Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 - SECT 24C

Lake Tyers reserve roads to be public roads

24C. Lake Tyers reserve roads to be public roads



(1) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, on and from the date of
publication in the Government Gazette of the Order under section 24B(3)-

   (a)  the Lake Tyers reserve roads-

   (i)  are deemed to be roads open to and for use by the public, and for
        passage with vehicles; and

   (ii) are deemed to be highways within the meaning of the
        Road Safety Act 1986; and

   (iii) are to be treated, for the purposes of the Road Management Act 2004,
        as if they were roads declared under section 204(1) of the
        Local Government Act 1989; and

   (b)  section 205 of the Local Government Act 1989 applies to the Lake Tyers
        reserve roads as if they were public highways within the meaning of
        that Act; and

   (c)  the municipal council in whose municipal district the Lake Tyers
        reserve roads are located is deemed to be, in respect of those roads,
        the coordinating road authority and responsible road authority for the
        purposes of the Road Management Act 2004.

(2) Despite subsection (1)(a)(iii) and (1)(b), clause 1(4) of Schedule 5 to
the Road Management Act 2004 does not operate to vest, in fee simple, the Lake
Tyers reserve roads in the municipal council in whose district the Lake Tyers
reserve roads are located.

(3) Despite anything to the contrary in the Local Government Act 1989, the
municipal council that is, in respect of the Lake Tyers reserve roads, deemed
to be the coordinating road authority and responsible road authority for the
purposes of the Road Management Act 2004 must not discontinue the Lake Tyers
reserve roads or any part of those roads.