Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Land Act 1958 - SECT 25

Governor in Council may divide territory into counties etc.

25. Governor in Council may divide territory into counties etc.



(1) The Governor in Council may subdivide any county into parishes and
townships and by proclamation published in the Government Gazette may define
the boundaries of such parishes and townships and distinguish each by a name.

(2) After such proclamation the territory comprised within the boundaries of
any of the said subdivisions shall thenceforward be recognized as a parish or
township by the name so given as aforesaid.

(3) The Governor in Council may-

(a) alter by proclamation as aforesaid the name of any county parish or
township within the State of Victoria or substitute by proclamation as
aforesaid the designation "township" for the designation "town" or "village"
in respect of any territory proclaimed as a town or village pursuant to any
repealed Act relating to the sale and occupation of Crown lands;

   (b)  diminish or extend by proclamation as aforesaid the area of any county
        or parish or alter the boundaries or name thereof and add the
        territory taken away from one county to any adjacent county or the
        territory taken away from one parish to any adjacent parish and divide
        any county into two or more counties or any parish into two or more
        parishes and give to each a distinguishing name;





   (c)  proclaim from time to time by a notice published in the Government
        Gazette any portion or portions of Crown lands as a street or road or
        as a township;

   (d)  annul and rescind from time to time by a notice published in the
        Government Gazette any proclamation made under this or any repealed
        Act of any portion or portions of Crown lands as townships or villages
        or diminish or extend from time to time by a notice published in the
        Government Gazette the area of any town or township the subject of any
        such previous proclamation.

(4) The lands upon which such street or road has been proclaimed shall be and
be deemed to be thenceforth dedicated to the public.

(5) A document describing Crown land as a road is evidence, and in the absence
of evidence to the contrary, is proof that the land is a road within the
meaning of this Act.

(6) Subsection (5) applies to-

   (a)  a map or plan in the Central Plan Office under the Survey and
        Co-ordination Act 1958 showing or delineating land as a road; or

   (b)  a copy of the Government Gazette containing a proclamation of land as
        a road; or

   (c)  a copy of the Government Gazette containing an instrument reserving or
        purporting to reserve land as a road.