ROAD MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 15 Arrangements to transfer road management functions
ROAD MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 15
Arrangements to transfer road management functionsS. 15(1) substituted by No. 81/2006 s. 54(2), amended by No. 17/2009 s. 12(3).
(1) A road authority may enter into an arrangement with another road authority, a utility or a provider of public transport to transfer a road management function of the road authority that would otherwise apply under section 36 or 37 with respect to a road to the other road authority, the utility or the provider of public transport.
S. 15(1A) inserted by No. 81/2006 s. 54(3), amended by No. 17/2009 s. 12(4).
(1A) A road authority may enter into an arrangement with a utility or a provider of public transport to transfer a road management function of the utility or the provider of public transport to the road authority.
(2) If a road authority has entered into an arrangement under this section in respect of a public road, the road authority must include the details of the arrangement in its register of public roads.
S. 15(3) amended by No. 81/2006 s. 54(4).
(3) While an arrangement is in force under this section, the road management functions of each party to the arrangement have effect subject to the arrangement.
Example to s. 15(3) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 183(Sch. 3 item 10).
Example
Specified road management functions in respect of a section of a road or a particular piece of infrastructure may be transferred by agreement from the Head, Transport for Victoria to a municipal council or from a municipal council to the Head, Transport for Victoria. If this occurs, the road authority to which the road management function is transferred becomes the road authority for the purposes of this Act according to the tenor of the arrangement.