NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
CONTROL OF ROADS ACT 1953
As in force at 10 February 2026
Table of provisions
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
5 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1
Part 2 Administration
7 Roads etc. vested in Territory .......................................................... 3
7B Delegation ....................................................................................... 3
Part 3 General powers of Minister
8 Power to form, maintain, drain etc. roads ........................................ 3
9 Power to plant trees etc. .................................................................. 3
10 Trees etc. obstructing or damaging roads ....................................... 4
11 Minister may close road temporarily or restrict use of road ............. 4
12 Minister may require fence, wall or other structure to be
erected for prevention of certain hazards ........................................ 6
13 Minister may license timber cutting, quarrying, and other
activities on a road........................................................................... 6
14 Power to construct temporary roads and remove trees or other
growing things ................................................................................. 7
Part 4 Opening and closing of roads
14A Definition.......................................................................................... 8
15 Power to close and open roads ....................................................... 8
16 Agreement for exchange ................................................................. 8
17 Proceedings to open, alter etc. roads .............................................. 9
18 Duties of Surveyor-General ............................................................. 9
20 Person may object to proposal ........................................................ 9
21 Procedure where no objection received ........................................ 10
22 Procedure where objection received ............................................. 10
22A Certain provisions to apply where proposal amended after
objection ........................................................................................ 10
23 Effect of order ................................................................................ 11
24 Land to be offered to adjoining owners.......................................... 11
25 In certain cases land may become Crown lands ........................... 12
26 Reservations .................................................................................. 13
27 Administrator or Minister empowered to amend existing lease...... 13
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28 Easements etc. preserved ............................................................. 13
29 Registrar-General to correct Register books etc............................ 13
30 Prohibition of removal to the Supreme Court ................................. 14
31 Compensation ............................................................................... 14
31A Compensation ............................................................................... 14
32 Closing of certain roads ................................................................. 16
33 Order may affect more than one road ............................................ 16
34 Duty to fence ................................................................................. 16
35 Minister may declare private streets etc. to be roads .................... 17
36 Application of Land Title Act 2000 ................................................. 17
Part 6 Miscellaneous matters
51 Metal projections etc. on tyres ....................................................... 17
52 Vehicle or object to have wheels fitted .......................................... 17
53 Caterpillar type tractors ................................................................. 18
54 Certain acts forbidden ................................................................... 18
54A Use of immobilising devices .......................................................... 19
55 Person not to stop vehicle etc. on bridges or culverts ................... 19
56 Vehicles etc. to be removed from bridges and culverts ................. 19
57 Timber etc. fixed to roads not to be damaged etc.......................... 20
58 Person not to cut timber, quarry, erect petrol pumps or cattle
ramps without licence .................................................................... 20
59 Houses and other obstructions on roads ....................................... 20
60A Approval to drive air cushioned vehicle ......................................... 21
61 Liability of owner and actual offender ............................................ 22
62 Regulations.................................................................................... 22
Part 7 Transitional matters for Northern Territory
Civil and Administrative Tribunal
(Conferral of Jurisdiction Amendments)
(No. 2) Act 2014
63 Application before former Tribunal................................................. 23
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 10 February 2026
CONTROL OF ROADS ACT 1953
An Act to provide for the administration and control of roads
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Control of Roads Act 1953.
2 Commencement
This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the
Administrator by notice in the Gazette.
5 Interpretation
(1) In this Act:
adjoining owner means an owner in fee simple of land, or a lessee
of Crown lands, of land which is contiguous to, or affected by, land
comprising a road, or a part of a road.
attached, in relation to the connection between a prime mover and
a trailer, includes connected indirectly through another trailer.
pneumatic tyre means a tyre consisting of a flexible elastic shell
inflated with air, with or without an inner tube.
rigid, as applied to a vehicle, means that the longitudinal axis of the
vehicle cannot deviate from a straight line in a horizontal direction.
