New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CROWN LANDS ACT 1989 - SECT 4

4 Divisions of the State

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the State shall consist of 2 Divisions:

(a) the Eastern and Central Division, and

(b) the Western Division.

(2) Subject to any regulations made under subsection (3), the Eastern and Central Division is:

(a) such part of the State as is not within Lord Howe Island or the Western Division, and

(b) the coastal waters of the State within the meaning of Part 10 of the Interpretation Act 1987 and the seabed and subsoil beneath, and the airspace above, those waters.

(2A) Subject to any regulations made under subsection (3), the Western Division comprises that part of the State depicted in Lot 1901, Deposited Plan 1133899, recorded in the office of the Registrar-General.

(3) The boundary between the Eastern and Central Division and the Western Division may be altered or redefined by regulation.

(4) A proposed alteration or redefinition may not be given effect under subsection (3) unless:

(a) a notice describing the proposal has been published as prescribed, and

(b) the notice states that written objections and submissions relating to the proposal may be lodged with the Department not later than 28 days after publication of the notice.