ROADS (OPENING AND CLOSING) ACT 1991 - SECT 17
ROADS (OPENING AND CLOSING) ACT 1991 - SECT 17
17—Further orders to be made in conjunction with order for road closure
Where the relevant authority makes a road process order for a road closure,
the relevant authority must, as part of that order, make one or more of the
following orders dealing, or together dealing, with all of the land subject to
the road closure:
(a) if
an agreement for exchange or transfer has been made in respect of land subject
to the road closure—an order that the land be transferred or added to
other land in accordance with the agreement;
(b) if
the relevant authority considers that land subject to the road closure can
conveniently be used separately from other land—an order that the land
be sold by public auction or tender;
(c) an
order that land subject to the road closure be sold, or transferred, for use
for some public, charitable or beneficial community purpose;
(d) if
land subject to the road closure is required by the council for some
purpose—an order that the land be retained by the council and a
certificate of title be issued to the council;
(e) an
order that land subject to the road closure—
(i)
be added to adjoining land that is dedicated under the
Crown Lands Act 1929 ; or
(ii)
be transferred to the proprietor of adjoining land that
is alienated in fee simple in trust under the Crown Lands Act 1929 ; or
(iii)
be vested in the Crown.