53Dedication of land

#### 53 Dedication of land 53 Dedication of land > > (1) The Authority may, by notification published in the Gazette, declare that it proposes to surrender land described or referred to in the notification to the Crown to be dedicated— > > > > > (a) for any public purpose specified in the notification, or > > > > > (b) if so specified in the notification, as a public road. > > > (2) When the land is surrendered— > > > > > (a) it becomes Crown land reserved from sale, lease or licence under the [Crown Land Management Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-058), and > > > > > (b) on revocation of the reservation, it may be dedicated under that Act for the public purpose specified in the notification or under section 12 of the [Roads Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-033) as a public road. > > > (3) The Authority may, in a notification published under subsection (1), limit the description of, or reference to, land to a specified depth below the surface of the land. If the description or reference is so limited, subsection (2) does not apply to land below the specified depth. > > > (4) The Authority may, by notification published in the Gazette, declare any elevated or subterranean structure owned by the Authority that continues the line of a public road to be a public road. On the publication of the notification in the Gazette, the structure, except in relation to any vesting of the structure, is taken to be a public road. > > **s 53:** Am 2017 No 17, Sch 4.93 \[1\].