Roads
270 Roads
A road is:
(a) land vested in a council at the commencement of this Act as a road or a road reserve; and
(b) land vested in or placed under the care, control and management of a council as a road or a road reserve after the commencement of this Act, under this or another Act; and
(c) land reserved, dedicated or resumed, with the council's agreement, as a public street, road or thoroughfare; and
(d) land transferred to the council in fee simple, and accepted by the council, as a public road; and
(e) land declared by the council, by Gazette notice, to be a road with the consent of the owner of the land; and
(f) land vested in the council, with the council's agreement, by notice under subsection (2).
(2) If a council agrees, the Minister may, by Gazette notice, vest Crown land in, or place Crown land under the care, control and management of, the council as a road or a road reserve.
(3) Land ceases to be a road if the road is permanently closed under this Act or another Act.
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