Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) For a purpose in connection with a public function, or in order to facilitate work on land adjoining a local highway, a corporation may, after consulting the Commissioner of Police –
(a) close a local highway or part of a local highway in the municipality;
(b) forbid the use of a local highway or part of a local highway in the municipality by all person, or by all persons with vehicles, subject to such exceptions as the corporation considers appropriate; or
(c) subject to a resolution of the council, grant exclusive licences to occupy part of a local highway so closed for such periods and on such conditions as the corporation thinks fit.
(2) When practicable, a corporation shall give notice in a local newspaper circulating in the municipality of any action that it proposes to take under this section.
(3) The forbidding under subsection (1)(b) of the use of a local highway or part of a local highway in a municipality shall be effected by an order –
(a) published in a local newspaper circulating in the municipality; or
(b) displayed where the public right of passage ceases under the order.
(4) A licence granted under subsection (1)(c) is to name at least one licensee and may describe other licensees in general terms.
(5) While part of a local highway is closed or forbidden to be used under subsection (1), that part shall be deemed to be the property of the corporation for the purpose of civil or criminal proceedings against persons who are not authorized to enter that part.