14Powers over roads

14 Powers over roads (1) For the purposes of carrying out its functions and powers the Corporation— (a) may construct roads on freehold land or vested land or, with the consent of the land manager under Division 3, managed land; (b) may temporarily close to traffic roads on any of that land. (2) On the recommendation of the Minister after consultation with the Corporation, the Governor in Council, under section 25(3)(c) of the **Land Act 1958**, may proclaim any vested land or managed land to be a road and that paragraph and section 25(4) of that Act apply to that land as if those provisions referred to vested land or managed land instead of Crown land. (3) On the recommendation of the Minister after consultation with the Corporation and, in the case of managed land, with the consent of the land manager, the Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette may declare that the whole or any part of a road on— (a) land coloured yellow on a plan referred to in Schedule 1; or (b) managed land— is closed as a road. s. 14 (4) On the date of publication of the Order in the Government Gazette— (a) the land to which the Order relates is closed as a road; and (b) all rights, easements and privileges (existing or claimed by the public or by any body or person as incident to any express or implied grant or past or supposed dedication or by user, operation of law or otherwise) cease; and (c) the land is deemed to be unalienated land of the Crown and is discharged from any reservation affecting it; and (d) to the extent (if any) indicated in the Order, the land vests in the Corporation. (5) The powers in this section are in addition to and do not take away from any other powers to construct or close roads. S. 14(6) amended by No. 12/2004 s. 169. (6) This section does not apply to a freeway or an arterial road within the meaning of the **Road Management Act 2004**.