(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.]