Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A corporation may, with the approval of the Transport Commission, construct or place obstructions in a local highway for the purpose of preventing or restricting the movement of vehicular traffic.
(2) Before making an application under this section for the approval of the Transport Commission, the corporation shall cause a notice to be published twice in separate issues of a local newspaper circulating in the municipality of its intention to make the application, specifying the situation and nature of the obstruction and stating that written representations may be made to the corporation with respect to the matter before such day as is specified in the notice, being a day not earlier than 28 days after its first publication.
(3) The Transport Commission shall not give its approval under this section in respect of an obstruction unless there has been submitted to the Commission a copy of the notice published under subsection (2), together with evidence that it has been published as required by that subsection and copies of any representations made to the corporation in accordance with the notice and its comments on those representations.
(4) The Transport Commission may give its approval under this section for a corporation to install a road hump in –
(a) a local highway leading to or from a car park; or
(b) a local highway which is in a residential area.
(5) A road hump installed pursuant to an authority given by the Transport Commission under subsection (4) shall –
(a) be of a design approved by the Transport Commission;
(b) be installed in a manner approved by the Transport Commission; and
(c) be installed in a specific location on the local highway referred to in subsection (4) that is approved by the Commission.
(6) No action, liability, claim, or demand lies or shall be allowed by or in favour of any person against the Transport Commission, a corporation, or any person involved in the installation of a road hump in a local highway in respect of any damage done to a vehicle or injury to a person or animal by reason of the installation of the road hump in the local highway if the road hump –
(a) was installed pursuant to this section; and
(b) was installed after the commencement of the Traffic Amendment Act (No. 2) 1987.
(7) In this section –
"road hump" has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 49A of the Traffic Act 1925.