48Dedication of land

48 Dedication of land

48 Dedication of land

(1) The Authority may, by Gazette notice, declare that the Authority proposes to surrender to the Crown land vested in the Authority and described or referred to in the declaration to be dedicated—

(a) for a public purpose specified in the declaration, or

(b) if specified in the declaration—as a public road.

(2) The Authority may make a declaration under subsection (1) only with the concurrence of the Minister administering the Crown Land Management Act 2016.

(3) When land described or referred to in a declaration published under subsection (1) is surrendered, the land—

(a) becomes Crown land reserved from sale, lease or licence under the Crown Land Management Act 2016, and

(b) on revocation of the reservation, may be dedicated—

(i) under the Crown Land Management Act 2016 for the public purpose specified in the notice, or

(ii) under the Roads Act 1993, section 12 as a public road.

(4) The Authority may, in a declaration published under subsection (1), limit the description of, or reference to, land to a specified depth below the surface of the land and, if the description or reference is limited, subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to land below the depth specified.