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Administration\n7 Roads etc. vested in Territory .......................................................... 3\n7B Delegation ....................................................................................... 3\nPart 3 General powers of Minister\n8 Power to form, maintain, drain etc. roads ........................................ 3\n9 Power to plant trees etc. .................................................................. 3\n10 Trees etc. obstructing or damaging roads ....................................... 4\n11 Minister may close road temporarily or restrict use of road ............. 4\n12 Minister may require fence, wall or other structure to be\nerected for prevention of certain hazards ........................................ 6\n13 Minister may license timber cutting, quarrying, and other\nactivities on a road........................................................................... 6\n14 Power to construct temporary roads and remove trees or other\ngrowing things ................................................................................. 7\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\n14A Definition.......................................................................................... 8\n15 Power to close and open roads ....................................................... 8\n16 Agreement for exchange ................................................................. 8\n17 Proceedings to open, alter etc. roads .............................................. 9\n18 Duties of Surveyor-General ............................................................. 9\n20 Person may object to proposal ........................................................ 9\n21 Procedure where no objection received ........................................ 10\n22 Procedure where objection received ............................................. 10\n22A Certain provisions to apply where proposal amended after\nobjection ........................................................................................ 10\n23 Effect of order ................................................................................ 11\n24 Land to be offered to adjoining owners.......................................... 11\n25 In certain cases land may become Crown lands ........................... 12\n26 Reservations .................................................................................. 13\n27 Administrator or Minister empowered to amend existing lease...... 13\n\nControl of Roads Act 1953 ii\n28 Easements etc. preserved ............................................................. 13\n29 Registrar-General to correct Register books etc............................ 13\n30 Prohibition of removal to the Supreme Court ................................. 14\n31 Compensation ............................................................................... 14\n31A Compensation ............................................................................... 14\n32 Closing of certain roads ................................................................. 16\n33 Order may affect more than one road ............................................ 16\n34 Duty to fence ................................................................................. 16\n35 Minister may declare private streets etc. to be roads .................... 17\n36 Application of Land Title Act 2000 ................................................. 17\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\n51 Metal projections etc. on tyres ....................................................... 17\n52 Vehicle or object to have wheels fitted .......................................... 17\n53 Caterpillar type tractors ................................................................. 18\n54 Certain acts forbidden ................................................................... 18\n54A Use of immobilising devices .......................................................... 19\n55 Person not to stop vehicle etc. on bridges or culverts ................... 19\n56 Vehicles etc. to be removed from bridges and culverts ................. 19\n57 Timber etc. fixed to roads not to be damaged etc.......................... 20\n58 Person not to cut timber, quarry, erect petrol pumps or cattle\nramps without licence .................................................................... 20\n59 Houses and other obstructions on roads ....................................... 20\n60A Approval to drive air cushioned vehicle ......................................... 21\n61 Liability of owner and actual offender ............................................ 22\n62 Regulations.................................................................................... 22\nPart 7 Transitional matters for Northern Territory\nCivil and Administrative Tribunal\n(Conferral of Jurisdiction Amendments)\n(No. 2) Act 2014\n63 Application before former Tribunal................................................. 23\nENDNOTES\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 10 February 2026\n____________________\nCONTROL OF ROADS ACT 1953\nAn Act to provide for the administration and control of roads\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Control of Roads Act 1953.\n2 Commencement\nThis Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the\nAdministrator by notice in the Gazette.\n5 Interpretation\n(1) In this Act:\nadjoining owner means an owner in fee simple of land, or a lessee\nof Crown lands, of land which is contiguous to, or affected by, land\ncomprising a road, or a part of a road.\nattached, in relation to the connection between a prime mover and\na trailer, includes connected indirectly through another trailer.\npneumatic tyre means a tyre consisting of a flexible elastic shell\ninflated with air, with or without an inner tube.\nrigid, as applied to a vehicle, means that the longitudinal axis of the\nvehicle cannot deviate from a straight line in a horizontal direction.\nroad means, subject to subsection (2):\n(a) all streets, roads, courts, alleys, thoroughfares and\nculs-de-sac which were, immediately before the date when\nthis Act comes into operation, public streets, roads, courts,\nalleys, thoroughfares, or culs-de-sac within the meaning of\nany law then in force in the Northern Territory; or\n\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\nControl of Roads Act 1953 2\n(c) land which, whether before or after the date when this Act\ncomes into operation:\n(i) is proclaimed, dedicated, resumed or otherwise\nestablished as a public street, road or thoroughfare; or\n(ii) is opened as a road or is declared to be a road by the\nMinister pursuant to this Act; or\n(iii) is reserved or left as a road in a subdivision of Crown\nland; or\n(iv) is conveyed or transferred to the Territory in fee simple\nand is accepted by the Territory as a road; or\n(v) not being Crown land leased for purposes which include\nthe construction of a road at the expense of the lessee,\nis used as a thoroughfare passing through or over\nCrown land whether alienated or otherwise.\nSurveyor-General, see section 4 of the Licensed Surveyors\nAct 1983.\nwidth means:\n(a) in relation to a vehicle, including an articulated vehicle:\n(i) in the case of a vehicle to which a trailer is attached, the\ndistance from one side of the vehicle, the trailer, a\nprojecting part of the vehicle, the trailer or the load of the\nvehicle or trailer, to the other side of the vehicle, the\ntrailer, a projecting part of the vehicle, the trailer or load\nof the vehicle or trailer, whichever is the greatest; or\n(ii) in any other case, the distance from one side of the\nvehicle, a projecting part of the vehicle or its load, to the\nother side of the vehicle, a projecting part of the vehicle\nor its load, whichever is the greatest; or\n(b) in relation to a tyre, the width of the surface of the tyre which\nordinarily comes into contact with the surface of the road; or\n(c) in relation to tyres on a group of co-axial wheels on one side\nof the longitudinal centre line of a vehicle, the sum of the\nwidths of the surfaces of those tyres which ordinarily come\ninto contact with the surface of the road.\nNote for subsection (1)\nThe Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be\nrelevant to this Act.\n\nPart 3 General powers of Minister\nControl of Roads Act 1953 3\n(2) For Parts 3 and 4, road does not include a road that is under the\ncare, control and management of a local government council.\nPart 2 Administration\n7 Roads etc. vested in Territory\nSubject to section 64 of the Planning Act 1999 and Part 12.3 of the\nLocal Government Act 2019, all roads in the Northern Territory,\ntogether with the timber growing on those roads and all bridges,\nculverts, water-tables, kerbs, gutters, footpaths, lamps, direction\nboards, kilometre posts, rails, posts, walls, chains, fences and other\nthings erected on or affixed to those roads are the property of and\nvested in the Territory and are under the care, control and\nmanagement of the Minister.\n7B Delegation\nThe Minister may delegate any of the Minister's functions and\npowers under this Act.