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LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 26A

26A .         Names of roads and areas in new subdivision

        (1)         If a person delivers a plan of survey or sketch plan of a subdivision of land approved by the Planning Commission to a local government, and the proposed subdivision includes the provision of a road for use by the public, that person must also deliver to the local government the name proposed to be given to the road.

        (2)         The local government may require the person so subdividing the land —

            (a)         to propose a name for the proposed road or, if a name has already been proposed, to alter that name; and

            (b)         to propose a name for the area the subject of the proposed subdivision, or if a name has already been proposed, to alter that name.

        (3)         If the local government approves a name proposed under subsection (1) or (2), the local government is to forward the proposal to the Minister.

        (4)         The Minister may —

            (a)         approve the proposed name; or

            (b)         direct the local government to reconsider the proposed name, having regard to such matters as the Minister may mention in the direction; or

            (c)         refuse to approve the proposed name.

        (5)         A person must not —

            (a)         assign a name to the area or road unless the name is first approved by the Minister;

            (b)         alter or change a name that has been so assigned, whether initially or from time to time, to the area or road unless the Minister first approves of the alteration or change of that name.

        Penalty for this subsection:

            (a)         a fine of $2 000;

            (b)         a daily penalty of a fine of $ 200 for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues.

        [Section 26A inserted: No. 38 of 2005 s. 9; amended: No. 4 of 2023 s. 13 and 91.]



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