Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Road Safety Act 1986 - SECT 99B

Non-road activities on highways

99B. Non-road activities on highways





(1) Subject to this Act and the regulations, the coordinating road authority
within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004 may issue a permit to a
person to conduct a non-road activity on a highway.

(2) For the purpose of conducting the non-road activity authorised by a
permit, the coordinating road authority may authorise the closure of the
highway to all traffic or to particular types of traffic for the period
specified in the permit.

(3) A permit may be issued subject to-

   (a)  any terms, conditions or limitations which the coordinating road
        authority considers appropriate; and

   (b)  the payment of a fee fixed in accordance with this Act.

(4) The Minister may, on the application of a person proposing to conduct a
non-road activity on a highway, by notice published in the Government Gazette
declare that specified provisions of the Act and of the regulations do not
apply with respect to the non-road activity specified in the notice to be
conducted on a highway or part of a highway specified in the notice during the
period specified.



(5) A notice under subsection (4) may declare that the highway or part of the
highway specified in the notice is not a highway under this Act for all
purposes or specified purposes during the specified period.

(6) A person to whom a permit is issued is responsible for the use of the
highway for the non-road activity.

(7) The Minister may by instrument of delegation delegate to any person any of
the powers of the Minister under this section.

(8) In this section, non-road activity means an activity to be conducted on a
road which will significantly interfere with the normal use of a road by road
users in accordance with this Act and the regulations but does not include any
activity to be conducted on a road by a member of the police force or of any
emergency services agency arising out of the performance of a function or
exercise of a power of that member.

Example A non-road activity would include the use of a road for the shooting
of a film, a bicycle event, a street festival or a street market.