33Roads

33 Roads

S. 33(1) amended by No. 87/1995 s. 9(1).

(1) The Corporation may close any road, or part of a road, within the declared area in respect of a year, or within a designated access area, for the whole or any part of the race period for that year.

S. 33(2) amended by Nos 39/1995 s. 5(2)(a)(b), 70/2004 s. 19(1)(a)(b), 41/2022 s. 23(a).

(2) The Corporation or the committee of management of the part of Albert Park that is not Lakeside Oval Reserve land or Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre land may, with the consent of the Minister administering the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, temporarily close any road or part of a road in any part of Albert Park that is not Lakeside Oval Reserve land or Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre land if, in the opinion of the Minister, it is necessary to do so for the purpose of carrying out the Corporation's or the committee's functions or exercising its powers.

S. 33(2A) inserted by No. 70/2004 s. 19(2), amended by No. 41/2022 s. 23(b).

(2A) The Corporation or the State Sport Centres Trust may, with the consent of the Minister administering the State Sport Centres Act 1994 and the Minister administering the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, temporarily close any road or part of a road in the part of Albert Park that is Lakeside Oval Reserve land or Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre land if, in the opinion of both those Ministers, it is necessary to do so for the purpose of carrying out the Corporation's or the Trust's functions or exercising its powers.

(3) The Minister administering the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may close the whole or any part of a road in Albert Park and, upon publication of the notice, the land over which the closed road or part lay ceases to be a road or part of a road.

S. 33(4) inserted by No. 87/1995 s. 9(2).

(4) The Corporation may temporarily close any road or part of a road in a designated access area—

(a) with the consent of the Minister administering the Road Safety Act 1986 and the Minister administering this Act; and

(b) if, in the opinion of those Ministers, it is necessary to do so for the purpose of carrying out the Corporation's functions or exercising its powers; and

(c) after having informed the Minister administering the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1987 of its intention to do so.