Crown Lands Act 1976

For the purposes of this Act the Governor may by proclamation constitute, abolish, define, or re-define areas of town lands – which may include lands other than Crown lands; and which are – adjacent to a city or town; or intended by the Governor to be sites for towns, villages, or hamlets.

Areas constituted in accordance with subsection (1)(b)(ii) may, on the recommendation of the Place Names Advisory Panel established by the Place Names Act 2020, be assigned names in the proclamations constituting them.