Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Commonwealth Games Arrangements Act 2001 - SECT 45

Temporary closure of roads

45. Temporary closure of roads



(1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purpose of a Commonwealth Games
project, the Minister may temporarily close a road to traffic if the Minister
considers it necessary to do so so that works on the road or neighbouring land
can be carried out.

(1A) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may temporarily close a road or
part of a road to traffic generally or to a particular class of traffic if the
Minister considers it necessary to do so for the purposes of conducting a
Commonwealth Games event or any purpose associated with or ancillary to the
conduct of that event.

(2) The Minister must not temporarily close a road under subsection (1) or
subsection (1A) unless the Minister has consulted-

   (a)  with the Minister administering the Road Management Act 2004; and



   (b)  if the road is a road to which Division 2 of Part 9 of the
        Local Government Act 1989 applies, with the Minister administering
        that Act.

(3) In this section, traffic means vehicular traffic, pedestrian traffic and
all other kinds of traffic.