LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 704 Delineation of local government boundaries by reference to maps

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 704

704 Delineation of local government boundaries by reference to maps

(1) In any proclamation, regulation or notice made or given or purporting to be made or given under this Act with respect to the boundaries of any area or with respect to any proposal relating to those boundaries, the boundaries of the land affected--

(a) may be defined by metes and bounds, or

(b) may be defined or indicated by reference to recorded plans kept in the central plan register established under the Survey Co-ordination Act 1949 .

(2) If the Minister certifies in writing to the Governor that it is desirable that the existing boundaries of any area be described by reference--

(a) to different surveys or definitions of land boundaries, or

(b) to different recorded plans kept in the central plan register established under the Survey Co-ordination Act 1949 ,

the Governor may, by proclamation, redescribe those boundaries accordingly.

(3) On and from the publication in the Gazette of the proclamation, the boundaries of the area are to be as so redefined.

(4) Recorded plans referred to in this section are taken to be public documents for the purposes of sections 152 (Documents produced from proper custody) and 156 (Public documents) of the Evidence Act 1995 .