New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROADS (GENERAL) REGULATION 2000 - REG 11

11 Things placed on and use of roads

(1) A person must not:

(a) place on a road anything that is likely to injure any person or damage any vehicle, or

(b) place on a road anything that is likely to restrict or endanger the use of a road by the public or interfere with public convenience, or

(c) load or unload a vehicle on or from the shoulder of a road in a manner that is likely to cause damage to the road, or

(d) allow to escape onto a road any liquid or any loose or waste material.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to:

(a) the placement on a road of a building waste storage container, to the extent to which its placement is authorised by or under the Local Government Act 1993 , or

(b) the placement on a road of a garbage bin, bag or other receptacle or of other refuse collectible by the council, to the extent to which its placement is authorised by or under the Local Government Act 1993 , so long as it is placed:

(i) beside the carriageway of the road, and

(ii) out of the line of traffic, or

(c) the doing of anything on a road with the consent of the relevant roads authority, or

(d) the temporary placement of anything on a road as a result of the breakdown of the vehicle or animal by which it is being carried.

(3) A person who leaves anything on a road because of the breakdown of the vehicle or animal by which it is being carried:

(a) must place it out of the line of traffic, and

(b) must ensure that it is adequately guarded to prevent its being a danger to the public, and

(c) must ensure that it is adequately lit at night, and

(d) must cause it to be removed from the road as soon as practicable.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.