ROAD MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 (NO 12 OF 2004) - SECT 18 Ancillary areas in relation to public roads

ROAD MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 (NO 12 OF 2004) - SECT 18

    (1)     Subject to sub-section (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.