Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Act 2012 (170 of 2012)
Schedule 2 Amendments relating to Wheat Exports Australia
Part 2 Transitional provisions
Division 4 Other transitional matters
37 Compensation for acquisition of property
(1) If the operation of this Part would result in an acquisition of property from a person otherwise than on just terms, the Commonwealth is liable to pay a reasonable amount of compensation to the person.
(2) If the Commonwealth and the person do not agree on the amount of the compensation, the person may institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery from the Commonwealth of such reasonable amount of compensation as the court determines.
(3) In this item:
acquisition of property has the same meaning as in paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution.
just terms has the same meaning as in paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution.