{"id":"tas:sr-2024-009","name":"Proclamation under the Highways Act 1951 and the Roads and Jetties Act 1935","slug":"proclamation-under-the-highways-act-1951-and-the-roads-and-jetties-act-1935","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"9 of 2024","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174606,"registerId":"tas-sr-2024-009-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - Dedication of Cro","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - Dedication of Crown Land as Highway","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - Dedication of Cro SCHEDULE 1 - Dedication of Crown Land as Highway","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Description","content":"# Part 1 Description","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Plans","content":"# Part 2 Plans\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr11422p1.gif)](/image/cpr11422p1.gif)\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr11422p2.gif)](/image/cpr11422p2.gif)\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr11422p3.gif)](/image/cpr11422p3.gif)\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr11422p4.gif)](/image/cpr11422p4.gif)\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr11422p5.gif)](/image/cpr11422p5.gif)\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr11422p6.gif)](/image/cpr11422p6.gif)\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr11422p7.gif)](/image/cpr11422p7.gif)","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 2 - Portions of roads","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 2 - Portions of roads ceasing to be State highways","content":"# SCHEDULE 2 - Portions of roads SCHEDULE 2 - Portions of roads ceasing to be State highways\n\n| Name | Description | Length in kilometres |\n| Midland Highway | From the vicinity of the East Derwent Highway roundabout to the Pontville Roundabout via Brighton | 7.31 |","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 3 - Portions of roads","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 3 - Portions of roads ceasing to be subsidiary roads","content":"# SCHEDULE 3 - Portions of roads SCHEDULE 3 - Portions of roads ceasing to be subsidiary roads\n\n| Name | Description | Length in kilometres |\n| Illawarra Main Road | From Main Road in Perth to a point approximately 336 metres east of its junction with Pateena Road, via Drummond Street and Oakmount Street | 2.57 |\n| Youl Main Road | Youl Road from its intersection with Main Road to its intersection with Drummond Street | 1.30 |\n| Tea Tree Secondary Road | From its junction with Brighton Road to a point approximately 226 metres east of its junction with Derwent Street | 2.16 |","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 4 - Portions of road ","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 4 - Portions of road declared to be State highway","content":"# SCHEDULE 4 - Portions of road  SCHEDULE 4 - Portions of road declared to be State highway\n\n| Name | Description | Length in kilometres |\n| Midland Highway | From a point approximately 100 metres north-east of its junction with Old Main Road at Bridgewater through to its junction with the existing Midland Highway at Pontville, including the roundabout at Pontville | 9.672 |\n| Midland Highway | From the roundabout at the southern entrance to Perth to a point approximately 700 metres north of the northern abutment of the Midland Highway overpass over the Evandale Road Interchange at Breadalbane | 4.368 |","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 5 - Portions of roads","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 5 - Portions of roads declared to be subsidiary roads","content":"# SCHEDULE 5 - Portions of roads SCHEDULE 5 - Portions of roads declared to be subsidiary roads\n\n| Name | Description | Length in kilometres |\n| Evandale Main Road | From a point approximately 311 metres south-west of its junction with Hobart Road to its junction with Hobart Road | 0.311 |\n| Glenstone Main Road | From the junction of the Midland Highway and Weily Park Road to the Midland Highway roundabout intersection with Brighton Road | 3.869 |\n\nDisplayed and numbered in accordance with the *[Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1953-050)*.\n\nNotified in the *Gazette* on 21 February 2024\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of State Growth.","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation stays within the original, narrowly scoped purpose of these Acts: dedicating Crown land as highway and altering the legal classification of specific road segments. It does not broaden the statutes’ substantive scope or add new regulatory powers; rather it applies existing powers to a specific set of roads in a limited geographic area."},"complexity_factors":["5 Schedules (Schedules 1–5) with multiple distinct actions (dedication, removal, declaration)","Seven plan images in Part 2 that require cross-referencing with textual descriptions","Precise metric offsets and short segments (metre-level descriptors) requiring cadastral interpretation","Multiple short statutory actions (many distinct road segments) rather than broad policy changes","Cross-reference to two enabling Acts (Highways Act 1951; Roads and Jetties Act 1935) but no complex new definitions or conditional regimes"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this proclamation does (mechanically)**\n\n- Dedicates a parcel of Crown land as a highway (Schedule 1) and provides plans that show the exact land being dedicated (Part 2, seven plan images). \n- Reclassifies a number of road segments around the Bridgewater / Pontville / Perth / Brighton / Evandale / Breadalbane area by changing their legal status under the Highways Act 1951 and the Roads and Jetties Act 1935: \n  - Removes a segment from the State highway network (Schedule 2). \n  - Removes specific segments from being subsidiary roads (Schedule 3). \n  - Declares particular road segments to be State highways (Schedule 4). \n  - Declares particular road segments to be subsidiary roads (Schedule 5).\n\nEach reclassification item includes a clear description of the segment and its length in kilometres (for example, Schedule 2 removes 7.31 km of the Midland Highway between the East Derwent Highway roundabout and the Pontville Roundabout; Schedule 4 declares two Midland Highway segments totalling ~14.04 km as State highway segments).\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- The State road authority (the instrument is administered by the Department of State Growth) — it gains, loses, or changes legal responsibility for the named road segments depending on the reclassification.\n- Local government authorities and road users in the named localities (Bridgewater, Pontville, Perth, Brighton, Evandale, Breadalbane) — the legal owner/operator responsible for maintenance, management and upgrades of particular road sections may change. \n- Landholders adjacent to the affected segments and parties with interest in Crown land involved in Schedule 1 — the dedication of Crown land as highway creates highway rights over that land and constrains other uses.\n\n**Why it matters (practical effects and mechanics)**\n\n- Legal responsibility and decision-making: Declaring a road a State highway generally places control and maintenance responsibility with the State road authority; removing State highway or subsidiary-road status generally transfers responsibility away from the State (commonly to local authorities), though the exact operational and funding arrangements depend on other statutes and administrative practice. The proclamation itself effects the legal reclassification (see Schedules 2–5), and the Department of State Growth administers the change.