You may appeal to the Appeals Board against the award of the Collector of Land Revenue ("Collector") by:(a) lodging with the Registrar two copies of the completed notice of appeal within 14 days of the date you receive the Collector's award; and(b) either: i. depositing with the Accountant-General (by way of cheque, cashier's order or interbank transfer); or ii. authorising the Collector to deposit with the Accountant-General, within 14 days of the date of receiving the Collector's award, a sum equivalent to one-third the amount of the award, or $5,000, whichever is lesser, unless the Collector has waived in writing the requirement of an appeal deposit; and (c) thereafter, two copies of the petition of appeal must be lodged with the Registrar within 14 days of the date on which the Collector of Land Revenue's grounds of award have been served on you. (Section 23(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Land Acquisition Act).
The appeal deposit is a payment to the Accountant-General, as security for costs of your appeal. The money will be banked into the Accountant-General's account. If the Appeals Board orders you at the end of the hearing of your appeal to pay costs of the appeal to the Collector of Revenue, the deposit may be used to satisfy the costs order.
