LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 27

LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 27

27 .         Subdivision and development of Crown land

        (1)         The Minister may —

            (a)         subdivide, develop, or subdivide and develop, Crown land; and

            (b)         cause funds to be expended on —

                  (i)         that subdivision, development, or subdivision and development; and

                  (ii)         marketing, planning, surveying and related activities for the purposes of that subdivision, development, or subdivision and development.

        (2)         Without limiting the generality of subsection (1)(a), the Minister may for the purposes of that subsection —

            (a)         cause any parcel of Crown land to be surveyed into locations or lots; and

            (b)         decide on the shape and size of those locations or lots and on the width and direction of each road within that parcel.

        (3)         The Minister may, by order —

            (a)         for the purposes of subsection (1)(a), subdivide Crown land in accordance with the whole or any part of a plan of survey or sketch plan that shows a proposed subdivision of the land and is specified in the order; and

            (b)         dedicate as a road any Crown land delineated and shown on the plan of survey or sketch plan referred to in paragraph (a) as a new road or an extension or widening of a road.

        (4)         Land subdivided under subsection (3)(a) or dedicated under subsection (3)(b) is subject to any encumbrances specified in the order.

        [(5)         deleted]

        (6)         For the purposes of this section, the boundaries of Crown land adjoining tidal waters or other waters are to be limited whenever practicable by straight lines as near to high water mark as an authorised land officer decides.

        [Section 27 amended: No. 38 of 2005 s. 10; No. 4 of 2023 s. 14.]

[ 28.         Deleted: No. 4 of 2023 s. 15.]