\nPart 3 General powers of Minister\n8 Power to form, maintain, drain etc. roads\n(1) The Minister may form, pave, drain, level and repair roads and\nfootpaths, alter the levels of roads and footpaths, erect or construct\nbridges, culverts, water-tables, kerbs, gutters, lamps, direction\nboards, kilometre posts, rails, posts, walls, chains and fences, erect\nor build, or cause to be erected or built, a house or other building,\nverandah, structure or road side facility on or at the side of a road\nand may drain water from roads into or through adjacent land.\n(2) The owner in fee simple, or the lessee under a Crown Lease, of\nland into or through which water is drained from a road, may claim\ncompensation from the Territory except where the drainage follows\nthe natural fall of the ground.\n9 Power to plant trees etc.\n(1) The Minister may cause trees, shrubs, gardens or lawns to be\nplanted at the side of a road and tree-guards, stakes or other\nsupports to be erected.\n(2) The Territory is not liable for any damage to property which results\nfrom the planting of a tree, shrub, garden or lawn at the side of a\nroad or from the existence of a tree or shrub growing in a road\nwhether caused to be planted by the Minister or not.\n\nPart 3 General powers of Minister\nControl of Roads Act 1953 4\n(3) The Minister may cause to be:\n(a) pulled down or demolished a house, building, verandah,\nhedge, fence or structure or other obstruction erected, built or\nplaced on a road; and\n(b) filled in a ditch, drain, gutter, sink or watercourse constructed;\nand\n(c) cleared out and removed an obstruction in a ditch, drain,\ngutter, sink or watercourse at the side of a road, which had\nbeen placed there;\nin contravention of this Act and may, in the name of the Territory,\nrecover the cost of so doing from the person who contravened this\nAct, whether or not that person has been found guilty of an offence\nunder this Act, as a debt due to the Territory by that person.\n10 Trees etc. obstructing or damaging roads\n(1) If a tree or other thing growing on land adjacent to a road obstructs\nor damages that road, the Minister may, by notice in writing, served\nby post on the occupier of that land, require that occupier to remove\nthe tree or other thing or a part of the tree or thing on or before such\ndate as the Minister specifies in that notice.\n(2) If a person fails to comply with a requirement made by the Minister\nunder subsection (1), the Minister may cause the tree or other\nthing, or a part of the tree or thing, to be removed and may, in the\nname of the Territory, recover the cost of so doing from that person\nas a debt due to the Territory by that person.\n11 Minister may close road temporarily or restrict use of road\n(1) The Minister may, if he or she considers it appropriate:\n(a) close a road; or\n(b) do any of the following in relation to the road:\n(i) restrict the use of the road to vehicles that do not exceed\na specified mass;\n(ii) restrict the use of the road to a specified class of\nvehicles;\n(iii) impose other restrictions on the use or manner of use of\nthe road as the Minister considers appropriate.\n\nPart 3 General powers of Minister\nControl of Roads Act 1953 5\n(2) A closure of a road, or a restriction on the use of the road, under\nsubsection (1) is effected by:\n(a) to the extent it is reasonably practicable – causing signs to be\ndisplayed in a prominent place at the approaches to the road\nto which the closure or restriction relates, or erecting fences or\nbarriers on or across the road; and\n(b) by giving notice of the closure or restriction in accordance with\nsubsection (4) before, or as soon as reasonably practicable\nafter, the closure or restriction.\n(3) If the Minister is satisfied the closure of a road or restriction on the\nuse of the road is no longer required, the Minister must cause the\nremoval of any signs, fences or barriers and give notice of the\nrevocation of the closure or restriction in accordance with\nsubsection (4).\n(4) A notice for this section may be given in the following ways:\n(a) by Gazette notice;\n(b) by notice in a newspaper circulating in the region in which the\nroad is located;\n(c) by publication on a website maintained by the Department and\npromoted to the public as a resource for accessing road\nclosure and road condition information;\n(d) by recorded message accessed by telephone using a\ntelephone number promoted to the public as a resource for\naccessing road closure and road condition information;\n(e) by radio or television broadcast in the region in which the road\nis located.\n(5) A person must not drive a vehicle, or cause or permit a vehicle to\nbe driven, on a road that is closed under this section.\nMaximum penalty: 100 penalty units.\n(6) A person must not drive a vehicle, or cause or permit a vehicle to\nbe driven, on a road that is subject to a restriction under this section\nwhile in contravention of the restriction.\nMaximum penalty: 100 penalty units.\n(7) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against\nsubsection (5) or (6) if the person establishes a reasonable excuse.\n\nPart 3 General powers of Minister\nControl of Roads Act 1953 6\n(8) Without limiting subsection (7), it is a reasonable excuse if the\nperson has consent from the competent authority for the road:\n(a) to use a road that is closed under this section; or\n(b) to use a road subject to a restriction under this section without\ncomplying with the restriction.\n(9) In this section:\ncompetent authority, for a road, means the person, body or\nauthority (including the Territory) having the care, control and\nmanagement of the road.\nroad includes part of a road.\nvehicle, see section 3(1) of the Traffic Act 1987.\nNote\nThe definition of vehicle in the Traffic Act 1987 includes a wide range of types of\ntransportation. This means the prohibitions in subsections (5) and (6) apply, for\nexample, to riding a bicycle, and to riding or droving animals.\n12 Minister may require fence, wall or other structure to be\nerected for prevention of certain hazards\n(1) If land adjoining a road is not enclosed to the satisfaction of the\nMinister, the Minister may, by notice in writing served by post on the\noccupier of that land, require the occupier, on or before a date\nmentioned in that notice, to enclose the land by a fence, wall or\nother structure, sufficient to prevent drift sand, soil or other material\nfrom being carried on to the road.\n(2) If the occupier of the land fails or neglects to comply with a\nrequirement made under subsection (1), the Minister may cause the\nfence, wall or other structure to be erected and the Minister may, in\nthe name of the Territory, recover the cost of so doing from the\noccupier as a debt due to the Territory by that person.\n13 Minister may license timber cutting, quarrying, and other\nactivities on a road\n(1) The Minister, in his or her absolute discretion and subject to such\nconditions as the Minister sees fit, may grant a licence to a person,\nauthorising that person:\n(a) to cut and remove timber and bark from a road; or\n(b) to quarry and remove stone, clay, gravel or sand from a road;\nor\n\nPart 3 General powers of Minister\nControl of Roads Act 1953 7\n(c) to erect, maintain and operate on a road a petrol pump,\ntogether with such tanks, apparatus, pipes and erections as\nare reasonably necessary for the operation of a pump for the\nsupply of petrol for sale; or\n(d) to construct and maintain a cattle ramp on a road.\n(2) The Minister may, at any time, by notice in writing served by post\non a person to whom a licence has been granted under\nsubsection (1):\n(a) require that person to do such acts or things as the Minister, in\nhis or her absolute discretion, deems necessary or desirable;\nor\n(b) cancel a licence, whether or not the licensee has observed all\nof the conditions under which the licence was granted.\n(3) If a person fails to comply with the requirements of a notice served\nunder subsection (2), the Minister may cause to be done the act or\nthings required to be done and may, in the name of the Territory,\nrecover the cost of so doing from that person as a debt due to the\nTerritory by that person.\n14 Power to construct temporary roads and remove trees or other\ngrowing things\nA person acting with the authority, or under the orders, of the\nMinister may:\n(a) construct a temporary road over uncultivated land for use as a\npassage for vehicles whilst a road or a part of a road is being\nmade or repaired; and\n(b) remove a tree or thing, growing on land adjacent to a road,\nwhich:\n(i) obstructs, damages or is likely to obstruct or damage\nthat road; or\n(ii) obstructs or is likely to obstruct the vision of the driver of\na vehicle approaching a bend or corner in the road;\nand for any of these purposes or for the purpose of carrying out or\ngiving effect to this Act, may, with or without workers, horses,\nmachinery and vehicles, enter in and upon land adjoining a road.\n\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\nControl of Roads Act 1953 8\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\n14A Definition\nIn this Part:\nproposal means a proposed new road, the proposed alterations of\na road or part of a road, or a road or part of a road proposed to be\nclosed, delineated on a plan.