road means, subject to subsection (2):
(a) all streets, roads, courts, alleys, thoroughfares and
culs-de-sac which were, immediately before the date when
this Act comes into operation, public streets, roads, courts,
alleys, thoroughfares, or culs-de-sac within the meaning of
any law then in force in the Northern Territory; or
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(c) land which, whether before or after the date when this Act
comes into operation:
(i) is proclaimed, dedicated, resumed or otherwise
established as a public street, road or thoroughfare; or
(ii) is opened as a road or is declared to be a road by the
Minister pursuant to this Act; or
(iii) is reserved or left as a road in a subdivision of Crown
land; or
(iv) is conveyed or transferred to the Territory in fee simple
and is accepted by the Territory as a road; or
(v) not being Crown land leased for purposes which include
the construction of a road at the expense of the lessee,
is used as a thoroughfare passing through or over
Crown land whether alienated or otherwise.
Surveyor-General, see section 4 of the Licensed Surveyors
Act 1983.
width means:
(a) in relation to a vehicle, including an articulated vehicle:
(i) in the case of a vehicle to which a trailer is attached, the
distance from one side of the vehicle, the trailer, a
projecting part of the vehicle, the trailer or the load of the
vehicle or trailer, to the other side of the vehicle, the
trailer, a projecting part of the vehicle, the trailer or load
of the vehicle or trailer, whichever is the greatest; or
(ii) in any other case, the distance from one side of the
vehicle, a projecting part of the vehicle or its load, to the
other side of the vehicle, a projecting part of the vehicle
or its load, whichever is the greatest; or
(b) in relation to a tyre, the width of the surface of the tyre which
ordinarily comes into contact with the surface of the road; or
(c) in relation to tyres on a group of co-axial wheels on one side
of the longitudinal centre line of a vehicle, the sum of the
widths of the surfaces of those tyres which ordinarily come
into contact with the surface of the road.
Note for subsection (1)
The Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be
relevant to this Act.
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(2) For Parts 3 and 4, road does not include a road that is under the
care, control and management of a local government council.
Part 2 Administration
7 Roads etc. vested in Territory
Subject to section 64 of the Planning Act 1999 and Part 12.3 of the
Local Government Act 2019, all roads in the Northern Territory,
together with the timber growing on those roads and all bridges,
culverts, water-tables, kerbs, gutters, footpaths, lamps, direction
boards, kilometre posts, rails, posts, walls, chains, fences and other
things erected on or affixed to those roads are the property of and
vested in the Territory and are under the care, control and
management of the Minister.
7B Delegation
The Minister may delegate any of the Minister's functions and
powers under this Act.
Part 3 General powers of Minister
8 Power to form, maintain, drain etc. roads
(1) The Minister may form, pave, drain, level and repair roads and
footpaths, alter the levels of roads and footpaths, erect or construct
bridges, culverts, water-tables, kerbs, gutters, lamps, direction
boards, kilometre posts, rails, posts, walls, chains and fences, erect
or build, or cause to be erected or built, a house or other building,
verandah, structure or road side facility on or at the side of a road
and may drain water from roads into or through adjacent land.
(2) The owner in fee simple, or the lessee under a Crown Lease, of
land into or through which water is drained from a road, may claim
compensation from the Territory except where the drainage follows
the natural fall of the ground.
9 Power to plant trees etc.
(1) The Minister may cause trees, shrubs, gardens or lawns to be
planted at the side of a road and tree-guards, stakes or other
supports to be erected.
(2) The Territory is not liable for any damage to property which results
from the planting of a tree, shrub, garden or lawn at the side of a
road or from the existence of a tree or shrub growing in a road
whether caused to be planted by the Minister or not.
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(3) The Minister may cause to be:
(a) pulled down or demolished a house, building, verandah,
hedge, fence or structure or other obstruction erected, built or
placed on a road; and
(b) filled in a ditch, drain, gutter, sink or watercourse constructed;
and
(c) cleared out and removed an obstruction in a ditch, drain,
gutter, sink or watercourse at the side of a road, which had
been placed there;
in contravention of this Act and may, in the name of the Territory,
recover the cost of so doing from the person who contravened this
Act, whether or not that person has been found guilty of an offence
under this Act, as a debt due to the Territory by that person.
