Parcels of land may be dedicated as a public reserve or drainage reserve by:

• the registration of a deposited plan bearing an appropriate statement creating a lot(s) as public reserve or drainage reserve
• the publication of an appropriate notification in the Government Gazette vesting an existing parcel as public reserve or drainage reserve or
• transfer or conveyance to a council for use as a public reserve or drainage reserve.

Public reserves may be dedicated by the registration of a deposited plan on which land is marked with the statement 'public reserve' on publication of an appropriate notification in the Government Gazette or by transfer or conveyance to a council identifying land for use as a public reserve (see Sections 49(1) and 50 Local Government Act 1993).

Drainage reserves may be dedicated by the registration of a deposited plan on which land is marked with the statement 'drainage reserve', on publication of an appropriate notification in the Government Gazette, or by transfer or conveyance to a council identifying land for use as a drainage reserve (see Sections 49(3) and 50 Local Government Act 1993).