Roads and Jetties Amendment Act 2002 (TAS)

Roads and Jetties Amendment Act 2002

An Act to amend the Roads and Jetties Act 1935

[Royal Assent 19 December 2002]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Roads and Jetties Amendment Act 2002 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Roads and Jetties Act 1935 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 16B insertedAfter section 16A of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part II: 16BProhibition of traffic likely to cause damage (1)  Where it appears to the Minister that traffic of a particular kind is likely to injure seriously a State highway or subsidiary road, the Minister may, by causing signs to be placed in accordance with subsection (2) , prohibit the use of that highway or road by traffic of that kind. (2)  The signs must be posted conspicuously on or near to the State highway or subsidiary road to which they relate. (3)  At least 30 days before imposing a prohibition under this section, the Minister must, except in an emergency, also publish notice of the prohibition, indicating its effect – (a) in a local newspaper circulating in the locality in which the State highway or subsidiary road is situated; and (b) in a newspaper circulating generally in Tasmania; and (c) in such other manner as the Minister thinks fit.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 30 OCTOBER 2002

Legislative Council on 28 NOVEMBER 2002]