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Land Act 1994
sec.96Roads in existing leases are dedicated
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### sec.96 Roads in existing leases are dedicated
If a road is shown on an existing lease or an existing lease mentions a plan and the plan shows a road is excluded from the lease, the road is taken to have been always dedicated as a road and open for public use.
If the width of the road is not shown on the lease or plan, the width is taken to be 60m.
If a better description of the location of a road becomes available, the Minister, by gazette notice, may declare the location of the road is amended by the description stated in the notice.
(sec.96-ssec.1) If a road is shown on an existing lease or an existing lease mentions a plan and the plan shows a road is excluded from the lease, the road is taken to have been always dedicated as a road and open for public use.
(sec.96-ssec.2) If the width of the road is not shown on the lease or plan, the width is taken to be 60m.
(sec.96-ssec.3) If a better description of the location of a road becomes available, the Minister, by gazette notice, may declare the location of the road is amended by the description stated in the notice.