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New South Wales
Roads Amendment (Road Tunnel
Pollution Filtration) Bill 2002
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Roads Act 1993 No 33 2
Schedule 1 Amendment 3
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New South Wales
Roads Amendment (Road Tunnel
Pollution Filtration) Bill 2002
No , 2002
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 from air exiting the
M5 East motorway tunnel, the proposed Lane Cove Tunnel and the proposed Cross
City Tunnel.
Clause 1 Roads Amendment (Road Tunnel Pollution Filtration) Bill 2002
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Roads Amendment (Road Tunnel Pollution Filtration) 3
Act 2002. 4
2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on the date of assent. 6
3 Amendment of Roads Act 1993 No 33 7
The Roads Act 1993 is amended as set out in Schedule 1. 8
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Roads Amendment (Road Tunnel Pollution Filtration) Bill 2002
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
from air exiting the M5 East motorway tunnel. 8
(2) The RTA must ensure that filtration equipment that removes 9
particulate matter from air exiting the tunnel will be installed 10
before each of the proposed Lane Cove Tunnel and the 11
proposed Cross City Tunnel are operational. 12
(3) The RTA must maintain the filtration equipment after its 13
installation. 14
(4) Any money needed to allow the RTA to exercise its functions 15
under this section is to be provided out of money to be 16
appropriated by Parliament or otherwise legally available. 17
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