New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WESTERN LANDS ACT 1901 - SECT 35Q

35Q Minister may dedicate public roads

(1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, withdraw from lease, for the purpose of its being dedicated as a public road, any land that, in the Minister’s opinion, is being used by the public as a road.

(2) Having withdrawn land from lease by means of a notice referred to in subsection (1), the Minister may, pursuant to section 12 of the Roads Act 1993 , dedicate that land as a public road.

(3) No compensation is payable to any person with respect to any loss or damage arising from the operation of this section.

(4) This section applies to land comprised in a lease granted or issued before the commencement of this section, but does not apply to a lease granted or issued after that commencement.