Local Government Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Dec 2012 · Part VII · Public Places
64. Power to make new public places, etc., and enlarge them
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(a)
make, construct, lay out or set apart new public places; and
(b)
widen, open, enlarge or otherwise improve any such public place making due compensation in accordance with the provisions of any written law to the owners and occupiers of any land, houses or buildings which are required for any such purpose or which are injuriously affected thereby.
public place
Defined · s 2
“public place” means any open space, parking place, garden, recreation and pleasure ground or square, whether enclosed or not, set apart or appropriated for the use of the public or to which the public shall at any time have access;