Roads Act 1993
205Compensation where council has to construct new road
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205 Compensation where council has to construct new road
205 Compensation where council has to construct new road
(1) This section applies where it is necessary for the council to construct a new public road to replace an existing public road that has been acquired by the Crown by compulsory process.
(2) The amount of the compensation to which a council is entitled under this section is the sum of—
(a) the cost of acquiring land for the purposes of a new road, and
(b) the cost of constructing the new road, and
(c) the cost of erecting or constructing, in, on or over the new road, new conduits, poles or structures to replace those that are situated on the road acquired by the Crown and can no longer reasonably continue to be used by the council.
(3) Any compensation received by a council under this section may be used only for acquiring land for the purposes of the new road or for constructing the new road and erecting or constructing new conduits, poles and structures.