9AAlignment of highways

9A Alignment of highways

[Section 9A Inserted by No. 101 of 1957, s. 5 ]

(1)  *[Section 9A Subsection (1) amended by No. 35 of 1985, s. 25 and Sched. 1 ]*The Governor may, by proclamation, declare –

(a) the intended new line of a State highway or subsidiary road; or

(b) the intended line of a new State highway or subsidiary road –

by setting it forth in the proclamation or by reference to a plan lodged in the office of the Director-General of Lands.

(2)  *[Section 9A Subsection (2) amended by No. 19 of 1980, s. 171 and Sched. 1 ]**[Section 9A Subsection (2) amended by No. 35 of 1985, s. 12 ]*The Minister shall within 60 days after the gazettal of a proclamation under this section –

(a) if any lands affected by the proclamation are under the Land Titles Act 1980 , lodge with the Recorder of Titles a copy of the proclamation, together with a plan showing the names of the registered proprietors of those lands and the volume and folium of their respective folios of the Register and the Recorder shall thereupon register the proclamation by making an appropriate entry of it on those folios of the Register;

(b) if any lands affected by the proclamation are not under the Land Titles Act 1980 and are not being purchased under Crown lands contracts, lodge in the Registry of Deeds a copy of the proclamation, together with a plan identifying those lands and showing their owners so far as the Minister can ascertain them;

(c) lodge with the Director-General of Lands a copy of the proclamation and, if any lands affected by the proclamation are being purchased under Crown lands contracts, also lodge with the Director-General a plan showing the names of the purchasers of those lands; and

(d) give notice in such form as he thinks fit to all owners of lands, and to all purchasers of lands being purchased under Crown lands contracts, that are affected by the proclamation or such of them as he can with reasonable diligence ascertain and notify within the 60 days.

(2A)  *[Section 9A Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 35 of 1985, s. 12 ]*In subsection (2) , proclamation under this section includes a proclamation under this section that is combined with a proclamation under .