New Zealand Legislation: Bills

27 Declaration of walkway over public land

• (1) The Commission may, after complying with sections 24 to 26A in respect of a proposal to declare public land to be a walkway, publish a notice in the Gazette—

  • (a) declaring the land to be a walkway; and

  • (b) assigning a distinctive name to the walkway; and

  • (c) specifying any conditions imposed in relation to the walkway by the Commission or by the administering authority or local authority when granting consent to the walkway.

  (2) The declaration of a walkway by a notice published under subsection (1) takes effect—

  • (a) on the date specified in the notice; or

  • (b) if no date is specified, on the date of notification in the Gazette.

  (3) The Commission must, as soon as practicable after declaring the walkway, publicly notify the declaration—

  • (a) in a daily or other newspaper circulating in the area in which the walkway is located; and

  • (b) if the Commission thinks it desirable in the circumstances, by any other method of giving public notice.