LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 47F
Dedication of community land as public road
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 47F
Dedication of community land as public road
47F Dedication of community land as public road
(1) Community land may not
be dedicated as a public road under section 10 of the Roads Act 1993 unless--
(a) the road is necessary to facilitate enjoyment of the area of community
land on which the road is to be constructed or of any facility on that land,
and
(b) the council has considered means of access other than public road
access to facilitate that enjoyment, and
(c) there is a plan of management
applying only to the land concerned and provision of the public road is
expressly authorised in the plan of management.
(2) Subsection (1) does not
apply to--
(a) a dedication of land for the purpose of widening an existing
public road, or
(b) a dedication of land for the purpose of other roadworks
of a minor character, authorised by the plan of management applying to the
land, in respect of existing roads, or
(c) a dedication of land for the
purpose of a road that is the subject of an order under Division 1 of Part 5
of the Roads Act 1993 .