10 Trees etc. obstructing or damaging roads
(1) If a tree or other thing growing on land adjacent to a road obstructs
or damages that road, the Minister may, by notice in writing, served
by post on the occupier of that land, require that occupier to remove
the tree or other thing or a part of the tree or thing on or before such
date as the Minister specifies in that notice.
(2) If a person fails to comply with a requirement made by the Minister
under subsection (1), the Minister may cause the tree or other
thing, or a part of the tree or thing, to be removed and may, in the
name of the Territory, recover the cost of so doing from that person
as a debt due to the Territory by that person.
11 Minister may close road temporarily or restrict use of road
(1) The Minister may, if he or she considers it appropriate:
(a) close a road; or
(b) do any of the following in relation to the road:
(i) restrict the use of the road to vehicles that do not exceed
a specified mass;
(ii) restrict the use of the road to a specified class of
vehicles;
(iii) impose other restrictions on the use or manner of use of
the road as the Minister considers appropriate.
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(2) A closure of a road, or a restriction on the use of the road, under
subsection (1) is effected by:
(a) to the extent it is reasonably practicable – causing signs to be
displayed in a prominent place at the approaches to the road
to which the closure or restriction relates, or erecting fences or
barriers on or across the road; and
(b) by giving notice of the closure or restriction in accordance with
subsection (4) before, or as soon as reasonably practicable
after, the closure or restriction.
(3) If the Minister is satisfied the closure of a road or restriction on the
use of the road is no longer required, the Minister must cause the
removal of any signs, fences or barriers and give notice of the
revocation of the closure or restriction in accordance with
subsection (4).
(4) A notice for this section may be given in the following ways:
(a) by Gazette notice;
(b) by notice in a newspaper circulating in the region in which the
road is located;
(c) by publication on a website maintained by the Department and
promoted to the public as a resource for accessing road
closure and road condition information;
(d) by recorded message accessed by telephone using a
telephone number promoted to the public as a resource for
accessing road closure and road condition information;
(e) by radio or television broadcast in the region in which the road
is located.
(5) A person must not drive a vehicle, or cause or permit a vehicle to
be driven, on a road that is closed under this section.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(6) A person must not drive a vehicle, or cause or permit a vehicle to
be driven, on a road that is subject to a restriction under this section
while in contravention of the restriction.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(7) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against
subsection (5) or (6) if the person establishes a reasonable excuse.
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(8) Without limiting subsection (7), it is a reasonable excuse if the
person has consent from the competent authority for the road:
(a) to use a road that is closed under this section; or
(b) to use a road subject to a restriction under this section without
complying with the restriction.
(9) In this section:
competent authority, for a road, means the person, body or
authority (including the Territory) having the care, control and
management of the road.
road includes part of a road.
vehicle, see section 3(1) of the Traffic Act 1987.
Note
The definition of vehicle in the Traffic Act 1987 includes a wide range of types of
transportation. This means the prohibitions in subsections (5) and (6) apply, for
example, to riding a bicycle, and to riding or droving animals.
12 Minister may require fence, wall or other structure to be
erected for prevention of certain hazards
(1) If land adjoining a road is not enclosed to the satisfaction of the
Minister, the Minister may, by notice in writing served by post on the
occupier of that land, require the occupier, on or before a date
mentioned in that notice, to enclose the land by a fence, wall or
other structure, sufficient to prevent drift sand, soil or other material
from being carried on to the road.
(2) If the occupier of the land fails or neglects to comply with a
requirement made under subsection (1), the Minister may cause the
fence, wall or other structure to be erected and the Minister may, in
the name of the Territory, recover the cost of so doing from the
occupier as a debt due to the Territory by that person.
13 Minister may license timber cutting, quarrying, and other
activities on a road
(1) The Minister, in his or her absolute discretion and subject to such
conditions as the Minister sees fit, may grant a licence to a person,
authorising that person:
(a) to cut and remove timber and bark from a road; or
(b) to quarry and remove stone, clay, gravel or sand from a road;
or
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(c) to erect, maintain and operate on a road a petrol pump,
together with such tanks, apparatus, pipes and erections as
are reasonably necessary for the operation of a pump for the
supply of petrol for sale; or
(d) to construct and maintain a cattle ramp on a road.