\n15 Power to close and open roads\nDespite any law in force in the Northern Territory, but subject to this\nAct, the Minister may, whether by one proceeding or otherwise,\nfrom time to time:\n(a) open a new road; and\n(b) alter a road or a part of a road; and\n(c) close a road or a part of a road; and\n(d) exchange land comprising a road or a part of a road for land\nrequired for a new road or for an alteration of a road; and\n(e) retain land comprising a road or a part of a road, which has\nbeen closed under this Act, for any purpose of the Territory or\ndedicate the land for any public purpose; and\n(f) dispose of land comprising a road, or a part of a road, which\nhas been closed under this Act, whether retained under\nparagraph (e) or otherwise; and\n(g) execute a transfer, conveyance, lease or other document to\ngive effect to this Act.\n16 Agreement for exchange\n(1) If the Commonwealth or the Territory has acquired land or an estate\nor interest in land for the purpose of making or opening a new road\nor altering an existing road, the Minister may agree with the person\nfrom whom that land or that estate or interest in land was acquired\nthat, in satisfaction in whole or in part of any compensation, the\nperson will receive the grant of a corresponding estate or interest in\nspecified land of the Crown adjoining the parcel of land that\ncontains the land which or the estate or interest in which was\nacquired.\n\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\nControl of Roads Act 1953 9\n(2) In this section:\ncompensation means an amount of money ascertained in\naccordance with the Lands Acquisition Act 1978 or any other law in\nforce in the Northern Territory to be the amount which a person is\nentitled to receive in respect of the acquisition by the\nCommonwealth or the Territory of land or an estate or interest in\nland.\n17 Proceedings to open, alter etc. roads\n(1) If it is proposed to open a road, or alter or close a road or part of a\nroad, the Surveyor-General must give the Minister:\n(a) a plan, certified by the Surveyor-General as an adequate\nrepresentation, showing the approximate position of the\nproposal; and\n(b) in relation to the plan, a statement showing the names of\nadjoining owners with the last known address of each of them.\n(2) After consideration of the plan, the proposal and statement\nmentioned in subsection (1), the Minister may approve or amend\nthe proposal and, as soon as practicable after the approval, must\ndeposit with the Surveyor-General the plan showing the proposal\nand amendments, if any, endorsed with the approval of the\nMinister, together with the statement.\n18 Duties of Surveyor-General\nIf a plan is deposited with the Surveyor-General in accordance with\nsection 17(2), the Surveyor-General must:\n(a) cause a notice to be inserted in the Gazette and in a\nnewspaper circulating in the locality of the land to which the\nplan relates stating a general description of the proposal and\nsetting out the names of adjoining owners; and\n(b) maintain a copy of the plan as approved by the Minister, and\npermit any person, during normal business hours, to inspect it.\n20 Person may object to proposal\nAny person may, at any time within 28 days from and including the\ndate of publication of the notice in the Gazette or the newspaper,\nwhichever is the later, mentioned in section 18(a), object to the\nproposal by serving a notice, stating the grounds for the objection,\non the Minister either personally or by post.\n\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\nControl of Roads Act 1953 10\n21 Procedure where no objection received\nIf, at the date of expiry of the time limited by section 20, no person\nhas objected to the proposal in accordance with that section, the\nMinister may, at any time within 6 months from and including that\ndate, by notice in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the\nlocality of the proposal, order a new road to be opened or a road or\npart of a road to be altered or closed in accordance with the plan\ndeposited with the Surveyor-General.\n22 Procedure where objection received\n(1) If, at the expiry of the time limited by section 20, a person has\nobjected to the proposal in accordance with that section, the\nMinister may consider the objection and the plan and the statement\ndeposited under section 17, and must determine whether or not the\nproposal will proceed or an amendment to the proposal must be\nmade.\n(2) Within 6 months after the expiry of the time limited by section 20,\nthe Minister must:\n(a) by notice in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the\nlocality of the land to which the plan and proposal relate, order\na new road to be opened or a road or part of a road to be\naltered or closed in accordance with the plan deposited with\nthe Surveyor-General under section 17(2); or\n(b) deposit with the Surveyor-General:\n(i) the plan showing the proposal and amendments, if any,\npursuant to subsection (1) endorsed with the approval of\nthe Minister; and\n(ii) in relation to the plan – a statement showing the names\nof the adjoining owners with the last known address of\neach of them.\n22A Certain provisions to apply where proposal amended after\nobjection\n(1) Subject to this section, if a plan is deposited with the Surveyor-\nGeneral under section 22(2)(b), sections 18 to 22 inclusive apply to\nand in relation to that plan and the proposal to which it relates as if\nthe plan were a plan deposited under section 17(2).\n(2) If a plan is deposited with the Surveyor-General under\nsection 22(2)(b), the Surveyor-General must cause a notice to be\ninserted in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the locality\nof the land to which the plan relates stating a general description of\n\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\nControl of Roads Act 1953 11\nthe proposal, that the proposal is an amended proposal and setting\nout the names of adjoining owners.\n(3) If the Minister is satisfied that an objection is the same or\nsubstantially the same as an objection already submitted under\nsection 20 and considered under section 22, the Minister may\ndisregard the first-mentioned objection and proceed under this Act\nas if it had not been made.\n23 Effect of order\nUpon the publication in the Gazette of an order made under\nsection 21 or 22:\n(a) land to be taken for a new road or for an alteration to a road,\nor a part of a road, is, by virtue of this Act, vested in the\nTerritory and is under the care, control and management of\nthe Minister; and\n(b) the Minister may, subject to this Act:\n(i) pay or receive money agreed to be paid or received for\nthe exchange or disposal of land affected by the order;\nand\n(ii) dispose of land comprising a road, or a part of a road,\nwhich is closed by the order; and\n(iii) execute such documents as are required or are\nnecessary to be executed.\n24 Land to be offered to adjoining owners\n(1) If any land of the Crown comprises:\n(a) a former road or part of a road that has been closed under this\nAct; or\n(b) a road or part of a road that it is proposed to close under this\nAct;\nthe Minister may agree with a person who has an estate or interest\nin land adjoining the first-mentioned land that the person will, after\nthe road or part of a road has been so closed, be granted an estate\nor interest in the first-mentioned land of a like nature to the person's\nestate or interest in the adjoining land:\n(c) for such amount as is specified in the agreement; or\n\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\nControl of Roads Act 1953 12\n(d) if the person's estate or interest in the adjoining land is a lease\ngranted by or on behalf of the Crown, on the resumption of\nsuch part of the adjoining land as is specified in the\nagreement.\n(2) If each of 2 or more parcels of land adjoining land comprising a\nformer road or part of a road that has been closed under this Act is\nheld for an estate in fee simple or leasehold from the Crown and\nthe parcels are not so held by the same person, the Minister may\ngive written notice to all the persons holding the parcels that the\nMinister is prepared to dispose of the second-mentioned land.\n(3) Each notice under subsection (2) must specify the estate in the land\nwhich the Minister is prepared to offer and the amount for which the\nMinister is prepared to dispose of that estate.\n(4) If notices have been given under subsection (2) and 2 or more of\nthe persons notified inform the Minister in writing, within 28 days\nafter the date on which the last of the notices was given, that they\ndesire to acquire the land specified in the notices, the Minister must\ninvite each such person to tender for an estate in that land of like\nnature to the estate held by the person in the person's adjoining\nparcel of land.\n(5) If the Minister receives only one tender of an amount that is not less\nthan the price specified in the notices, the Minister must accept the\ntender but, if he or she receives more than one tender, the Minister\nmust accept the tender of the person tendering the highest amount.\n(6) If a tender under subsection (5) is accepted the tenderer is entitled\nto be granted an estate in the land in respect of which the tender is\nmade of like nature to the estate held by the tenderer in his or her\nadjoining parcel of land.