South Australian Consolidated Acts

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 - SECT 11B

11B—Assignment of geographical name

        (1)         The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette—

            (a)         assign a geographical name to a place described in the notice; or

            (b)         alter the boundaries of a place in respect of which a geographical name has been assigned or approved under this Act,

to have effect from the date specified in the notice.

        (2)         If the Minister proposes—

            (a)         to assign a geographical name to a place; or

            (b)         to alter the boundaries of a place that has a geographical name,

the Minister—

            (c)         must give written notice of the details of the proposal to each local council likely to be interested in the proposal, inviting them to make written submissions to the Minister in relation to the proposal within one month of receipt of the notice; and

            (d)         must cause to be published in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the neighbourhood of that place a notice that—

                  (i)         gives details of the proposal; and

                  (ii)         invites interested persons to make written submissions to the Minister in relation to the proposal within one month of the publication of the notice.

        (3)         The Minister must take into account any submissions received in accordance with an invitation under subsection (2).

        (4)         The Minister need not comply with subsection (2) in the case of a proposed boundary alteration if satisfied—

            (a)         that the alteration is minor and non-contentious; and

            (b)         that the views of interested persons have been adequately canvassed by some other means.

        (5)         If a division or amalgamation of allotments of land does not result in a change of address of any allotment involved in the division or amalgamation, the Minister need not comply with subsection (2) in altering the boundary of a place in respect of which a geographical name has been assigned or approved under this Act so as to align it with a boundary of an allotment of land resulting from the division or amalgamation.

        (6)         Subsection (5) applies in relation to a division or amalgamation of allotments of land occurring before or after the commencement of that subsection.