207BCertain land used, or to be used, for roads to vest in Council

207B Certain land used, or to be used, for roads to vest in Council (1) The following land vests in fee simple in the Council (if it is not already vested in the Council) in whose municipal district the land is situated on the date the relevant notice required by Schedule 10 is published in the Government Gazette— (a) land acquired for a road deviation under clause 2 of Schedule 10; (b) land which is a road, or part of a road, which is discontinued as a result of the exercise of a power under clause 2, 3, 7 or 8(1)(a) of Schedule 10. S. 207B(2) substituted by No. 99/1994 s. 16(1). (2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if the land is Crown land. S. 207B(2A) inserted by No. 99/1994 s. 16(1). (2A) Despite subsection (2), if a road on Crown land is discontinued under clause 2 of Schedule 10 and the land on to which the road is to be deviated is not Crown land, the land on which the discontinued road was situated vests in fee simple in the Council in whose municipal district it is situated on the date the notice required by Schedule 10 is published in the Government Gazette. (3) On the date the relevant notice is published— (a) the land vests free of all encumbrances other than those referred to in section 207C; and (b) the land is brought under the operation of the **Transfer of Land Act 1958**, if it is not already under the operation of that Act. (4) The **Subdivision Act 1988** does not apply to the discontinuance of a road, or a part of a road, under clause 2, 3, 7 or 8(1)(a) of Schedule 10. S. 207C inserted by No. 125/1993 s. 22.