(2) The Minister may, at any time, by notice in writing served by post
on a person to whom a licence has been granted under
subsection (1):
(a) require that person to do such acts or things as the Minister, in
his or her absolute discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
or
(b) cancel a licence, whether or not the licensee has observed all
of the conditions under which the licence was granted.
(3) If a person fails to comply with the requirements of a notice served
under subsection (2), the Minister may cause to be done the act or
things required to be done and may, in the name of the Territory,
recover the cost of so doing from that person as a debt due to the
Territory by that person.
14 Power to construct temporary roads and remove trees or other
growing things
A person acting with the authority, or under the orders, of the
Minister may:
(a) construct a temporary road over uncultivated land for use as a
passage for vehicles whilst a road or a part of a road is being
made or repaired; and
(b) remove a tree or thing, growing on land adjacent to a road,
which:
(i) obstructs, damages or is likely to obstruct or damage
that road; or
(ii) obstructs or is likely to obstruct the vision of the driver of
a vehicle approaching a bend or corner in the road;
and for any of these purposes or for the purpose of carrying out or
giving effect to this Act, may, with or without workers, horses,
machinery and vehicles, enter in and upon land adjoining a road.
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14A Definition
In this Part:
proposal means a proposed new road, the proposed alterations of
a road or part of a road, or a road or part of a road proposed to be
closed, delineated on a plan.
15 Power to close and open roads
Despite any law in force in the Northern Territory, but subject to this
Act, the Minister may, whether by one proceeding or otherwise,
from time to time:
(a) open a new road; and
(b) alter a road or a part of a road; and
(c) close a road or a part of a road; and
(d) exchange land comprising a road or a part of a road for land
required for a new road or for an alteration of a road; and
(e) retain land comprising a road or a part of a road, which has
been closed under this Act, for any purpose of the Territory or
dedicate the land for any public purpose; and
(f) dispose of land comprising a road, or a part of a road, which
has been closed under this Act, whether retained under
paragraph (e) or otherwise; and
(g) execute a transfer, conveyance, lease or other document to
give effect to this Act.
16 Agreement for exchange
(1) If the Commonwealth or the Territory has acquired land or an estate
or interest in land for the purpose of making or opening a new road
or altering an existing road, the Minister may agree with the person
from whom that land or that estate or interest in land was acquired
that, in satisfaction in whole or in part of any compensation, the
person will receive the grant of a corresponding estate or interest in
specified land of the Crown adjoining the parcel of land that
contains the land which or the estate or interest in which was
acquired.
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(2) In this section:
compensation means an amount of money ascertained in
accordance with the Lands Acquisition Act 1978 or any other law in
force in the Northern Territory to be the amount which a person is
entitled to receive in respect of the acquisition by the
Commonwealth or the Territory of land or an estate or interest in
land.
17 Proceedings to open, alter etc. roads
(1) If it is proposed to open a road, or alter or close a road or part of a
road, the Surveyor-General must give the Minister:
(a) a plan, certified by the Surveyor-General as an adequate
representation, showing the approximate position of the
proposal; and
(b) in relation to the plan, a statement showing the names of
adjoining owners with the last known address of each of them.
(2) After consideration of the plan, the proposal and statement
mentioned in subsection (1), the Minister may approve or amend
the proposal and, as soon as practicable after the approval, must
deposit with the Surveyor-General the plan showing the proposal
and amendments, if any, endorsed with the approval of the
Minister, together with the statement.
18 Duties of Surveyor-General
If a plan is deposited with the Surveyor-General in accordance with
section 17(2), the Surveyor-General must:
(a) cause a notice to be inserted in the Gazette and in a
newspaper circulating in the locality of the land to which the
plan relates stating a general description of the proposal and
setting out the names of adjoining owners; and
(b) maintain a copy of the plan as approved by the Minister, and
permit any person, during normal business hours, to inspect it.