\n25 In certain cases land may become Crown lands\nIf a road, or a part of a road, that is not on land in respect of which a\nlocal government council is the registered proprietor of an estate in\nfee simple is ordered to be closed and:\n(a) the Minister certifies that the land comprising that road or part\nof the road can be conveniently used, whether separate from\nother land or when added to other Crown lands; or\n(b) an adjoining owner does not, within one year from and\nincluding the date of the publication in the Gazette of the\norder, acquire, or enter into an agreement to acquire the land,\nor so much of the land as is not disposed of;\n\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\nControl of Roads Act 1953 13\nthe land becomes Crown lands and is subject to the laws of the\nNorthern Territory relating to Crown lands.\n26 Reservations\nThe Minister may, at any stage in a proceeding under this Act,\ndirect that a certificate as to title to be issued, or a lease to be\ngranted, under this Act must be subject to such reservations as the\nMinister directs.\n27 Administrator or Minister empowered to amend existing lease\n(1) If an agreement made under section 16, 24(1) or 24(5) by the\nacceptance of a tender entitles a person to be granted a leasehold\nestate, the estate must be granted by amending the person's lease\nof the land adjoining the land to be granted so that the land\ncomprising the former road or part of a road is included in the land\nthat is subject to the lease, with such alteration of the reservations,\ncovenants, conditions and provisions of the existing lease as are\nspecified in the agreement.\n(2) The Minister is empowered to amend an existing lease to\nincorporate additional land in the lease and to do all other things\nnecessary to give effect to subsection (1).\n(3) An amendment of an existing lease under this section is effected by\nlodging with the Registrar-General a memorandum describing the\nland incorporated and the alterations in the reservations,\ncovenants, conditions and provisions specified in the agreement.\n(4) The Registrar-General must register a memorandum lodged under\nsubsection (3) and must endorse on the original lease in the\nRegister of Crown Leases a note referring to the memorandum and\nstating that further land has been incorporated in the lease.\n28 Easements etc. preserved\nIf land subject to an easement, mortgage or other charge is\nincluded in land for which a certificate as to title is to be issued\nunder section 27, the certificate as to title issued must be subject to\nthat easement, mortgage or other charge.\n29 Registrar-General to correct Register books etc.\n(1) Upon issuing of a certificate as to title or the granting of a lease,\nunder this Act, the Registrar-General must make such alterations\nand corrections as are necessary on any deposited plan and in the\nRegister.\n\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\nControl of Roads Act 1953 14\n(2) The Registrar-General may serve notice in writing, by registered\npost, on a person who holds a certificate as to title which is affected\nby the issue of a certificate as to title pursuant to this Act, requiring\nthat person to deliver the certificate as to title to the Registrar-\nGeneral, within a time stated in that notice, in order that the\nRegistrar-General may cancel, correct or alter it in the manner\nrequired.\n(3) A person must not fail to comply with the requirements of a notice\ngiven in accordance with subsection (2).\nMaximum penalty: 3 penalty units.\n30 Prohibition of removal to the Supreme Court\nAn order purporting to be made under this Act must not be removed\nor removable into the Supreme Court after section 29 has been\ncomplied with in respect of that order.\n31 Compensation\nIf a road or a part of a road which is ordered to be opened, altered\nor added to runs through or over land, in the original grant or in the\nlease of Crown lands of which a power of making roads has not\nbeen reserved, a person, not being a party to an agreement for\nexchange, who has an estate or interest in the land or a part of the\nland taken, may, within 12 months from the date of the Gazette in\nwhich the order was published, serve a notice in writing on the\nMinister, claiming compensation for the land taken.\nNote for section 31\nSee section 16 for agreement to exchange.\n31A Compensation\n(1) This section applies to:\n(a) a person who has an estate or interest in land, or a part of\nland, at the time a section 31 order relating to the land is\npublished; or\n(b) a person who had an estate or interest in land, or a part of\nland, at the time a section 31 order relating to the land was\npublished before the commencement.\n(2) It is declared that:\n(a) after the section 31 order is published, the person mentioned\nin subsection (1)(a) has a right to apply to; or\n\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\nControl of Roads Act 1953 15\n(b) after the section 31 order was published, the person\nmentioned in subsection (1)(b) always had a right to apply to;\nthe Tribunal to determine an amount payable to the person as\ncompensation, on just terms, for the person's estate or interest in\nthe land, or the part of the land, taken as mentioned in section 31.\n(3) The Tribunal may hear and determine the following:\n(a) an application under subsection (2);\n(b) an application by a person for leave to serve a notice under\nsection 31 after 12 months from the date of publishing of the\nsection 31 order relating to land, or part of land, in relation to\nwhich the person had an estate or interest at the time of\npublishing.\n(4) A person may not apply under subsection (2) or (3)(b) if the person,\nin writing, agrees or, before the commencement, agreed, to an\namount of compensation in relation to the estate or interest in the\nland or the part of the land taken.\n(6) In relation to an application under subsection (2), the Tribunal must\nhold a directions hearing within 28 days after the date of the\napplication.\n(7) This section, including the fact that an application is made under\nsubsection (2) or (3)(b), does not prevent a person to whom this\nsection applies from making an agreement with the Minister about\nthe person's estate or interest in land, or a part of land, that is or\nwas the subject of a section 31 order.\n(8) If an agreement as mentioned in subsection (7) is made, the person\nwho made the agreement with the Minister must withdraw any\napplication made under subsection (2) or (3)(b).\n(9) In this section:\ncommencement means the commencement of this section.\npublished, in relation to a section 31 order (including a section 31\norder made before the commencement) means published in the\nGazette.\nsection 31 order means an order, as mentioned in section 31, by\nwhich a road or a part of a road is to be opened, altered or\nadded to.\nTribunal means the Civil and Administrative Tribunal.\n\nPart 4 Opening and closing of roads\nControl of Roads Act 1953 16\n32 Closing of certain roads\n(1) Despite anything contained in this Act, the Minister may, on the\nrecommendation of the Surveyor-General, by notice in the Gazette\nand in a newspaper circulating in the locality of that road, order that\na road or a part of a road be closed if all the land contiguous to that\nroad, or that part of a road, is land:\n(a) occupied by or on behalf of the Territory or by an agent or\ninstrumentality of the Territory; or\n(b) belonging to the Territory or an agent or instrumentality of the\nTerritory which has not been granted, sold, leased or\ncontracted to be granted, sold or leased to any persons and is\nvacant land.\n(2) The date upon which a road, or a part of a road, is to be closed\nunder this section must not be less than one month after the date of\nthe Gazette or the date of the newspaper, whichever is the later, in\nwhich the order is published.\n(3) From and including the date when a road or a part of a road is\nclosed under this section, the land mentioned in the order is Crown\nlands and is subject to the provisions of the laws of the Northern\nTerritory relating to Crown lands.\n(4) The Registrar-General must make such corrections on any\ndeposited plan and in the Register Book or in the Register Book of\nCrown Leases as are necessary to give effect to an order made\nunder this section.\n33 Order may affect more than one road\nAn order made under this Act may affect more than one road, or\npart of a road, and may affect more than one act or proceeding with\nregard to a road or a part of a road.\n34 Duty to fence\nIf land contiguous to a road is fenced and the boundary of that road\nis altered in consequence of an order made under this Act, other\nthan an order made under section 32, the Minister, at the expense\nof the Territory, must cause the road to be fenced so that the\nboundary of the contiguous land is fenced with a substantial fence\nof the same nature as the fence previously separating the road from\nthat land.\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\nControl of Roads Act 1953 17\n35 Minister may declare private streets etc. to be roads\n(1) If a private street, road, court, alley, thoroughfare or cul-de-sac,\nsituated within a town, has been made or paved at the cost of its\nowner, whether before or after the date when this Act comes into\noperation, the Minister may, on the written request of the owner,\ndeclare the street, road, court, alley, thorough-fare or cul-de-sac to\nbe a road.