ROADS ACT 1993 - SECT 43
Disposal of land comprising former public road owned by council
ROADS ACT 1993 - SECT 43
Disposal of land comprising former public road owned by council
43 Disposal of land comprising former public road owned by council
(1) This section applies to land vested in a council and forming part of a
former public road.
(2) Land to which this section applies is operational
land for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1993 unless, before the
land becomes vested in the council, the council resolves that it is to be
community land, in which case the land is community land.
(3) If the land is
disposed of by sale, the proceeds of sale (less the costs of the sale) are to
be paid to the council.
(4) Money received by a council from the proceeds of
sale of the land is not to be used by the council except for acquiring land
for public roads or for carrying out road work on public roads.