20 Person may object to proposal
Any person may, at any time within 28 days from and including the
date of publication of the notice in the Gazette or the newspaper,
whichever is the later, mentioned in section 18(a), object to the
proposal by serving a notice, stating the grounds for the objection,
on the Minister either personally or by post.
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21 Procedure where no objection received
If, at the date of expiry of the time limited by section 20, no person
has objected to the proposal in accordance with that section, the
Minister may, at any time within 6 months from and including that
date, by notice in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the
locality of the proposal, order a new road to be opened or a road or
part of a road to be altered or closed in accordance with the plan
deposited with the Surveyor-General.
22 Procedure where objection received
(1) If, at the expiry of the time limited by section 20, a person has
objected to the proposal in accordance with that section, the
Minister may consider the objection and the plan and the statement
deposited under section 17, and must determine whether or not the
proposal will proceed or an amendment to the proposal must be
made.
(2) Within 6 months after the expiry of the time limited by section 20,
the Minister must:
(a) by notice in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the
locality of the land to which the plan and proposal relate, order
a new road to be opened or a road or part of a road to be
altered or closed in accordance with the plan deposited with
the Surveyor-General under section 17(2); or
(b) deposit with the Surveyor-General:
(i) the plan showing the proposal and amendments, if any,
pursuant to subsection (1) endorsed with the approval of
the Minister; and
(ii) in relation to the plan – a statement showing the names
of the adjoining owners with the last known address of
each of them.
22A Certain provisions to apply where proposal amended after
objection
(1) Subject to this section, if a plan is deposited with the Surveyor-
General under section 22(2)(b), sections 18 to 22 inclusive apply to
and in relation to that plan and the proposal to which it relates as if
the plan were a plan deposited under section 17(2).
(2) If a plan is deposited with the Surveyor-General under
section 22(2)(b), the Surveyor-General must cause a notice to be
inserted in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the locality
of the land to which the plan relates stating a general description of
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the proposal, that the proposal is an amended proposal and setting
out the names of adjoining owners.
(3) If the Minister is satisfied that an objection is the same or
substantially the same as an objection already submitted under
section 20 and considered under section 22, the Minister may
disregard the first-mentioned objection and proceed under this Act
as if it had not been made.
23 Effect of order
Upon the publication in the Gazette of an order made under
section 21 or 22:
(a) land to be taken for a new road or for an alteration to a road,
or a part of a road, is, by virtue of this Act, vested in the
Territory and is under the care, control and management of
the Minister; and
(b) the Minister may, subject to this Act:
(i) pay or receive money agreed to be paid or received for
the exchange or disposal of land affected by the order;
and
(ii) dispose of land comprising a road, or a part of a road,
which is closed by the order; and
(iii) execute such documents as are required or are
necessary to be executed.
24 Land to be offered to adjoining owners
(1) If any land of the Crown comprises:
(a) a former road or part of a road that has been closed under this
Act; or
(b) a road or part of a road that it is proposed to close under this
Act;
the Minister may agree with a person who has an estate or interest
in land adjoining the first-mentioned land that the person will, after
the road or part of a road has been so closed, be granted an estate
or interest in the first-mentioned land of a like nature to the person's
estate or interest in the adjoining land:
(c) for such amount as is specified in the agreement; or
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(d) if the person's estate or interest in the adjoining land is a lease
granted by or on behalf of the Crown, on the resumption of
such part of the adjoining land as is specified in the
agreement.
(2) If each of 2 or more parcels of land adjoining land comprising a
former road or part of a road that has been closed under this Act is
held for an estate in fee simple or leasehold from the Crown and
the parcels are not so held by the same person, the Minister may
give written notice to all the persons holding the parcels that the
Minister is prepared to dispose of the second-mentioned land.
(3) Each notice under subsection (2) must specify the estate in the land
which the Minister is prepared to offer and the amount for which the
Minister is prepared to dispose of that estate.
(4) If notices have been given under subsection (2) and 2 or more of
the persons notified inform the Minister in writing, within 28 days
after the date on which the last of the notices was given, that they
desire to acquire the land specified in the notices, the Minister must
invite each such person to tender for an estate in that land of like
nature to the estate held by the person in the person's adjoining
parcel of land.