\n(2) The Minister may, on behalf of the Territory, accept as a road land\nwhich is transferred or conveyed to the Territory in fee simple by\nthe owner of the land.\n(3) When land is declared to be, or is accepted by the Territory as, a\nroad, under this section, compensation is not payable to the owner\nby or on behalf of the Territory.\n36 Application of Land Title Act 2000\nThe provisions of this Part apply, despite the provisions of the Land\nTitle Act 2000, the Crown Lands Act 1992 or any other law of the\nNorthern Territory relating to Crown lands.\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\n51 Metal projections etc. on tyres\nA person must not drive or haul a vehicle on the formed or paved\npart of a road, if a part of a wheel or tyre of the vehicle, which\ncomes into contact with the road, has a metal projection, bar, spike\nor stud on, or attached to it.\nMaximum penalty: 3 penalty units or imprisonment for\n6 months.\n52 Vehicle or object to have wheels fitted\n(1) A person must not drive or haul or cause to be driven or hauled on\nor across a paved part of a road a vehicle or object unless:\n(a) the vehicle or object is so supported on or by wheels as to\nprevent any part of the vehicle or object other than its wheels\nfrom coming into contact with the surface of the road; and\n(b) the wheels are equipped with rubber tyres; and\n(c) any rubber tyre, not being a pneumatic tyre, which is fitted to a\nwheel of the vehicle or object is at least 30 millimetres thick at\nits thinnest part and has a surface of which the portion that\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\nControl of Roads Act 1953 18\nordinarily comes into contact with the paved part of the road is\nat least 30 millimetres wide and is even across its full width.\nMaximum penalty: 3 penalty units or imprisonment for\n6 months.\n(2) It is a defence to a prosecution under this section if the defendant\nproves to the satisfaction of the Court hearing the case:\n(a) that the defendant's failure to comply with the requirements of\nthis section occurred immediately after:\n(i) an accident in which the vehicle or object was damaged;\nor\n(ii) a tyre, or a mechanical or structural part, of the vehicle\nor object ceased to function efficiently;\nso that it was then not reasonably practicable for the\ndefendant to comply with those requirements; and\n(b) that the defendant then took all reasonable steps to comply\nwith those requirements as soon as possible.\n53 Caterpillar type tractors\nDespite section 52, a person may drive or haul a caterpillar type\ntractor or machine transversely across a road if the tracks of the\ntractor or machine are so constructed or protected that metal\nprojections, bars, spikes or studs on or attached to those tracks do\nnot come into contact with the surface of a road.\n54 Certain acts forbidden\nA person must not do any of the following:\n(a) retard the progress of a vehicle by means of an instrument or\ndevice which comes into contact with the surface of a road;\n(b) make or assist in making, or cause to be made a fire on or\nwithin 3 metres of a road;\n(c) suffer the effluent from a septic tank, dirty water, filth, dirt or\nother offensive matter, fluid or thing to run or flow on to a road\nfrom a house, land or premises occupied by that person;\n(d) leave a stone or other thing, having been used for blocking or\nstopping the wheels of a vehicle, to remain on a road or a part\nof a road after that vehicle has moved from the place where\nthat stone or other thing was so used;\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\nControl of Roads Act 1953 19\n(e) except with lawful excuse, deposit sand, stone, rubbish or\nmaterial of any description on a road or part of a road.\nMaximum penalty: 3 penalty units or imprisonment for\n6 months.\n54A Use of immobilising devices\n(1) The Commissioner of Police may authorise the use by police\nofficers of a vehicle immobilising device:\n(a) to prevent the use of a vehicle by a person for the purpose of\nescaping from lawful custody or avoiding lawful arrest; or\n(b) to stop or assist in stopping a vehicle in connection with the\npursuit of the vehicle by police officers.\n(2) Section 54(a) does not apply to the placing or deploying of a vehicle\nimmobilising device by a police officer acting in the course of the\nofficer's duties.\n(3) In this section:\nvehicle immobilising device means a device capable of causing a\nvehicle to stop or preventing a vehicle from moving and includes a\ndevice designed for, or capable of, deflating tyres.\n55 Person not to stop vehicle etc. on bridges or culverts\nA person must not stop a vehicle on a road whilst the vehicle, a part\nof the vehicle or a trailer attached to the vehicle, is on a bridge or\nculvert, or causeway except in case of mechanical break-down,\naccident or other unavoidable cause.\nMaximum penalty: 0.8 penalty unit.\n56 Vehicles etc. to be removed from bridges and culverts\nIf a person has stopped a vehicle on a road whilst the vehicle, a\npart of the vehicle or a trailer attached to the vehicle, is on a bridge\nor culvert, or causeway, the person must not fail to remove the\nvehicle, the part of the vehicle or the trailer attached to the vehicle,\nfrom that bridge or culvert or causeway as soon as is reasonably\npracticable.\nMaximum penalty: 0.8 penalty unit.\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\nControl of Roads Act 1953 20\n57 Timber etc. fixed to roads not to be damaged etc.\nA person must not dig up, break, pull down, cut, destroy, injure or\ndamage, or drive a vehicle on a road in such a manner as to\ndestroy, injure or damage, timber growing on a road or a bridge,\nculvert, water-table, kerb, gutter, footpath, lamp, direction board,\nkilometre post, rail, post, wall, chain, fence or other thing erected on\nor affixed to a road.\nMaximum penalty: 3 penalty units or imprisonment for\n6 months.\n58 Person not to cut timber, quarry, erect petrol pumps or cattle\nramps without licence\nA person must not do any of the following:\n(a) cut or remove timber or bark from a road;\n(b) quarry or remove stone, clay, gravel, or sand from a road;\n(c) erect, maintain or operate a petrol pump on a road;\n(d) construct or maintain a cattle ramp on a road;\nunless the person holds a licence, granted by the Minister under\nsection 13, which is in force.\nMaximum penalty: 0.8 penalty unit.\n59 Houses and other obstructions on roads\n(1) Subject to this section, a person must not do any of the following:\n(a) erect or build, or cause to be erected or built, a house or other\nbuilding, verandah, wall, fence or structure on or at the side of\na road, or in such a place or in such a manner as to reduce\nthe width of, or encroach upon, the road;\n(b) make or cause to be made a drain, gutter, sink or\nwatercourse, in or across a road or a part of a road;\n(c) fill up or obstruct a ditch, drain, gutter, sink or watercourse at\nthe side of a road;\n(d) obstruct the public use of a road or part of a road.\nMaximum penalty: 0.8 penalty unit.\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\nControl of Roads Act 1953 21\n(2) Despite subsection (1), a person may do an act prohibited by that\nsubsection if the act is done in accordance with the permission of\nthe Minister given under this section.\n(3) For the purposes of this section, the Minister may, by notice in\nwriting and on payment by a person of such fees and charges as\nthe Minister determines, give permission to the person to do an act\nprohibited by subsection (1).\n(4) Permission given under this section may be subject to such\nconditions, including the giving of indemnities, as the Minister thinks\nfit and specifies in the notice.\n(5) The Minister may revoke a permission given under this section by\nnotice in writing to the person to whom the permission was given,\nand the permission is revoked at the expiration of 6 months after\nthe date the notice was given.\n(6) If a permission is revoked under subsection (5), the person must\nremove the house, building, verandah, wall, fence, structure or\nobstruction erected or built on or at the side of the road or remove\nor restore the drain, gutter, sink, watercourse made, filled up or\nobstructed in, across or at the side of the road, as the case may be,\nin accordance with the directions, if any, of the Minister.\n(7) If a person fails to comply with subsection (6), section 9(3) applies\nas if permission under this section had never been given and the\nhouse, building, verandah, fence, structure or obstruction was\nerected or built, or the ditch, drain, gutter, sink or watercourse was\nmade, filled up or obstructed, as the case may be, in contravention\nof this Act.\n(8) If a permission is revoked under this section, the person to whom\nthe permission was given is not entitled to any compensation for\nany loss sustained in respect of or as a consequence of the\nrevocation or for any costs incurred in respect of the removal or\ndemolition of the house, building, verandah, wall, fence, structure or\nobstruction or the removal or restoration of the ditch, drain, gutter,\nsink or watercourse.\n60A Approval to drive air cushioned vehicle\nA person must not drive a hovercraft over a road without the written\napproval of the Minister.\nMaximum penalty: 0.8 penalty unit.