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ROAD MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 54 Procedure for making or amending a road management plan

ROAD MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 54

Procedure for making or amending a road management plan

    (1)     Before a road authority makes or amends a road management plan, it must comply with the following procedure.

    (2)     If a road authority proposes to make a road management plan, the road authority must give a notice stating—

        (a)     the purpose and general purport of the proposed road management plan;

        (b)     where a copy of the proposed road management plan can be obtained or inspected;

        (c)     that any person who is aggrieved by the proposed road management plan may

make a submission on the proposed road management plan to the road authority within the period specified in the notice.

    (3)     The road authority must allow at least 28 days after the day on which a notice is given under subsection (2) for the making of submissions.

    (4)     A notice under this section must be—

        (a)     published in the Government Gazette;

        (b)     published in a daily newspaper generally circulating in the area in which the roads to which the road management plan applies are situated;

        (c)     given in any other manner prescribed for the purposes of this section.

    (5)     A road authority must in accordance with the regulations conduct a review of its road management plan at prescribed intervals.

    (6)     A road authority may amend its road management plan in accordance with the regulations.

    (7)     If a road management plan is amended in accordance with subsection (6), the road authority must incorporate the amendments into the road management plan.