Victorian Consolidated Legislation

EastLink Project Act 2004 - SECT 66

Orders may continue or declare roads

66. Orders may continue or declare roads



(1) An Order made under Division 1 or Division 2 may specify that any part of
the land (that is the subject of the Order) that was a freeway, an arterial
road, a non-arterial State road or a municipal road before the publication of
the Order continues to be a freeway, an arterial road, a non-arterial State
road or a municipal road.

(2) Any land that is specified in an Order in accordance with subsection (1)
continues be a freeway, an arterial road, a non-arterial State road or a
municipal road as specified in the Order.





(3) The Governor in Council may, by Order published in the Government Gazette,
specify that any reserved project land that was a freeway, an arterial road, a
non-arterial State road or a municipal road immediately before it became
reserved project land is to be deemed to be a freeway, an arterial road, a
non-arterial State road or a municipal road.

(4) Any land that is specified in an Order in accordance with subsection (3)
is, from the date of publication of the Order, deemed to be declared under
section 14 of the Road Management Act 2004 as a freeway, an arterial road, a
non-arterial State road or a municipal road as specified in the Order.

(5) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that this section has effect in
addition to and not in derogation of the deemed reservation of the land under
this Division.

(6) This section has effect despite anything to the contrary in any other Act.

Division 4-Entry into possession of certain Project land