4Power to reserve Crown land for public purposes

4 Power to reserve Crown land for public purposes S. 4(1) amended by No. 47/2025 s. 11(1). (1) The Governor in Council may by Order published in the Government Gazette reserve by a general or particular description either temporarily or permanently any Crown lands which in the Governor in Council's opinion are required for any public purposes and without affecting the generality of the foregoing for any or any combination of the following— S. 4(1)(a) amended by No. 23/1995 s. 4(1). (a) ports, quays wharves docks and landing places; (b) roads carparks tramways and railways; (c) aerodromes and landing grounds for aircraft; S. 4(1)(d) amended by No. 81/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 8.1). (d) watersheds and gathering grounds for water supply purposes, the supply and distribution of water and works associated therewith including reservoirs aqueducts pipe-lines channels and waterways; S. 4(1)(e) amended by No. 81/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 8.2). (e) the protection of the beds or channels and the banks of waterways; (f) drainage and sewerage works; (g) camping grounds and watering places for travelling stock; (h) markets abattoirs and saleyards; (i) municipal buildings and store-yards; (j) public baths and swimming pools; (k) mineral springs; (l) the preservation of areas of ecological significance; (m) the conservation of areas of natural interest or beauty or of scientific historic or archaeological interest; S. 4(1)(ma) inserted by No. 54/2010 s. 78. (ma) carbon sequestration in vegetation and soil; (n) the preservation of species of native plants; S. 4(1)(o) amended by No. 9551 s. 2. (o) the propagation or management of wildlife or the preservation of wildlife habitat; (p) pre-school centres, State schools and other institutions of public instruction and areas and facilities for the study of the natural environment; (q) prisons and reformatories; (r) public buildings including offices halls libraries museums galleries and war memorials; (s) experimental and research farms and agricultural colleges; S. 4(1)(t) amended by No. 24/2006 s. 6.1.2(Sch. 7 item 11.1). (t) the growth preservation and supply of timber including Government school forest plantations; (u) the supply of sand gravel stone and other materials for the construction of public roads buildings and other works; (v) alpine resorts; (w) public parks gardens and ornamental plantations; (x) areas for public recreation including areas for camping; (y) the purposes of health and social welfare; (z) facilities and services for tourists or for the promotion of tourism; (za) show-grounds and race-courses; (zb) cemeteries and crematoria; S. 4(1)(zc) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1). (zc) hospitals and institutions or services for any other purposes administered by the Minister administering the **Health Services Act 1988** or conducted by committees registered under the **Hospitals and Charities Act 1958**; (zd) bush nursing centres; (ze) the protection of the coastline; and (zf) zoological parks. (2) At least 30 days before any land is permanently reserved under subsection (1) notice of the intention to so reserve it shall be published once in a newspaper circulating generally in the area in which the land is situated. S. 4(3) amended by Nos 8/1995 s. 42(3), 76/1998 s. 42, 26/2018 s. 90(2). (3) Before any land is temporarily or permanently reserved for the protection of the coastline and before the Governor in Council declares any land to be permanently reserved for the protection of the coastline under subsection (6) the Minister shall obtain and consider a report of the Marine and Coastal Council. S. 4(3A) inserted by No. 23/1995 s. 4(2), amended by No. 65/2010 s. 420(Sch. 3 item 5.2). (3A) Before any land within a local port is temporarily or permanently reserved under subsection (1), the Minister must consult with the Minister administering the **Port Management Act 1995**. No. 6284 s. 16. (4) Every temporary or permanent reservation made or purported to have been made under the **Land Act 1958** or any previous corresponding enactment shall be deemed to have been made under subsection (1). (5) Where any land is permanently reserved for unspecified purposes under any Act the Governor in Council may by Order published in the Government Gazette specify that the land or any part thereof is so permanently reserved for any purpose authorized by or under subsection (1) and thereupon such land shall be deemed to be so reserved under subsection (1). (6) The Governor in Council may by Order published in the Government Gazette declare any land or any part thereof reserved either temporarily or permanently for any purpose under any Act to be permanently reserved for the protection of the coastline and thereupon such land shall be deemed to be so reserved under subsection (1) for that purpose. No. 6284 s. 22F.