The rights of the public whether under this Act or at common law in relation to a public highway can only be extinguished if the public highway is discontinued as a road in accordance with section 12 or discontinued as a road or permanently closed as a road under a power to discontinue or permanently close a road conferred by or under any other Act.
Note
See clauses 1, 2 and 14 of Schedule 5 as to the vesting of roads and the
prevention of adverse possession or easements by long user in roads.
Part 3—The road system
Division 1—Roads