6Declaration of strategic infrastructure corridor

### 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. > > > (2)  An area of land may only be declared in a corridor notice to be a strategic infrastructure corridor if the land – > > > > > > (a) formed part of the rail network; or > > > > > > > (b) was land associated with the land that formed part of the rail network. > > > (3)  For the purposes of this section, land formed part of the rail network if, at any time during the period – > > > > > > (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 > > > > > > > (b) ending on the day on which this section commences – > > > > 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. > > > (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. > > > (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 – > > > > > > (a) the land adjoins an area of land that formed part of the rail network; and > > > > > > > (b) the land is not – > > > > > > > > > > (i) reserved land within the meaning of the [Nature Conservation Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2002-063) ; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) permanent timber production zone land within the meaning of the [Forest Management Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-049) . > > > (6)  A corridor notice in relation to a corridor is to – > > > > > > (a) specify the name assigned to the corridor; and > > > > > > > (b) include a reference to the CPR plan designating an area of land to be within the corridor; and > > > > > > > (c) specify the day, after the date of the notice, on which the notice comes into effect. > > > (7)  A corridor – > > > > > > (a) does not include any area of land on which a public road is situated; but > > > > > > > (b) includes any bridge or other elevated structure that extends over an area of land on which a public road is situated.