Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Planning and Construction of Rapid Transit Systems
7A. Owner-initiated acquisition
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Upon the Authority receiving a notice under section 7(1) in relation to any temporarily occupied land, and any other land related to the temporarily occupied land, the President is to proceed under the Land Acquisition Act 1966 to acquire that land as if those lands were the subject of a notice under section 49 of that Act.
The provisions of sections 49 and 49A of the Land Acquisition Act 1966 apply (so far as relevant) to any land that is the subject of a notice under section 7(1) with the following exceptions, modifications and adaptations:
land
“land” includes and may, where the context so requires, have any one or more of the following meanings separately:(a)land of any tenure and so much of the airspace above the surface as may be reasonably used or enjoyed by any owner thereof, and so much of the subterranean space below the surface as is reasonably necessary for the use and enjoyment of the land, whether or not held apart from the surface;(b)the whole or part of any building or other erection or fixture on land;(c)where an undivided share of a leasehold interest in land has appurtenant to it rights to the exclusive use and occupation of a building or part thereof on such land, such share in the land and all rights appurtenant thereto;(d)any other estate, right, share or interest in land;
any reference in those sections to any land that is the subject of a notice under section 49(1) of the Land Acquisition Act 1966 must be read as a reference to the land that is the subject of a notice under section 7(1);
any reference in those sections to land temporary possession of which is or has been taken under section 42 of the Land Acquisition Act 1966 must be read as a reference to any land temporary possession of which is or has been taken in accordance with section 5;
any reference in those sections to an owner of land must be read as a reference to an owner of land mentioned in section 7;
any reference in section 49A of the Land Acquisition Act 1966 to a claim period for any land temporary possession of which is or has been taken in accordance with a direction under section 42 of the Land Acquisition Act 1966 must be read as a reference to one year starting from either of the following dates:
the date of the notice under section 5 relating to that land;
the date of the expiry of the term of temporary possession in a notice under section 5 for the temporary occupation of the land, or the date the land is returned to the owner if earlier;
any other exceptions, modifications and adaptations that the differences between them necessarily require.
All compensation for the acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act 1966 of any land that is the subject of a notice under section 7 is to be paid out of the funds of the Authority.