An Act to make provision for authorising the appropriation or resumption of land for charitable, benevolent and philanthropic purposes in certain cases; to amend the Public Works Act 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts in certain respects; and for purposes connected therewith.
1 Name of Act
This Act may be cited as the Land Acquisition (Charitable Institutions) Act 1946.
2 Definitions
(1) In this Act unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:Governing body in relation to an institution means the committee of management or board of directors or other body in whom is vested the management, conduct or control of the institution.Institution means:(a) any public hospital within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997, or(b) any other hospital or health organisation (other than a local health district or statutory health corporation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997), or(c) any orphanage, school, kindergarten, day nursery, infant or child welfare centre, or(d) any pre-natal or post-natal centre, clinic or home, or(e) any institution or establishment of a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic nature.(2) A reference in this Act to an institution shall be construed as including a reference to an institution proposed to be established.s 2: Am 1986 No 53, Sch 1; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.19; 2010 No 97, Sch 2.15; 2011 No 4, Sch 2.17.
3 Application of this Act
(1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to and in respect of such institutions as the Governor may from time to time by notification published in the Gazette declare to be institutions for the purposes of this Act, and to and in respect of those institutions only.Editorial note—For institutions declared under this subsection, see the Historical notes at the end of this Act.(2) The Governor may by notification published in the Gazette rescind any notification referred to in subsection (1), and upon such rescission the provisions of this Act shall cease to apply to or in respect of the institution mentioned in the notification so rescinded.
4 Compulsory acquisition of land for purposes of an institution
(1) The Minister may acquire land, for the purposes of an institution, by agreement or by compulsory process in accordance with the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991.(2) The Minister may do so only if the governing body of the institution:(a) applies to the Minister for acquisition of the land, and(b) makes provision to the satisfaction of the Minister for the payment of the purchase price or of compensation for compulsory acquisition (together with all necessary charges and expenses incidental to the acquisition).(3) The Minister may transfer land acquired under this section to the institution that has applied for the acquisition or to a nominee of that institution.(4) For the purposes of the Public Works Act 1912, an acquisition of land under this section is taken to be for an authorised work and the Minister is, in relation to that authorised work, taken to be the Constructing Authority.s 4: Am 1980 No 196, Sch 1. Subst 1991 No 22, Sch 1.
5 (Repealed)
s 5: Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.