ROADS ACT 1993 - SECT 100
Owner of private railway to maintain bridges and level crossings and roads under railway bridges
ROADS ACT 1993 - SECT 100
Owner of private railway to maintain bridges and level crossings and roads under railway bridges
100 Owner of private railway to maintain bridges and level crossings and roads
under railway bridges
(1) If a public road passes over, under or across a private railway by means
of a bridge or level crossing, the owner of the railway--
(a) must maintain
the bridge or level crossing (and, in the case of an overbridge, the road
under the bridge) in a satisfactory state of repair, and
(b) must, if the
appropriate roads authority so directs, repair or replace the bridge or level
crossing (or, in the case of an overbridge, the road under the bridge) in
accordance with the direction.
(2) A direction referred to in subsection (1)
(b) may specify--
(a) the manner in which or the standard to which, and
(b)
the period (being at least 28 days) within which,
the direction must be
complied with.
(3) The owner of the private railway may appeal to the
Minister against the direction.
(4) The decision of the Minister on an appeal
is final.