11Vesting of roads, streets, etc

1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council published in the Gazette, declare that any road, street, access way, or service lane, laid out or constructed under this Part within a district shall be vested in the territorial authority of the district and be under the control and management of that authority, and thereupon the road, street, access way, or service lane and the soil thereof and all materials of which it is composed shall be deemed to be vested in the authority in fee simple.

2. Subject to the Resource Management Act 1991, but notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Works Act 1981 or the Local Government Act 1974, it shall be lawful for any local authority to consent under section 29 of the Public Works Amendment Act 1948 to the proclaiming of any land as a road or street of a width less than 12 metres if the land is State housing land or if the road or street is required to provide access to any State housing land or land subject to an agreement for sale or licence to occupy under section 16 or section 17 of this Act.