340A   Public garden and recreation spaces

(1)  Where in the subdivision of land provision is made for public garden and recreation space, such space shall be conveyed or transferred to the council if the council at any time so requires, or where such space is adjacent to land reserved or dedicated, under the Crown Lands Act 1989 for the purpose of public recreation, or to a public park which is not vested in the council, such space shall, if the council at any time so directs, be surrendered to the Crown, and upon such surrender the land comprised in such space shall be deemed to be Crown lands within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1989 and may be dealt with accordingly.

(2)  This section shall apply where such provision was made in a subdivision effected prior to the commencement of the Local Government (Amendment) Act 1927, as well as to cases in which it is made after such commencement.

(3)  This section shall not apply to a subdivision of land the plan of which was approved by the council after the commencement of the Local Government and Conveyancing (Amendment) Act 1964.