(5) If the Minister receives only one tender of an amount that is not less
than the price specified in the notices, the Minister must accept the
tender but, if he or she receives more than one tender, the Minister
must accept the tender of the person tendering the highest amount.
(6) If a tender under subsection (5) is accepted the tenderer is entitled
to be granted an estate in the land in respect of which the tender is
made of like nature to the estate held by the tenderer in his or her
adjoining parcel of land.
25 In certain cases land may become Crown lands
If a road, or a part of a road, that is not on land in respect of which a
local government council is the registered proprietor of an estate in
fee simple is ordered to be closed and:
(a) the Minister certifies that the land comprising that road or part
of the road can be conveniently used, whether separate from
other land or when added to other Crown lands; or
(b) an adjoining owner does not, within one year from and
including the date of the publication in the Gazette of the
order, acquire, or enter into an agreement to acquire the land,
or so much of the land as is not disposed of;
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the land becomes Crown lands and is subject to the laws of the
Northern Territory relating to Crown lands.
26 Reservations
The Minister may, at any stage in a proceeding under this Act,
direct that a certificate as to title to be issued, or a lease to be
granted, under this Act must be subject to such reservations as the
Minister directs.
27 Administrator or Minister empowered to amend existing lease
(1) If an agreement made under section 16, 24(1) or 24(5) by the
acceptance of a tender entitles a person to be granted a leasehold
estate, the estate must be granted by amending the person's lease
of the land adjoining the land to be granted so that the land
comprising the former road or part of a road is included in the land
that is subject to the lease, with such alteration of the reservations,
covenants, conditions and provisions of the existing lease as are
specified in the agreement.
(2) The Minister is empowered to amend an existing lease to
incorporate additional land in the lease and to do all other things
necessary to give effect to subsection (1).
(3) An amendment of an existing lease under this section is effected by
lodging with the Registrar-General a memorandum describing the
land incorporated and the alterations in the reservations,
covenants, conditions and provisions specified in the agreement.
(4) The Registrar-General must register a memorandum lodged under
subsection (3) and must endorse on the original lease in the
Register of Crown Leases a note referring to the memorandum and
stating that further land has been incorporated in the lease.
28 Easements etc. preserved
If land subject to an easement, mortgage or other charge is
included in land for which a certificate as to title is to be issued
under section 27, the certificate as to title issued must be subject to
that easement, mortgage or other charge.
29 Registrar-General to correct Register books etc.
(1) Upon issuing of a certificate as to title or the granting of a lease,
under this Act, the Registrar-General must make such alterations
and corrections as are necessary on any deposited plan and in the
Register.
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(2) The Registrar-General may serve notice in writing, by registered
post, on a person who holds a certificate as to title which is affected
by the issue of a certificate as to title pursuant to this Act, requiring
that person to deliver the certificate as to title to the Registrar-
General, within a time stated in that notice, in order that the
Registrar-General may cancel, correct or alter it in the manner
required.
(3) A person must not fail to comply with the requirements of a notice
given in accordance with subsection (2).
Maximum penalty: 3 penalty units.
30 Prohibition of removal to the Supreme Court
An order purporting to be made under this Act must not be removed
or removable into the Supreme Court after section 29 has been
complied with in respect of that order.
31 Compensation
If a road or a part of a road which is ordered to be opened, altered
or added to runs through or over land, in the original grant or in the
lease of Crown lands of which a power of making roads has not
been reserved, a person, not being a party to an agreement for
exchange, who has an estate or interest in the land or a part of the
land taken, may, within 12 months from the date of the Gazette in
which the order was published, serve a notice in writing on the
Minister, claiming compensation for the land taken.
Note for section 31
See section 16 for agreement to exchange.
31A Compensation
(1) This section applies to:
(a) a person who has an estate or interest in land, or a part of
land, at the time a section 31 order relating to the land is
published; or
(b) a person who had an estate or interest in land, or a part of
land, at the time a section 31 order relating to the land was
published before the commencement.