\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\nControl of Roads Act 1953 22\n61 Liability of owner and actual offender\n(1) Except as provided by this section, if a vehicle is driven on a road\nor part of a road in contravention of this Act, the owner and the\ndriver of the vehicle at the time it was so driven are each guilty of\nthe offence in respect of that contravention and liable on being\nfound guilty to the penalty provided for the offence.\n(2) It is a defence to a prosecution against the owner of a vehicle for an\noffence mentioned in subsection (1) if the owner of the vehicle\nsatisfies the court that the vehicle was being driven at the time of\nthe alleged offence without the owner's express or implied authority.\n(3) In this section:\n(a) owner has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicles\nAct 1949; and\n(b) a document issued:\n(i) by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles appointed under that\nAct; or\n(ii) by an officer having duties in connection with the\nregistration of motor vehicles in a State or in another\nTerritory, bearing the officer's written, stamped or printed\nsignature and stating that during a specified period or on\na specified date, a specified person was the person\nwhose name was registered as the owner of a specified\nmotor vehicle is evidence of the matters stated in the\ndocument without proof of the signature of the person by\nwhom the document purports to have been issued or of\nthe fact that the person was the Registrar or the officer.\n62 Regulations\n(1) The Administrator may make regulations under this Act.\n(2) A regulation may prescribe fees payable under this Act for the issue\nof a licence or permit or the giving of an approval.\n\nPart 7 Transitional matters for Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal\n(Conferral of Jurisdiction Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2014\nControl of Roads Act 1953 23\nPart 7 Transitional matters for Northern Territory Civil\nand Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of\nJurisdiction Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2014\n63 Application before former Tribunal\n(1) This section applies if, before the commencement:\n(a) a person had made an application under section 31A to the\nformer Tribunal; and\n(b) the former Tribunal had not decided the application.\n(2) The former Tribunal must continue to deal with the matter in\naccordance with the former legislation.\n(3) In this section:\ncommencement means the commencement of Part 5 of the\nNorthern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of\nJurisdiction Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2014.\nformer legislation means the following as in force immediately\nbefore the commencement:\n(a) this Act;\n(b) the Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal Act 1998.\nformer Tribunal means the Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal\nas in existence under the Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal\nAct 1998 immediately before the commencement of the Northern\nTerritory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014.\n\nENDNOTES\nControl of Roads Act 1953 24\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY Key to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1953 (Act No. 8, 1953)\nAssent date 1 July 1953\nCommenced 1 April 1954 (Gaz No. 11, 17 March 1954)\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1955 (Act No. 9, 1955)\nAssent date 8 June 1955\nCommenced 15 October 1955 (Gaz No. 41, 12 October 1955)\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1956 (Act No. 18, 1956)\nAssent date 4 May 1956\nCommenced 19 September 1956 (Gaz No. 37, 19 September 1956)\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1958 (Act No. 21, 1958)\nAssent date 14 November 1958\nCommenced 13 February 1959 (Gaz No. 6, 11 February 1959)\nAdministrator's Council Ordinance 1959 (Act No. 22, 1959)\nAssent date 7 July 1959\nCommenced 28 April 1960 (Gaz No. 18, 27 April 1960)\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1962 (Act No. 22, 1962)\nAssent date 18 June 1962\nCommenced 8 May 1963 (Gaz No. 19, 8 May 1963)\nControl of Roads Ordinance (No. 3) 1962 (Act No. 8, 1963)\nAssent date 23 January 1963\nCommenced 23 January 1963\nControl of Roads Ordinance (No. 2) 1962 (Act No. 40, 1963)\nAssent date 27 May 1963\nCommenced 11 December 1963 (Gaz No. 50, 11 December 1963)\n\nENDNOTES\nControl of Roads Act 1953 25\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1964 (Act No. 21, 1964)\nAssent date 14 May 1964\nCommenced 14 May 1964\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1966 (Act No. 25, 1966)\nAssent date 6 July 1966\nCommenced 6 July 1966\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1968 (Act No. 25, 1968)\nAssent date 18 June 1968\nCommenced 18 June 1968\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1970 (Act No. 40, 1970)\nAssent date 28 October 1970\nCommenced 28 October 1970\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1969 (Act No. 41, 1970)\nAssent date 4 November 1970\nCommenced 4 November 1970\nAmending Legislation\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1971 (Act No. 42, 1971)\nAssent date 27 September 1971\nCommenced 27 October 1971 (Gaz No. 43, 27 October 1971)\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1971 (Act No. 42, 1971)\nAssent date 27 September 1971\nCommenced 27 October 1971 (Gaz No. 43, 27 October 1971)\nOrdinances Revision Ordinance 1973 (Act No. 87, 1973)\nAssent date 11 December 1973\nCommenced 11 December 1973 (s 12(2))\nAmending Legislation\nOrdinances Revision Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 34, 1974)\nAssent date 26 August 1974\nCommenced 11 December 1973 (s 3(2))\nOrdinances Revision Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 (Act No. 69, 1974)\nAssent date 24 October 1974\nCommenced 11 December 1973 (s 3)\nOrdinances Revision Ordinance 1976 (Act No. 27, 1976)\nAssent date 28 June 1976\nCommenced ss 1, 2 and 6: 28 June 1976 (s 6(2));\nss 3 and 4: 11 December 1973; s 5: 24 October 1974\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 38, 1974)\nAssent date 23 September 1974\nCommenced 23 September 1974\nControl of Roads Ordinance 1975 (Act No. 20, 1975)\nAssent date 30 July 1975\nCommenced 30 July 1975\n\nENDNOTES\nControl of Roads Act 1953 26\nOrdinances Revision Ordinance 1976 (Act No. 27, 1976)\nAssent date 28 June 1976\nCommenced ss 1, 2 and 6: 28 June 1976 (s 6(2));\nss 3 and 4: 11 December 1973; s 5: 24 October 1974\nTransfer of Powers (Further Provisions) Ordinance 1977 (Act No. 51, 1977)\nAssent date 9 December 1977\nCommenced 1 January 1978 (s 8)\nTransfer of Powers (Self-Government) Ordinance 1978 (Act No. 54, 1978)\nAssent date 1 July 1978\nCommenced 1 July 1978 (s 8)\nStatute Law Revision Act 1978 (Act No. 95, 1978)\nAssent date 5 September 1978\nCommenced 5 September 1978\nControl of Roads Act 1979 (Act No. 64, 1979)\nAssent date 15 June 1979\nCommenced 24 August 1979 (Gaz G34, 24 August 1979, p 9)\nControl of Roads Amendment Act 1980 (Act No. 58, 1980)\nAssent date 22 December 1980\nCommenced 1 January 1981 (s 2, s 2 Crown Lands Amendment\nAct (No. 2) 1980 (Act No. 56, 1980) and Gaz S41,\n31 December 1980)\nStatute Law Revision Act 1981 (Act No. 29, 1981)\nAssent date 25 March 1981\nCommenced 25 March 1981\nControl of Roads Amendment Act 1981 (Act No. 46, 1981)\nAssent date 29 June 1981\nCommenced 29 June 1981\nStatute Law Revision Act (No. 3) 1981 (Act No. 91, 1981)\nAssent date 21 September 1981\nCommenced 21 September 1981\nControl of Roads Amendment Act 1982 (Act No. 68, 1982)\nAssent date 8 October 1982\nCommenced 1 January 1983 (s 2)\nControl of Roads Amendment Act 1983 (Act No. 13, 1983)\nAssent date 17 June 1983\nCommenced 17 June 1983\nStatute Law Revision Act 1984 (Act No. 28, 1984)\nAssent date 20 July 1984\nCommenced 20 July 1984\nStatute Law Revision Act 1989 (Act No. 60, 1989)\nAssent date 2 October 1989\nCommenced 2 October 1989\n\nENDNOTES\nControl of Roads Act 1953 27\nReal Property (Consequential Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 33, 1991)\nAssent date 25 June 1991\nCommenced 1 October 1991 (Gaz S49, 1 October 1991)\nStatute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 77, 1991)\nAssent date 16 December 1991\nCommenced 16 December 1991\nPastoral Land (Consequential Amendments) Act 1992 (Act No. 39, 1992)\nAssent date 25 June 1992\nCommenced 26 June 1992 (s 2, s 2 Pastoral Land Act 1992 (Act No. 17,\n1992) and Gaz S33, 26 June 1992)\nControl of Roads Amendment Act 1992 (Act No. 60, 1992)\nAssent date 22 October 1992\nCommenced 9 December 1992 (s 2, s 2 Local Government Amendment\nAct (No. 3) 1992 (Act No. 63, 1992) and Gaz G49,\n9 December 1992, p 3)\nLocal Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1993 (Act No. 84, 1993)\nAssent date 31 December 1993\nCommenced 1 June 1994 (s 2, s 2 Local Government Act 1993 (Act\nNo. 83, 1993) and Gaz S35, 20 May 1994)\nPlanning (Consequential Amendments) Act 1993 (Act No. 86, 1993)\nAssent date 31 December 1993\nCommenced 18 April 1994 (s 2, s 2 Planning Act 1993 (Act No. 85, 1993)\nand Gaz S28, 18 April 1984)\nControl of Roads Amendment Act 1995 (Act No. 16, 1995)\nAssent date 26 June 1995\nCommenced 26 June 1995\nSentencing (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 (Act No. 