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ROAD MANAGEMENT ACT 2004

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

PART 2--RIGHTS OF ROAD USERS

  • 7 Purpose of Part  
  • 8 Right of passage  
  • 9 Rights of owners and occupiers of adjoining land  
  • 10 Rights of the public in relation to a public highway  

PART 3--THE ROAD SYSTEM

Division 1--Roads

Division 2--Public roads

PART 4--MANAGEMENT OF ROADS

Division 1--Coordination of road management

  • 20 Principal object and management principles  
  • 21 Ministers may require information or advice  
  • 22 Power of Ministers to give directions  
  • 23 Power of Governor in Council to give exemption  
  • 24 Purposes of Codes of Practice  
  • 25 What can a Code of Practice include?  
  • 26 Power to apply, adopt or incorporate  
  • 27 Codes of Practice as evidence  
  • 28 Making of Codes of Practice  
  • 29 Availability of Codes of Practice  
  • 30 Tabling and disallowance  
  • 31 Infrastructure Reference Panel  
  • 32 Functions of the Infrastructure Reference Panel  

Division 2--General functions and powers of road authorities

Division 3--Specific powers and duties of road authorities

Division 4--Infrastructure and works on roads

Division 4A--Safety duties in relation to works on or near rail infrastructure

Division 4B--Specific provisions relating to bus stop infrastructure and tram stop infrastructure

  • 48H Definitions  
  • 48I Application of Division  
  • 48J Powers of relevant authority  
  • 48K Offence in relation to removal, demolition or relocation  
  • 48L Resolution of disputes  
  • 48M Guidelines  
  • 48N Information to be provided by a municipal council  
  • 48O Consent of relevant authority required to install, attach or affix rubbish bin or cigarette disposal unit  
  • 48P Power of Head, Transport for Victoria to remove rubbish bin or cigarette disposal unit installed, attached or affixed without consent  

Division 5--Road management plans

  • 49 The making of a road management plan is voluntary  
  • 50 Purposes of a road management plan  
  • 51 Standards may be included in a road management plan  
  • 52 Contents of a road management plan  
  • 53 Power to apply, adopt or incorporate  
  • 54 Procedure for making or amending a road management plan  
  • 55 Availability of road management plan  

Division 6--Development contributions

  • 56 Development contribution  
  • 57 Review of required payments  
  • 58 State road authority may require further payment or refund excess  
  • 59 When payment is due  

PART 5--PROTECTION OF ROADS

Division 1--Offences

  • 60 Offences in relation to unauthorised access to roads  
  • 61 Offence to fail to comply with direction  
  • 62 Obstruction of road  
  • 63 Interference with a road  
  • 64 Failure to give notice  
  • 65 Compliance with conditions of written consent  

Division 2--Controls on advertising, signs and bills on roads and road infrastructure

  • 66 Written consent required for placing of specified things on a road or road infrastructure  
  • 67 Advertiser must disclose name of distributor  
  • 68 Distributor must disclose name of depositor  
  • 69 Person must remove structure, device, hoarding, advertisement, sign or bill if requested to do so  
  • 70 Court may order removal of structure, device, hoarding, advertisement, sign or bill  

Division 3--Authorised officers

Division 4--Enforcement

PART 6--CIVIL LIABILITY

Division 1--General

  • 97 Definitions  
  • 98 Effect of this Part  

Division 2--Negligence

  • 99 Application of Division  
  • 100 Application of Part XII of Wrongs Act 1958  
  • 101 Principles concerning performance of road management functions  
  • 102 Limitations on liability of road authority  
  • 103 Policy defence  
  • 104 Liability where duty to perform and discretionary power to remedy  
  • 105 Defence to prove that reasonable care was taken  
  • 106 Matters which may be considered to constitute contributory negligence  

Division 3--Other liability

  • 107 Liability of road authority  
  • 108 Road authority is not liable as an occupier  
  • 109 Liability in relation to fencing  
  • 110 Limits in relation to liability for property damages  
  • 111 Indexation provision  

Division 4--Liability of persons other than road authorities

  • 112 Right to recover for damage to road  
  • 113 Duty of owner or occupier of adjoining land  

Division 5--Claims procedure

  • 114 Purpose of Division  
  • 115 Notice of incident  
  • 116 Preparation of condition report  

PART 7--GENERAL

PART 8--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS--TRANSPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019

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