Land Development Agency Act 2021

65

Consideration by Court of objections

65. (1) A person claiming an estate or interest in land in relation to which an initial notice has been published may lodge with the Court, within 21 days after the publication of the initial notice, an objection to the making of an acquisition order in relation to the land setting out the estate or interest the person has in the land and the grounds on which the objection is based.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), in determining an application by the Agency under section 62, the Court shall consider any objection lodged with the Court in accordance with subsection (1).

(3) The Court is not obliged to consider any objection that—

(a) is not lodged within the period required by subsection (1), or

(b) does not show on its face the objector’s estate or interest in the land concerned.

(4) In considering an objection under subsection (1), the Court shall have regard to the nature of the objector’s estate or interest in the land.