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Roads and Jetties Act 1935
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### 52E Local access roads
> *\[Section 52E Inserted by No. 101 of 1957, s. 18 \]*
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> > (1) The Minister may make roads and other works, alter existing roads and other works, and stop up existing roads –
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> > > > (a) for the convenience of lands –
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> > > > > > (i) deprived of existing access; or
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> > > > > > (ii) rendered unable to obtain access –
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> > > > to a highway by reason of the proclamation of a limited access road; or
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> > > > (b) so as to make the road system of its neighbourhood agree with the scheme of a limited access road.
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> > (2) *\[Section 52E Subsection (2) amended by No. 35 of 1985, s. 25 and Sched. 1 \]*For the purposes of this section the Minister may –
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> > > > (a) exercise over the roads and works hereby affected the same powers as if those roads were State highways; and
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> > > > (b) carry roads under or over the limited access road or one another –
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> > and the Governor may in the name and on behalf of the Crown by letters patent, proclamation, or otherwise as the case may require, dispose of lands, works, and the control of roads and of viaducts over and tunnels under the limited access road.
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> > (3) *\[Section 52E Subsection (3) amended by No. 24 of 1993, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]*A person whose land is injuriously affected by an act of the Minister under this section is entitled to compensation therefor, which compensation if not agreed upon shall be determined in the same manner as a disputed claim for compensation under the [Land Acquisition Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1993-023) .