquisition on behalf and for the use of such applicant and if in the opinion of the

Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Land Authority the examination of such land with a view to its possible acquisition is necessary to enable the applicant to exploit the licence or to exploit it fully, the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Lands Authority may declare it desirable that the land should be examined. When a declaration is so made the Lands Authority may grant, under sub-article (1) of article 37 of the Government Lands Act or any other law amending or substituting the said sub-article, such authorisation as may reasonably be required by the applicant.

(2) If, as a result of any such examination as is mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, it shall appear to him desirable that such land should be acquired on behalf or for the use of the applicant, the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Lands Authority may declare that the land is required for a public purpose within the meaning of the Government Lands Act or of any law amending or substituting that Act, and when a declaration is so made the Lands Authority may in due course proceed to acquire the land under the provisions of that Act or of any other law as aforesaid.

(3) Before authorisation of examination is granted and before land is acquired on behalf or for the use of any person under the provisions of this article, the Lands Authority shall require such person to enter into an agreement with him providing to the satisfaction of the Lands Authority for the following matters, namely:

(a) the payment to the Lands Authority of the cost of the acquisition including all incidental expenses and the deposit with the Lands Authority of any sum fixed by the Lands Authority on account of the payment so to be made;

(b) the transfer, on such payment, of the land to such person;

(c) the terms on which the land shall be held by such person;

(d) when the acquisition is required for the construction of any work or works, the time within which and the conditions subject to which the work or works shall be initiated, executed and maintained, and the terms (if any) on which the public shall be entitled to use or to acquire the work or works; and

(e) in any case where anything has been done or may be done under the provisions of sub-article (1) of article 37 of the Government Lands Act or under any provision of law amending or substituting that sub-article, by or on behalf of the Lands Authority, the payment to the Lands Authority of all damages, to be assessed in accordance with the provisions of sub-article (2) of article 37 of the Government Lands Act.

(4) Words and phrases used in this article shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as in the Government Lands Act or in any law amending or substituting the said Act.