\n\n- Financial and budget implications: Who pays for maintenance, upgrades and liability can shift. If the State takes on a longer State highway, that increases State obligations; if the State ceases to have a segment as a State highway, maintenance costs may shift to councils. These are financial trade-offs for government budgets and may affect prioritisation of works.\n\n- Practical consequences for private parties and businesses: Changes in road status can alter who authorises roadworks, traffic management, or access approvals (affecting project timelines for nearby development or utilities). For businesses that rely on freight or commuter access, reclassification may change the level of maintenance or upgrade priority but does not itself create or remove access rights beyond the usual highway regime.\n\n- Land use and property effects: Dedication of Crown land as highway (Schedule 1) places that land into the highway regime and limits alternative uses. Adjacent landowners may face different access or frontage management as a result.\n\n**Implementation and administrative detail**\n\n- The proclamation is precise: each affected road segment is described with locality references and a distance in kilometres. It is supported by seven plan images showing the dedicated land (Part 2). \n- The Department of State Growth is the administering agency; operational changes (maintenance schedules, signage, property notifications) will follow administrative processes under the Acts.\n\n**Trade-offs, risks and compliance burden (concise assessment)**\n\n- Costs: State or council budgets bear the ongoing maintenance costs that shift with reclassification. The proclamation itself imposes no new regulatory layers on private parties beyond the existing highway framework, but it can change which government body pays and who must approve works.\n- Incentives and behaviour: Road authorities may reprioritise maintenance and upgrade work according to the new network definition. Private developers and utilities may need to interact with a different authority for approvals on the affected stretches.\n- Implementation risk: Accurate handover of responsibilities (maintenance, signage, asset records) requires administrative coordination; mistakes can cause short-term service interruptions or funding gaps.\n- Compliance burden: Limited for most private citizens — mainly administrative for government agencies and potentially for local councils who may acquire new obligations.\n\n**Source mechanics referenced**\n- Schedule 1: dedication of Crown land as highway (with plans in Part 2). \n- Schedules 2–5: lists of road segments being removed from or added to State highway or subsidiary-road status, with descriptions and lengths. \n- Administering agency: Department of State Growth."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation performs exactly the function authorised by the Highways Act 1951 and Roads and Jetties Act 1935 — dedicating land as highways and reclassifying road statuses. There is no scope creep; it is a routine administrative instrument exercising specific statutory powers."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (approximately 500 words excluding tables)","No defined terms section — all language is ordinary English","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Simple tabular format for road descriptions with three consistent columns","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Acts named in the title","Straightforward administrative action: dedicating land and reclassifying existing roads"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **Tasmanian Government proclamation** that changes the legal status of several roads and parcels of land. It does five main things:\n\n- **Dedicates Crown land as a new highway** (Schedule 1) — turning government-owned land into a public road, with maps showing exactly where.\n- **Removes highway status from a section of the Midland Highway** (Schedule 2) — a 7.31 km stretch near Brighton and Pontville will no longer be a State highway.\n- **Removes subsidiary road status from three local roads** (Schedule 3) — sections of Illawarra Main Road, Youl Main Road, and Tea Tree Secondary Road (total 6.03 km) will no longer be classified as subsidiary roads.\n- **Declares new sections as State highway** (Schedule 4) — two new stretches of the Midland Highway (about 14 km total) get upgraded to State highway status, including a new bypass section at Bridgewater-Pontville and a northern extension near Perth.\n- **Declares new subsidiary roads** (Schedule 5) — two short sections of Evandale Main Road and Glenstone Main Road (about 4.2 km total) get downgraded or reassigned as subsidiary roads.\n\n**Why this matters:** This appears to be part of a **road reclassification exercise**, likely connected to the opening of the new Bridgewater Bridge or associated highway upgrades in southern Tasmania. It ensures the legal road network matches the new physical infrastructure — making sure emergency services, maintenance crews, and drivers know exactly which roads are officially highways versus local roads."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available metadata, there is no indication that the scope of this proclamation has changed from its original intent. It appears to be a straightforward administrative instrument declaring or modifying road status under its parent Acts, current from 21 February 2024. No substantive amendments are evident from the information provided."},"complexity_factors":["The legislation is a subordinate instrument (proclamation) rather than a principal Act, making it narrower in scope","It operates under two parent Acts (Highways Act 1951 and Roads and Jetties Act 1935), requiring cross-referencing to understand full legal effect","The actual substantive content of the proclamation is not visible in the provided text, limiting full analysis","Proclamations of this type tend to be highly specific and technical in geographic/cadastral (land boundary) terms","The Acts themselves are dated and may interact with more modern planning and roads legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian government proclamation made under the Highways Act 1951 and Roads and Jetties Act 1935 that formally changes the legal status or management of a named road, highway or jetty. Such proclamations typically transfer responsibility for maintenance and control to the State and alter access/administration arrangements.\n\nIt affects landowners, road users, local councils and transport authorities. The specific road or area impacted is not visible in the provided text."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-highways-act-1951-and-the-roads-and-jetties-act-1935","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-highways-act-1951-and-the-roads-and-jetties-act-1935/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-highways-act-1951-and-the-roads-and-jetties-act-1935/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-highways-act-1951-and-the-roads-and-jetties-act-1935/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-highways-act-1951-and-the-roads-and-jetties-act-1935/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-highways-act-1951-and-the-roads-and-jetties-act-1935/documents"}}