Declaration of public road followed by commencement of road closure process
40 Declaration of public road followed by commencement of road closure process
Where—
a council by resolution declares land to be a public street or road and, on publication in the Gazette of notice of the resolution, the land vests in the council pursuant to the Local Government
Act 1934; and
following the constitution of that land as a road the council commences a road process for closure of the road or part of the road, the Registrar-General and the council are relieved from any duty under any other Act to make any entry in the Register Book or the Register of Crown
Leases, issue any certificate of title, register any memorial in the General
Registry Office or take any other action in respect of the vesting in the council of land subject to that road process unless the road process is discontinued in respect of that land.
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