Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act, 1998

Acquisition of land by company.

17.—(1) The company may acquire by agreement or, in accordance with the Second Schedule , compulsorily, any land, easement, interest in or other right over land, or any water right, for any one or more of the purposes described in section 18 .

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the company may acquire by agreement or, in accordance with the Second Schedule , compulsorily, any land, easement, interest in or other right over land, or any water right not immediately required for a purpose described in section 18 , where the Minister is of opinion that there is a reasonable expectation that the land will be required by the company in the future for any one or more of the purposes described in the said section.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, no person shall be entitled to acquire compulsorily any land, easement, interest in or other right in respect of land belonging to the company, or to alienate, terminate, restrict or otherwise interfere with, without the agreement of the company, any right of the company in respect of such land.

(4) The company shall not be entitled to acquire compulsorily any land, easement or other right belonging to the State or a State authority.