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Local Government Act 2009
sec.80BFerry services
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### sec.80B Ferry services
A local government has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across a watercourse if the land that forms both banks of the watercourse is in its local government area.
A watercourse is a river, creek or channel where water flows naturally.
A local government may—
lease the right to provide a ferry service across a watercourse that it has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and
make local laws for managing and regulating the use of ferries operated or leased by it.
A regulation may—
declare another watercourse that a local government has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and
provide for any other matter connected with the provision of ferry services (including declaring the approaches to a ferry as being under the control of a local government, for example).
s 80B ins 2010 No. 23 s 288
(sec.80B-ssec.1) A local government has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across a watercourse if the land that forms both banks of the watercourse is in its local government area.
(sec.80B-ssec.2) A watercourse is a river, creek or channel where water flows naturally.
(sec.80B-ssec.3) A local government may— lease the right to provide a ferry service across a watercourse that it has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and make local laws for managing and regulating the use of ferries operated or leased by it.
(sec.80B-ssec.4) A regulation may— declare another watercourse that a local government has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and provide for any other matter connected with the provision of ferry services (including declaring the approaches to a ferry as being under the control of a local government, for example).
- (a) lease the right to provide a ferry service across a watercourse that it has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and
- (b) make local laws for managing and regulating the use of ferries operated or leased by it.
- (a) declare another watercourse that a local government has the exclusive right to provide a ferry service across; and
- (b) provide for any other matter connected with the provision of ferry services (including declaring the approaches to a ferry as being under the control of a local government, for example).