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Street Works Act 1995 PART 7 — Backlanes

s 29A–s 31 · 3 sections

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Authority to manage, maintain and repair backlanes vested in Government

s 29A

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29A. The Authority is responsible for the management, maintenance and repair of backlanes vested in the Government.[11/2003]

General provisions as to backlanes

30.—(1) Neither the public nor any person is deemed to have any right of ingress, egress or regress over any backlane vested in the Government or any part thereof except by express grant by the Authority which the Authority may withhold or give upon such terms as it may think fit. (2) The Authority may prepare a plan of any backlane and the Minister may, by writing under his or her hand, declare that, at the expiry of one month from the date thereof, the backlane is vested in the Government. (3) A copy of the declaration must be forthwith posted up in some part of the backlane. (4) At the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (2), unless the owners of the premises fronting, adjoining or abutting on the backlane or the owners of such premises having the greater part in annual value have, by notification to the Authority in writing under their hands, objected thereto, the backlane is vested in the Government. (5) Where a backlane has been declared to be vested in the Government under this section, the declaration must be registered together with the plan under the Land Titles Act 1993 in respect of registered land and under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 in respect of other land. (6) Upon such registration, the land comprised in the plan is deemed to be vested in the Government freed from all encumbrances, and where the land is held under a statutory land grant, such vesting is not deemed to be a subdivision within the meaning of the State Lands Act 1920.

Backlanes to be levelled, paved, etc., by Authority

s 31

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31.—(1) The Authority is to level, pave, metal, channel and drain, and may provide lighting for, all backlanes vested in the Government under section 30. (2) When the Authority has made up a backlane, the Authority may recover the costs and expenses of acquiring the land for, and of making up, the backlane from the owners of premises abutting on the backlane. (3) Such costs and expenses must be paid by the persons who are the owners of premises abutting on the backlane when the works are completed according to the frontage of their respective premises in such proportions as are settled by the Authority. (4) If the owner of any such premises is dissatisfied with the Authority’s apportionment of costs and expenses, that owner may, within 14 days of being notified of such apportionment, appeal to the Minister whose decision is final. (5) The Authority may, if it thinks fit, decide that in settling the apportionment regard must be had to the following considerations:(a) the degree of benefit accruing to any premises by the making up of the backlane; (b) the amount and value of any works already executed by the owners or occupiers of any such premises. (6) The Authority may, in any estimate of the costs and expenses of works, include reasonable charges in respect of survey and superintendence. (7) The Authority may, if it thinks fit, pay the whole or any part of the costs and expenses of the works and the payment of part of the costs and expenses may be made in such manner as the Authority thinks fit to the exclusion of other owners or to relieve one owner to a greater extent than the other owners. (8) Section 43 applies to any sum payable by the owners under this section.

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