s.14Discontinuance of roads
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Section 14Part 0 —

Discontinuance of roads

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Wherever it appears to the Governor, upon recommendation by the Roads Authority, that it is expedient to close a public road or portion of such road he shall publish a declaration to that effect in the Gazette, and such declaration shall specify —
the road or portion of road proposed to be discontinued;
the date from after which such road or portion of road shall cease to be a road; and
the place where a plan of such road or portion of road may be inspected.
The Governor shall cause a plan of such road or portion of road proposed to be discontinued to be transmitted to the Registrar and the Roads Authority and to be exhibited to any person who may require to examine it.
From the date specified in a declaration made under subsection (1), such road or portion of road specified in such declaration shall cease to be a road and all public rights of way over the same shall cease after the said date, and thereafter the land over which the said road or portion of road passed shall vest in the Crown or be added to such land parcels as the Governor, subject to subsection (4), may, by notice in the Gazette, decree.
The Governor, in exercising any power under subsection (3), shall —
have regard to the interests of all persons whose lands, immediately prior to the discontinuance of a road or portion of a road, were adjacent thereto and, so far as he thinks fair and just, order that the land over which the said road or portion of road passed be added to such adjacent lands on such terms, in such a manner and to such a degree as he thinks appropriate; and
make such provision in the terms aforesaid as he thinks proper having regard to any price or compensation paid on acquiring any portion of that land for road purposes.

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