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New South Wales
Roads Amendment (Lane Cove Tunnel
Filtration) Bill 2007
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Roads Act 1993 No 33 2
4 Repeal of Act 2
Schedule 1 Amendment 3
b2007-066-24.d11
New South Wales
Roads Amendment (Lane Cove Tunnel
Filtration) Bill 2007
No , 2007
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Roads Act 1993 to require pollution filtration equipment to be
installed and maintained that will remove particulate matter and toxic gases from air
in the Lane Cove Tunnel and air exiting the tunnel.
Clause 1 Roads Amendment (Lane Cove Tunnel Filtration) Bill 2007
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Roads Amendment (Lane Cove Tunnel Filtration) 3
Act 2007. 4
2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 6
3 Amendment of Roads Act 1993 No 33 7
The Roads Act 1993 is amended as set out in Schedule 1. 8
4 Repeal of Act 9
(1) This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act 10
commences. 11
(2) The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30 12
of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act. 13
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Roads Amendment (Lane Cove Tunnel Filtration) Bill 2007
Amendment Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment 1
(Section 3) 2
Section 161A 3
Insert after section 161: 4
161A RTA to reduce road tunnel air pollution 5
(1) Immediately after the commencement of this section, the RTA 6
must install filtration equipment that removes particulate matter 7
and toxic gases from air in the Lane Cove Tunnel and air exiting 8
the tunnel. 9
(2) The RTA must maintain the filtration equipment after its 10
installation. 11
(3) Without limiting the generality of subsections (1) and (2), the 12
RTA must, in complying with those subsections, ensure that the 13
concentration of particulate matter leaving the Lane Cove Tunnel 14
(through the stacks or portals) does not exceed the average daily 15
ambient background concentration of particulate matter for that 16
area (as determined by the relevant air quality standards), except 17
where air quality in the area is affected by a bush fire. 18
(4) Any money needed to allow the RTA to exercise its functions 19
under this section is to be provided out of money to be 20
appropriated by Parliament or that is otherwise legally available. 21
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