What the official record says
This Act is the Public Works (Critical Infrastructure) Amendment Act . This Act comes into force on the day after Royal assent. This Act amends the Public Works Act 1981. In section 2, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order: is defined in After Part 2, insert: This Part applies (with some exceptions) if the Minister or a local authority requires land for a public work that is a critical infrastructure project ( ). The Minister or local authority, as the case may be, must attempt to acquire the land by agreement with the owner of the land ( ). If unsuccessful, the Minister or local authority may proceed to take the land using a modified form of the process set out in Part 2 of this Act ( ). In all other aspects, the acquiring or taking of land under this Part must be undertaken in acc