Section 208 Local Govt Act 1993 (Council Map)

208. Council map

(1)The general manager is to keep up to date a map of its municipal area showing the following:

(a)all local highways maintainable by the council;

(b)all other highways, other than State highways, made, formed, paved or otherwise made good;

(c)all roads that an owner is liable to maintain;

(d)all streets that the council has resolved to construct under Part V of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982;

(e)all roads leased under section 63 (2) of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982;

(f)all lands not wholly subject to a highway;

(g)all declared landslip areas.

(2)One combined map may be used for the purposes of this section and section 13 of the Drains Act 1954.

(3)A map –

(a)may be on one sheet or several sheets and different information may be shown on different sheets of the same area; and

(ab)may be in an electronic form; and

(b)may be inspected, free of charge, by any person; and

(c)is evidence of the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c).

(4)Subsection (3) does not operate to fix accurately –

(a)the boundary of a highway unless it is indicated on the map that the relevant information was obtained by a registered surveyor or from a plan prepared by a registered surveyor; or

(b)a boundary other than the boundary of a highway.