Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Road Management Act 2004 - SECT 48J

Powers of Secretary

48J. Powers of Secretary



(1) The Secretary may-

   (a)  install bus stop infrastructure and designate bus stopping points;

   (b)  remove, relocate or modify any bus stop infrastructure installed under
        paragraph (a);

   (c)  remove or relocate any bus stopping point.

(2) The Secretary may for the purposes of this section conduct any works which
are necessary or desirable including-

   (a)  opening and breaking up any roadway, pathway or area of roadside; and

   (b)  temporarily stopping the traffic on any roadway, pathway or area of
        roadside.

(3) In completing the works, the Secretary must after the works are completed
reinstate the roadway, pathway or area of roadside to the standard before the
works were commenced-

   (a)  as promptly as is reasonably practicable; and

   (b)  as nearly as is reasonably practicable to an equivalent standard of
        quality and design; and

   (c)  so as to ensure that any feature to assist persons with a disability
        is restored.

(4) If the Secretary has conducted works on any roadway, pathway or area of
roadside, the Secretary must bear or pay all reasonable expenses of the
reinstatement of the roadway, pathway or area of roadside and any related road
infrastructure for 12 months after it is restored, so far as those expenses
have been incurred by conducting the works on the roadway, pathway or area of
roadside.

(5) The powers conferred on the Secretary under this section are in addition
to, and do not derogate from, any other powers conferred on the Secretary.