Mixed Use Development Act 1993
sec.155Occupier’s right to use thoroughfares
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sec.155 Occupier’s right to use thoroughfares
Subject to any by-law made by the community body corporate or a precinct body corporate, a person who lawfully occupies land within the site of a scheme has a right of way over the community thoroughfare and precinct thoroughfare to the extent necessary to allow the occupier access to the occupier’s land. A by-law that, apart from this subsection, would have the effect of unreasonably restricting access to or from land within the site does not apply in relation to the land unless the proprietor and occupier of land consent in writing to the restriction. (sec.155-ssec.1) Subject to any by-law made by the community body corporate or a precinct body corporate, a person who lawfully occupies land within the site of a scheme has a right of way over the community thoroughfare and precinct thoroughfare to the extent necessary to allow the occupier access to the occupier’s land. (sec.155-ssec.2) A by-law that, apart from this subsection, would have the effect of unreasonably restricting access to or from land within the site does not apply in relation to the land unless the proprietor and occupier of land consent in writing to the restriction.