Notice of Intention to Take Land Near Mercer for Road Notice is hereby given that the Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control, under the provisions of section 23 of the Public Works Act 1981, proposes to take the land described in the Schedule hereto (``the land''). The land is required for roading purposes. It is intended to use the land to form part of State Highway No. 1 between Mercer and Long Swamp and is considered reasonably necessary for the safe and convenient use of the road. The owners of the land and those persons with a registered interest in it have been served with notice of the Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control's intention to take their land and their right to object. Any person having the right to object may send a written objection to the Registrar, Environment Court, Tribunals Division, Department for Courts, P.O. Box 5027, Wellington, within 20 working days after the date of publication of this notice. If any objection is made in accordance with this notice a public hearing will be heard with the right of the objector to appear and be heard personally unless the objector otherwise requires and each objector will be informed of the time and place of the hearing. Any person requiring further information in respect of this advice should contact Mr C. Farrell, The Property Group Limited, 71 Seddon Road (P.O. Box 123), Hamilton. Telephone: (07) 838 6250. Schedule North Auckland Land District All that piece of land containing 809 square metres, being part Allotment 14, Section 3, Town of Mercer. All certificate of title 778/38, North Auckland Land Registry, limited as to parcels and title. Dated at Wellington this 29th day of July 1999. JOHN LUXTON, Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control. (LINZ CPC/1998/184/A)1CL