17, 1996)\nAssent date 19 April 1996\nCommenced 1 July 1996 (s 2, s 2 Sentencing Act 1995 (Act No. 39, 1995)\nand Gaz S15, 13 June 1996)\nPlanning (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 (Act No. 56, 1999)\nAssent date 14 December 1999\nCommenced 12 April 2000 (s 2, s 2 Planning Act 1999 (Act No. 55, 1999)\nand Gaz S15, 12 April 1999)\nLand Title (Consequential Amendments) Act 2000 (Act No. 45, 2000)\nAssent date 12 September 2000\nCommenced 1 December 2000 (s 2, s 2 Land Title Act 2000 (Act No. 2,\n2000) and Gaz G38, 27 September 2000, p 2)\nStatute Law Revision Act 2001 (Act No. 3, 2001)\nAssent date 22 March 2001\nCommenced 22 March 2001\nLocal Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008 (Act No. 28, 2008)\nAssent date 14 November 2008\nCommenced 1 July 2008 (s 2)\n\nENDNOTES\nControl of Roads Act 1953 28\nMineral Titles (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 (Act No. 37, 2010)\nAssent date 18 November 2010\nCommenced 7 November 2011 (Gaz G41, 12 October 2011, p 5)\nControl of Roads Amendment Act 2011 (Act No. 4, 2011)\nAssent date 16 March 2011\nCommenced 31 May 2011 (Gaz S26, 30 May 2011)\nPenalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)\nAssent date 12 July 2013\nCommenced 28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)\nLocal Government Amendment Act 2014 (Act No. 19, 2014)\nAssent date 2 June 2014\nCommenced s 16: 1 July 2014; s 18: 1 December 2014; rem: 2 June 2014,\n(s 2)\nNorthern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction\nAmendments) (No. 2) Act 2014 (Act No. 35, 2014)\nAssent date 13 November 2014\nCommenced pts 4, 9, 10 and 19: 1 June 2015 (Gaz S53, 29 May 2015,\np 2); rem: 1 January 2015 (Gaz G51, 24 December 2014, p 7)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 10, 2018)\nAssent date 23 May 2018\nCommenced 20 June 2018 (Gaz S41, 20 June 2018)\nTransport Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (Act No. 35, 2019)\nAssent date 6 November 2019\nCommenced s 11: nc (Act rep by Act No. 23/2020 before comm);\nrem: 11 December 2019 (Gaz S70, 11 December 2019)\nLocal Government Act 2019 (Act No. 39, 2019)\nAssent date 13 December 2019\nCommenced pt 8.6: 1 July 2022; rem: 1 July 2021 (Gaz S27,\n30 June 2021)\nAmending Legislation\nStatute Law Revision Act 2020 (Act No. 26, 2020)\nAssent date 19 November 2020\nCommenced 20 November 2020 (s 2)\nLocal Government Amendment Act 2021 (Act No. 15, 2021)\nAssent date 25 May 2021\nCommenced 26 May 2021 (s 2)\nStatute Law Revision and Repeals Act 2026 (Act No. 3, 2026)\nAssent date 9 February 2026\nCommenced 10 February 2026 (s 2)\n3 SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS\ns 3 Control of Roads Ordinance 1964 (Act No. 21, 1964)\ns 6 Control of Roads Amendment Act 1982 (Act No. 68, 1982)\n\nENDNOTES\nControl of Roads Act 1953 29\n4 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Ordinances Revision\nOrdinance 1973 (as amended) to the following provisions: ss 4, 5, 10 – 13,\n15, 17 – 24, 27 – 31, 34, 36, 38 – 43, 45 – 46, 48 – 50, 50A, 50C, 50F – 50H,\n51 – 60.\n5 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: ss 1, 5, 7, 11, 16, 36, 61 and 63.\n6 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\nlt amd No. 29, 1981, s 2\npt I hdg amd No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 1 amd No. 17, 1938, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2\ns 2 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2\ns 3 rep No. 38, 1974, s 3\ns 4 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 4, 2011, s 4\ns 5 amd No. 9, 1955, s 3; No. 18, 1956, s 3; No. 21, 1958, s 3; No. 8, 1963, s 2;\nNo. 25, 1968, s 2; No. 42, 1971, s 3; No. 38, 1974, ss 4 and 19; No. 27, 1976,\ns 6; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 64, 1979, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 1982, s 4;\nNo. 60, 1989, s 6; No. 39, 1992, s 3; No. 60, 1992, s 4; No. 84, 1993, s 6;\nNo. 28, 2008, s 3; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 37, 2010, s 13; No. 19, 2014, s 26;\nNo. 10, 2018, s 6\ns 6 rep No. 54, 1978, s 4\npt II hdg amd No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 7 amd No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 28, 1984, s 3; No. 60, 1992,\ns 5; No. 84, 1993, s 6; No. 86, 1993, s 3; No. 56, 1999, s 3; No. 28, 2008, s 3;\nNo. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 39, 2019, s 370\ns 7A ins No. 42, 1971, s 4\namd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 7B ins No. 38, 1974, s 5\namd No. 20, 1975, s 3; No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nsub No. 4, 2011, s 5\npt III hdg amd No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 8 amd No. 18, 1956, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 16, 1995,\ns 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 9 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2; No. 17, 1996,\ns 6; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns10 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 11 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4\nsub No. 4, 2011, s 6\ns 11A ins No. 38, 1974, s 6\namd No. 20, 1975, s 4; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 4, 2011, s 6\ns 12 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 13 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 14 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11\n\nENDNOTES\nControl of Roads Act 1953 30\npt 4 hdg amd No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 14A ins No. 13, 1983, s 3\namd No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 15 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 40, 1970, s 2; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981,\ns 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 16 sub No. 25, 1966, s 2\namd No. 40, 1970, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 64, 1979, s 5; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 17 sub No. 40, 1970, s 4\namd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 95, 1978, s 2\nsub No. 13, 1983, s 4\namd No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 18 amd No. 40, 1970, s 5; No. 54, 1978, s 4\nsub No. 13, 1983, s 5\namd No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 19 amd No. 40, 1970, s 6; No. 54, 1978, s 4\nrep No. 13, 1983, s 6\ns 20 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 13, 1983, s 7; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 21 amd No. 18, 1956, s 5\nsub No. 40, 1970, s 7\namd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 13, 1983, s 8\ns 22 sub No. 40, 1970, s 7\namd No. 38, 1974, s 7; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 87, 1973, s 12; No. 95, 1978,\ns 2\nsub No. 13, 1983, s 9\namd No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 22A ins No. 40, 1970, s 7\namd No. 87, 1973, s 12; No. 38, 1974, s 7; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981,\ns 2; No. 13, 1983, s 10; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 23 amd No. 40, 1970, s 8; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 24 sub No. 25, 1966, s 3\namd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 25 amd No. 40, 1970, s 9; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 58, 1980, s 4; No. 4, 2011,\ns 11; No. 35, 2014, s 26\nss 25A – 25B ins No. 64, 1979, s 6\nrep No. 60, 1992, s 6\ns 26 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 27 amd No. 18, 1956, s 6\nsub No. 25, 1966, s 4\namd No. 27, 1976, s 6; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981 s 2;\nNo. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 28 sub No. 18, 1956, s 7\namd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 29 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 77, 1991,\ns 13; No. 3, 2001, s 8; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 12\ns 30 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 31 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 39, 1992, s 3; No. 4, 2011, s 7\ns 31A ins No. 4, 2011, s 8\namd No. 35, 2014, s 33\ns 32 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 21, 1964, s 2; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981,\ns 2; No. 13, 1983, s 11; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 33 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2\ns 34 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 35 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 36 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 37 rep No. 54, 1978, s 4\n\nENDNOTES\nControl of Roads Act 1953 31\ns 38 sub No. 18, 1956, s 8\namd No. 21, 1958, s 4; No. 40, 1963, s 3; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 41, 1970,\ns 2; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 38A ins No. 40, 1963, s 4\namd No. 41, 1970, s 3; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978,\ns 3; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 39 sub No. 18, 1956, s 9\namd No. 21, 1958, s 5; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 29, 1981,\ns 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 40 amd No. 21, 1958, s 6; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 29, 1981,\ns 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 41 sub No. 18, 1956, s 10\namd No. 21, 1958, s 7; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 41, 1970, s 5; No. 38, 1974,\nss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 42 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 9, 18 and 19; No. 27, 1976, s 6;\nNo. