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6.1.2 In recognition that the new terms will
increase the difference in treatment
between those whose private lands
required by Government lie within
an urban layout, and those whose land
lie without (see also paragraph 6.2 below),
the procedures and rules for limitation
of urban layouts for exchange purposes
be defined and adhered to.
Implications of Adoption of Proposed Acquisition System Outside Urban Layout
6.2
Although it is not strictly within the terms of
reference of the Working Group to concern itself with land
acquisitions outside urban layouts, it is clear that
introduction of a new system for acquisitions within
layouts could affect the acceptability of the terms
offered to those outside it. It has been persuasively
argued in the Working Group that most resumptions
outside the layouts are for the benefit of the
development within it, and, indeed, in many cases, such
as resumptions for borrow areas, access roads and
service reservoirs, are essential to the viability of
the urban development. There seems, therefore, to be a
case for considering whether the compensation offer made
to those affected should not be a proportion of the
/compensation