Roads Act 1993 (NSW)

Transport Administration Amendment (NSW Motorways) Act 2024 No 95, Sch 2[1] (not commenced)

Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2025 No 66, Sch 5.5[1] (not commenced)

Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025

Roads Legislation Amendment (NSW Motorways) Bill 2025

Environment and Water Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

whole Act: Am 2020 No 30, Sch 4.89[1] (“RMS” and “RMS’s” omitted wherever occurring, “TfNSW” and “TfNSW’s” inserted instead, respectively).

An Act to make provision with respect to the roads of New South Wales; to repeal the State Roads Act 1986, the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990 and certain other enactments; and for other purposes.

This Act may be cited as the Roads Act 1993.

This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

The objects of this Act are—

• (a)

  to set out the rights of members of the public to pass along public roads, and

• (b)

  to set out the rights of persons who own land adjoining a public road to have access to the public road, and

• (c)

  to establish the procedures for the opening and closing of a public road, and

• (d)

  to provide for the classification of roads, and

• (e)

  to provide for the declaration of TfNSW and other public authorities as roads authorities for both classified and unclassified roads, and

• (f)

  to confer certain functions (in particular, the function of carrying out road work) on TfNSW and on other roads authorities, and

• (g)

  to provide for the distribution of the functions conferred by this Act between TfNSW and other roads authorities, and

• (h)

  to regulate the carrying out of various activities on public roads.

s 3: Am 2011 No 41, Sch 5.50 [1].

Expressions used in this Act which are defined in the dictionary at the end of this Act have the meanings set out in the dictionary.

Notes in the text of this Act do not form part of this Act.

s 4A: Ins 1996 No 128, Sch 2.4 [1].