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Local Government Act 1989
204Council may declare a road to be a public highway or to be open to the public
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204 Council may declare a road to be a public highway or to be open to the public
(1) A Council may, by notice published in the Government Gazette, declare a road in its municipal district to be a public highway for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A Council may, by resolution, declare a road that is reasonably required for public use to be open to public traffic.
(3) A road does not become a public highway by virtue of a Council resolution made under subsection (2).
S. 205 substituted by No. 125/1993 s. 22.