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Land Act 1958
400Power to municipal councils to specify roads as unused
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400 Power to municipal councils to specify roads as unused
S. 400(1) amended by Nos 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 139), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 39.55), 13/1990 s. 41(h)(i), 76/1998
s. 11(m).
(1) A municipal council may give notice to the Secretary that any road or part of a road which is within the municipal district of that municipal council and which it considers is not required for public traffic is an unused road and upon the giving of any such notice any road or part of a road specified therein shall be an unused road.
(2) Every such notice shall be in the prescribed form and shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed.
S. 401 inserted by No. 6794 s. 3, amended by Nos 10011
s. 18(a)–(c), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 39.56), 13/1990 s. 41(j), repealed by No. 96/1994 s. 28.
S. 401A inserted by No. 10011 s. 19, amended by No. 96/1994 s. 33(k), substituted by No. 40/2020 s. 49.