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Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) Act 2016
6Declaration of strategic infrastructure corridor
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### 6 Declaration of strategic infrastructure corridor
> > (1) The Minister, by notice (a ***corridor notice***), may declare to be a strategic infrastructure corridor an area of land that is designated on a CPR plan to be land within a corridor.
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> > (2) An area of land may only be declared in a corridor notice to be a strategic infrastructure corridor if the land –
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> > > > (a) formed part of the rail network; or
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> > > > (b) was land associated with the land that formed part of the rail network.
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> > (3) For the purposes of this section, land formed part of the rail network if, at any time during the period –
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> > > > (a) beginning on the day on which [Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2007-036#JS1@HS1@EN) [Rail Infrastructure Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2007-036) came into force; and
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> > > > (b) ending on the day on which this section commences –
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> > the land was land on which any of the railways specified in [Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2007-036#JS1@HS1@EN) [Rail Infrastructure Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2007-036) , as in force during that period, were situated.
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> > (4) The Minister, by notice, may designate an area of land, specified in the notice, to be land associated with the land that formed part of the rail network.
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> > (5) The Minister may only designate under [subsection (4)](#GS6@Gs4@EN) land to be land associated with the land that formed part of the rail network if –
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> > > > (a) the land adjoins an area of land that formed part of the rail network; and
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> > > > (b) the land is not –
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> > > > > > (i) reserved land within the meaning of the [Nature Conservation Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2002-063) ; or
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> > > > > > (ii) permanent timber production zone land within the meaning of the [Forest Management Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-049) .
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> > (6) A corridor notice in relation to a corridor is to –
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> > > > (a) specify the name assigned to the corridor; and
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> > > > (b) include a reference to the CPR plan designating an area of land to be within the corridor; and
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> > > > (c) specify the day, after the date of the notice, on which the notice comes into effect.
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> > (7) A corridor –
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> > > > (a) does not include any area of land on which a public road is situated; but
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> > > > (b) includes any bridge or other elevated structure that extends over an area of land on which a public road is situated.