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 43 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91,\n1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 44 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 45 amd No. 18, 1956, s 11; No. 21, 1958, s 8; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974,\ns 10; No. 20, 1975, s 5; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 45A ins No. 21, 1958, s 9\namd No. 38, 1974, s 19\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 46 amd No. 18, 1956, s 12; No. 41, 1970, s 8; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 54, 1978,\ns 4\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 47 amd No. 18, 1956, s 13; No. 21, 1958, s 10; No. 38, 1974, s 11; No. 51,\n1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 48 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 49 amd No. 21, 1958, s 11; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 20, 1975, s 6; No. 29, 1981,\ns 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 50 amd No. 21, 1958, s 12; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19;\nNo. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 50A ins No. 21, 1958, s 13\namd No. 41, 1970, s 9; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 46, 1981, s 2\nss 50B – 50C ins No. 21, 1958, s 13\namd No. 38, 1974, s 19\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\nss 50D – 50E ins No. 21, 1958, s 13\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\n\nENDNOTES\nControl of Roads Act 1953 32\ns 50F ins No. 21, 1958, s 13\namd No. 22, 1962, s 3; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 29, 1981,\ns 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 50G ins No. 21, 1958, s 13\nsub No. 22, 1962, s 4\namd No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\ns 50H ins No. 21, 1958, s 13\namd No. 38, 1974, ss 12 and 19; No. 27, 1976, s 6; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\npt IV hdg amd No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 51 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981,\ns 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4\ns 52 sub No. 22, 1962, s 5\namd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91,\n1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4\ns 53 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 54 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91,\n1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4\ns 54A ins No. 35, 2019, s 4\nss 55 – 56 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011,\ns 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4\ns 57 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91,\n1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4\ns 58 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981,\ns 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4\ns 59 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 16, 1995,\ns 3; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4\ns 60 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 13; No. 29, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 4, 2011, s 9\ns 60A ins No. 38, 1974, s 14\namd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013,\ns 4; No. 3, 2026, s 64\ns 61 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4\nsub No. 38, 1974, s 15\namd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 17, 1996, s 6; No. 4, 2011, s 11\ns 61A ins No. 18, 1956, s 14\nrep No. 38, 1974, s 16\ns 62 amd No. 25, 1968, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011,\ns 11; No. 35, 2019, s 5\npt 7 hdg ins No. 35, 2014, s 34\ns 63 ins No. 35, 2014, s 34\nsch 1 amd No. 91, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 4, 2011, s 10\nsch 2 rep No. 25, 1966, s 5\nsch 3 – 4 sub No. 38, 1974, s 17\namd No. 91, 1981, s 2\nrep No. 68, 1982, s 5\nsch 5 rep No. 18, 1956, s 15\nins No. 21, 1958, s 14\nrep No. 38, 1974, s 17","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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These amendments add administrative remedies, widen enforcement tools and introduce tribunal dispute resolution, while retaining core powers to vest, open, alter and close roads (ss 7, 15–23)."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive ministerial discretion across many powers (e.g. delegation s 7B; licensing and cancellation in absolute discretion s 13; opening/closing roads ss 15–23).","Multiple procedural steps, notices and statutory time limits for opening/closing roads (surveyor plans, Gazette/newspaper notices, 28‑day objection period, 6‑month decision windows: ss 17–22, 22A).","Compensation and dispute route complexity including Tribunal jurisdiction for just‑terms compensation (s 31, 31A).","Cost recovery regime mixing Territory expenditure with the right to recover costs from occupiers/licensees (ss 8(2), 9(3), 10(2), 12(2), 13(3)).","Interlocking property and title consequences requiring Registrar‑General actions and memorials (ss 27–29, 32(4)).","Separate criminal offences and varied penalties scattered through the Act (e.g. ss 11(5)–(6), 51–52, 57–59), increasing compliance burden.","Cross‑references to other legislation and Acts (Interpretation Act, Traffic Act 1987, Land Title Act 2000, Local Government Act 2019, Tribunal provisions) that affect application.","Historical layering of amendments over decades (numerous insertions and repeals shown in endnotes) causing heterogeneity in drafting and transitional provisions (Part 7, endnotes).","Modern administrative tools added (authorised use of immobilising devices s 54A; electronic/phone/website notice options s 11(4)), broadening enforcement mechanisms."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act vests roads in the Territory and gives the Minister broad powers to form, alter, open or close roads, regulate their use and licence activities on them; the Minister can require adjoining landholders to remove hazards or erect fences and may recover costs from occupants (ss 7, 8(2), 10(2), 12(2), 13(2)–(3)).\n\nDecisions are mainly discretionary (s 7B; s 13; s 11; s 15–23). Non‑compliance attracts fines or imprisonment (e.g. ss 11(5)–(6), 51, 57, 58). Affected parties include adjoining owners, licence‑holders, road users and the Territory (Territory funds works but can seek cost recovery)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has grown significantly beyond its original 1953 scope. While originally focused on road administration and basic vehicle restrictions, it has expanded to include: modern environmental controls (section 12 regarding sand/drift prevention), sophisticated land exchange and compensation mechanisms (Part 4), police powers for vehicle immobilisation (section 54A), regulation of hovercraft (section 60A), and transitional provisions for tribunal jurisdiction changes (Part 7). The endnotes reveal substantial repeals of earlier complex provisions (sections 37-50H), suggesting the Act has been repeatedly restructured to accommodate changing administrative needs."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple defined terms in section 5 including technical vehicle definitions ('pneumatic tyre', 'rigid', 'width' with three separate contextual meanings)","Bifurcated definition of 'road' - general definition in section 5(1) excludes local council roads for Parts 3 and 4 via section 5(2)","Extensive cross-referencing to other NT legislation (Traffic Act 1987, Land Title Act 2000, Local Government Act 2019, Planning Act 1999, Crown Lands Act 1992, Lands Acquisition Act 1978)","Nested procedural requirements in Part 4 for opening/closing roads with multiple stages: proposal → Surveyor-General → Minister → Gazette notice → objection period → potential amendment → further notices → orders","Dual compensation mechanisms (sections 31 and 31A) with transitional provisions for tribunal jurisdiction changes","Multiple enforcement mechanisms: offences with penalty units, debt recovery by the Territory, and ministerial powers to remove obstructions","Complex land disposal provisions in sections 24-25 involving tender processes for adjoining owners and reversion to Crown lands","Historical layering visible in endnotes showing 70+ years of amendments with repealed sections (37-50H) indicating significant legislative evolution"],"plain_english_summary":"This is the Northern Territory’s primary law for managing public roads, giving the Minister broad powers to build, maintain, control, open and close roads and related infrastructure. It regulates road use, protects road assets, and provides compensation and dispute paths when land is affected.\n\nIt affects drivers, landowners, businesses and communities by setting safety, access and licensing rules—balancing public infrastructure needs with private property rights."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/control-of-roads-act-1953","history":"/api/acts/control-of-roads-act-1953/history","analysis":"/api/acts/control-of-roads-act-1953/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/control-of-roads-act-1953/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/control-of-roads-act-1953/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/control-of-roads-act-1953/documents"}}