GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1966 - SECT 7A
Certain names taken to be recorded names
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1966 - SECT 7A
Certain names taken to be recorded names
7A Certain names taken to be recorded names
(1) The board may resolve to regard a name of a place as the recorded name of
the place if the name appears in the same way on or in more than one map or
other publication, or database, published or maintained:
(a) by a government
agency, or
(b) by any other body, if:
(i) the publication or database has
been publicly available for a minimum of three years, and
(ii) the board is
of the opinion that the publication or database is of a reliable cartographic
and geospatial standard.
(2) A name cannot be the subject of a resolution
under this section if the board is aware that the name appears differently on
or in two or more publications or databases referred to in subsection (1),
even if the name appears in the same way on or in more than one such
publication or database.
(3) A name the subject of a resolution under this
section is taken to be a recorded name for the purposes of this Act.
