5. Power to apply land to purposes of acquisition without waiting for formal vesting
If, at any time after the publication of a notification in accordance with the provisions of section 4, it appears to the Governor General that the land or some parcel of the land to which it refers should be acquired but that for any reason it is not possible to make an immediate declaration to that effect, it is lawful for the Governor General to direct the authorised officer to do any work on the land or parcel thereof connected with the use to which the land is intended to be put on its acquisition, and thereupon the authorised officer may proceed with the execution of the work.
However, compensation shall be paid to the persons interested for any actual damage or injury resulting to them by reason of the exercise of the power conferred by this section and shall be determined in the same way as compensation for actual damage or injury resulting from the exercise of the powers conferred by section 4.