Recovery of Lands Act 1929

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
22 May 2026	HTML PDF Word	R4	22 May 2026	Republication for amendments by A2026-8

Minister for Planning and Sustainable Development - City and Environment Directorate

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Form name/number	Status	Description	Made for	Effective	Year and No	CategoryAll
Recovery of Lands Act 1929—Form 1	None	Notice of determination of lease and of application to the Magistrates Court for warrant	s 3	12 September 2001	AF2002-93	ShowInAll
Recovery of Lands Act 1929—Form 2	None	Notice requiring lessee to deliver up possession of leased land	s 4	12 September 2001	AF2002-94	ShowInAll
Recovery of Lands Act 1929—Form 3	None	Warrant to enter and give possession to the Territory	s 4	12 September 2001	AF2002-95	ShowInAll
Recovery of Lands Act 1929—Form 4	None	Notice of intention to make application for warrant of entry	s 5	12 September 2001	AF2002-96	ShowInAll
Recovery of Lands Act 1929—Form 5	None	Affidavit of service	s 7	12 September 2001	AF2002-97	ShowInAll

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
22 May 2026	HTML PDF Word	R4	22 May 2026	Republication for amendments by A2026-8
13 September 2002 - 21 May 2026	HTML PDF Word	R3	13 September 2002
12 September 2001 - 12 September 2002	HTML PDF Word	R2	17 July 2002
25 May 1998 - 11 September 2001	HTML Word	R1B	25 May 1998
14 February 1929	PDF PDF	As notified	14 February 1929	This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 34 (4))

The Recovery of Lands Ordinance 1929 was notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 14 February 1929 (Cwlth Gaz 1929 No 16).

(Parliamentary Counsel)

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
14 February 1929	14 February 1929	PDF PDF	This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 34 (4))

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
all provisions	14 February 1929	Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cwlth), s 12

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
s 12 (5)-(8)	12 September 2022 (midnight)	s 12 (8)

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A1930-3	Recovery of Lands Act 1930	s 2	27 March 1930
Ord1930-5	Seat of Government (Administration) Ordinance 1930	sch 4	1 May 1930
A1937-27	Acts Revision Act 1937	sch 2	23 December 1937
A1938-25	Seat of Government (Designation) Act 1938	s 2	8 September 1938
A1985-67	Magistrates Court Act 1985	sch pt 2	1 February 1986
A1989-38	Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989	pt 2, sch 1	11 May 1989
A1991-44	Magistrates and Coroner's Courts (Registrar) Act 1991	sch 1	25 September 1991
A1998-4	Residential Tenancies (Consequential Provisions) Act 1998	sch	25 May 1998
A2001-44	Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001	pt 324	12 September 2001
A2026-8	Planning Legislation Amendment Act 2026	pt 5	22 May 2026