Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Road Management Act 2004 - SECT 18

Ancillary areas in relation to public roads

18. Ancillary areas in relation to public roads



(1) Subject to subsection (2), a coordinating road authority may designate as
an ancillary area an area of land owned or managed by the coordinating road
authority to be maintained by a responsible road authority as ancillary to a
public road.

Example A scenic lookout or rest stop may be designated as an ancillary area.

(2) If the land managed by the coordinating road authority is-

   (a)  land reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, the road
        authority must obtain the written consent of the Minister
        administering that Act;

   (b)  land administered under the Forests Act 1958, the road authority must
        obtain the written consent of the Minister administering that Act;

   (c)  land administered under the National Parks Act 1975, the road
        authority must obtain the written consent of the Minister
        administering that Act;



   (d)  freehold land owned by a public authority or any other person, the
        road authority must obtain the written consent of the public authority
        or other person;

   (e)  unreserved Crown land, the road authority must obtain the written
        consent of the Minister administering the Land Act 1958.

(3) A designation under this section must be recorded in the register of
public roads.