12   Minister may open road over unoccupied Crown land

(1)  The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, dedicate any unoccupied Crown land as a public road.

(2)  The notice must declare whether or not the road is to be a Crown road.

(3)  On the publication of the notice, the land is dedicated as a public road and (if the notice declares it to be a Crown road) becomes a Crown road.