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Local Government Act 1974

Roads (other than regional roads), service lanes, and access ways - Privately constructed bridges and ferries

358: Privately constructed bridges and ferries

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"Bridges and ferries built by private people on Crown rivers and streams must follow the Minister's rules."

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The Minister can let someone build a bridge over a river or stream, or start a ferry service, if the river or stream belongs to the Crown. You can use these bridges or ferries at any time, and they are open to everyone. The Minister can set conditions for how long the bridge or ferry can be used and how much land can be used for it, and you have to follow any rules made about using them, which can be found in the Local Government Act. The Minister decides how long the bridge or ferry can be used and how much land is needed for it. You can use the bridge or ferry at any time, and it is open to everyone, as long as you follow the rules.

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Part 21Roads (other than regional roads), service lanes, and access ways
Privately constructed bridges and ferries

358Privately constructed bridges and ferries

  1. Subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, the Minister may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, authorise any person to construct a bridge across any river, creek, or stream, the bed of which is vested in the Crown, or to establish a ferry across any river, creek, stream, or lake, the bed of which is vested in the Crown, and to maintain that bridge or ferry for such period as the Minister thinks fit, and to occupy for such period as the Minister thinks fit such portion of any road or Crown land as seems to him to be necessary as a site for that bridge or ferry.

  2. Every such bridge or ferry shall be deemed to be respectively a public bridge or ferry, and shall be open to the use of the public at all hours, subject to any regulations that may be made pursuant to this Act for regulating the use thereof.

Notes
  • Section 358: inserted, on , by section 2 of the Local Government Amendment Act 1978 (1978 No 43).