Minerals Development Act 2017

Acquisition of lands by agreement or rehabilitation acquisition order

145. The Minister may, with the prior consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, for the purposes of implementing a rehabilitation plan, do either or both of the following:

(a) purchase by agreement an estate or interest in private land that the Minister considers necessary or expedient for those purposes;

(b) acquire compulsorily, by a rehabilitation acquisition order, an estate or interest in private land that the Minister considers necessary for those purposes.