Land Development Agency Act 2021
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Agency’s power to acquire land compulsorily | ||
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61. (1) The Agency may compulsorily acquire land if in its opinion the land is situate in an area in respect of which the applicable housing strategy identifies a need for housing and the land is necessary— | ||
(a) to provide access to relevant public land or land owned by the Agency, or | ||
(b) to facilitate the provision of roads, water or other services or utilities required by housing on relevant public land or land owned by the Agency. | ||
(2) The Agency may compulsorily acquire land only if it has first made a reasonable attempt to acquire the land by agreement. | ||
(3) Any land acquired by the Agency under this Part shall only be used by the Agency for purposes referred to in paragraphs (a) to (n) and (s) of section 2 or in the performance of a function conferred on it by paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) or (h) of section 14 (1) or section 15 . | ||
(4) In subsection (1), “land owned by the Agency” includes land owned by a subsidiary DAC where the subsidiary DAC is, for the purposes referred to in subsection (3), only performing on behalf of the Agency in relation to that land a function specified in subsection (3). |