MAIN ROADS ACT 1930 - SECT 15

MAIN ROADS ACT 1930 - SECT 15

15 .         Property in and control of highways and main roads

        (1)         The absolute property in the land over which a highway or main road is declared vests in the Crown.

        (2)         The Commissioner has the care, control and management of the land over which a highway or main road is declared.

        (3)         The following property vests in the Commissioner —

            (a)         the materials of all highways and main roads, and all live and dead timber and vegetation on highways and main roads, and all matters and things related to highways and main roads;

            (b)         all buildings, fences, gates, posts, boards, stones, erections, and structures placed on any highway or main road;

            (c)         the scrapings of any highway or main road and all gravel, sand, and other material on any highway or main road.

        [Section 15 inserted: No. 35 of 1972 s. 3; amended: No. 96 of 1975 s. 12; No. 26 of 2023 s. 14 and 44.]