5Sites for towns

5 Sites for towns

(1)  For the purposes of this Act the Governor may by proclamation constitute, abolish, define, or re-define areas of town lands –

(a) which may include lands other than Crown lands; and

(b) which are –

(i) adjacent to a city or town; or

(ii) intended by the Governor to be sites for towns, villages, or hamlets.

(2)  [Section 5 Subsection (2) amended by No. 1 of 2020, Sched. 3, Applied:01 Jul 2020] 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.