ROADS ACT 1993 - SECT 115
Roads authority may regulate traffic in connection with road work etc
ROADS ACT 1993 - SECT 115
Roads authority may regulate traffic in connection with road work etc
115 Roads authority may regulate traffic in connection with road work etc
(1) A roads authority may regulate traffic on a public road by means of
barriers or by means of notices conspicuously displayed on or adjacent to the
public road.
(2) The power conferred by this section may be exercised by
TfNSW for any purpose but may not be exercised by any other roads authority
otherwise than--
(a) for the purpose of enabling the roads authority to
exercise its functions under this Act with respect to the carrying out of road
work or other work on a public road, or
(b) for the purpose of protecting a
public road from serious damage by vehicles or animals as a result of wet
weather, or
(c) for the purpose of protecting earth roads from damage caused
by heavy vehicles or by animals, or
(d) for the purpose of protecting members
of the public from any hazards on the public road, or
(e) for the purpose of
protecting vehicles and other property on the public road from damage, or
(f)
for the purpose of enabling a public road to be used for an activity in
respect of which a permit is in force under Division 4 of Part 9, or
(g) for
a purpose for which the roads authority is authorised or required, by or under
this or any other Act or law, to regulate traffic.
(3) A roads authority may
not restrict the passage of heavy vehicles or animals along the roadway of an
earth road unless clear side tracks have been provided for their passage.
(4)
A person--
(a) must not, in wilful contravention of any such notice or in
wilful disregard of any such barrier, pass along, or cause any vehicle or
animal to pass along, a length of public road, and
(b) must not damage,
remove or otherwise interfere with a notice or barrier erected for the
purposes of this section.
: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.
(5) It is the
duty of a roads authority by which a notice or barrier has been erected under
this section to remove the notice or barrier if there is no longer any need to
regulate traffic for the purpose for which the notice or barrier was erected.