Docklands Act 1991
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59 Roads
S. 59(1) amended by No. 10/2017 s. 33(11).
(1) Subject to sections 36 and 37 of the Road Management Act 2004, on the appointed day all public highways in the docklands area vested in fee simple in Development Victoria are divested from Development Victoria and are vested in fee simple in the Melbourne City Council.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any public highway specified by the Minister (after consulting with the Local Government Minister) by Order published in the Government Gazette before the appointed day.
S. 59(3) amended by No. 10/2017 s. 33(11).
(3) On the appointed day, Development Victoria is deemed (subject to any regulations for the purpose of section 37(1)(c) of the Road Management Act 2004) to be the relevant road authority for the purposes of the Road Management Act 2004 in respect of any public highway in the docklands area that does not vest in the Melbourne City Council under this section.
(4) In this section public highway has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act 1989.
S. 60 substituted by No. 74/2006 s. 22.