Appointment of Board of Assessment

(1) As soon as it becomes necessary to do so the Minister shall cause a Board of Assessment, hereinafter referred to as “a Board” or “the Board”, to be appointed. (2) A Board for the purposes of this Act shall in every case be constituted of, (a) the Chief Justice, or other Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice, who shall be the Chairperson of the Board, hereinafter referred to as “the Chairperson”; (b) a member to be appointed by the Minister, Provided that the member so appointed shall not be public (c) a member to be nominated by the owner of the land to be acquired, Provided that where in any case the Minister is satisfied that the owner of the land has refused to exercise his right to nominate a member of the Board, or has unreasonably delayed such nomination, or where the persons interested in the land have failed to agree upon such nomination, the Minister, by order in writing, may direct the Chairperson to proceed with the inquiry notwithstanding that there has been no such nomination by the owner, and in every such case the Board shall be deemed to be lawfully constituted without the presence of such member, and, if there is any difference of opinion as to the amount of compensation that should be awarded, the decision of the Chairperson shall be deemed to be the decision of the Board.