(2) It is declared that:
(a) after the section 31 order is published, the person mentioned
in subsection (1)(a) has a right to apply to; or
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(b) after the section 31 order was published, the person
mentioned in subsection (1)(b) always had a right to apply to;
the Tribunal to determine an amount payable to the person as
compensation, on just terms, for the person's estate or interest in
the land, or the part of the land, taken as mentioned in section 31.
(3) The Tribunal may hear and determine the following:
(a) an application under subsection (2);
(b) an application by a person for leave to serve a notice under
section 31 after 12 months from the date of publishing of the
section 31 order relating to land, or part of land, in relation to
which the person had an estate or interest at the time of
publishing.
(4) A person may not apply under subsection (2) or (3)(b) if the person,
in writing, agrees or, before the commencement, agreed, to an
amount of compensation in relation to the estate or interest in the
land or the part of the land taken.
(6) In relation to an application under subsection (2), the Tribunal must
hold a directions hearing within 28 days after the date of the
application.
(7) This section, including the fact that an application is made under
subsection (2) or (3)(b), does not prevent a person to whom this
section applies from making an agreement with the Minister about
the person's estate or interest in land, or a part of land, that is or
was the subject of a section 31 order.
(8) If an agreement as mentioned in subsection (7) is made, the person
who made the agreement with the Minister must withdraw any
application made under subsection (2) or (3)(b).
(9) In this section:
commencement means the commencement of this section.
published, in relation to a section 31 order (including a section 31
order made before the commencement) means published in the
Gazette.
section 31 order means an order, as mentioned in section 31, by
which a road or a part of a road is to be opened, altered or
added to.
Tribunal means the Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Part 4 Opening and closing of roads
Control of Roads Act 1953 16
32 Closing of certain roads
(1) Despite anything contained in this Act, the Minister may, on the
recommendation of the Surveyor-General, by notice in the Gazette
and in a newspaper circulating in the locality of that road, order that
a road or a part of a road be closed if all the land contiguous to that
road, or that part of a road, is land:
(a) occupied by or on behalf of the Territory or by an agent or
instrumentality of the Territory; or
(b) belonging to the Territory or an agent or instrumentality of the
Territory which has not been granted, sold, leased or
contracted to be granted, sold or leased to any persons and is
vacant land.
(2) The date upon which a road, or a part of a road, is to be closed
under this section must not be less than one month after the date of
the Gazette or the date of the newspaper, whichever is the later, in
which the order is published.
(3) From and including the date when a road or a part of a road is
closed under this section, the land mentioned in the order is Crown
lands and is subject to the provisions of the laws of the Northern
Territory relating to Crown lands.
(4) The Registrar-General must make such corrections on any
deposited plan and in the Register Book or in the Register Book of
Crown Leases as are necessary to give effect to an order made
under this section.
33 Order may affect more than one road
An order made under this Act may affect more than one road, or
part of a road, and may affect more than one act or proceeding with
regard to a road or a part of a road.
34 Duty to fence
If land contiguous to a road is fenced and the boundary of that road
is altered in consequence of an order made under this Act, other
than an order made under section 32, the Minister, at the expense
of the Territory, must cause the road to be fenced so that the
boundary of the contiguous land is fenced with a substantial fence
of the same nature as the fence previously separating the road from
that land.
Part 6 Miscellaneous matters
Control of Roads Act 1953 17
35 Minister may declare private streets etc. to be roads
(1) If a private street, road, court, alley, thoroughfare or cul-de-sac,
situated within a town, has been made or paved at the cost of its
owner, whether before or after the date when this Act comes into
operation, the Minister may, on the written request of the owner,
declare the street, road, court, alley, thorough-fare or cul-de-sac to
be a road.
(2) The Minister may, on behalf of the Territory, accept as a road land
which is transferred or conveyed to the Territory in fee simple by
the owner of the land.
(3) When land is declared to be, or is accepted by the Territory as, a
road, under this section, compensation is not payable to the owner
by or on behalf of the Territory.
36 Application of Land Title Act 2000
The provisions of this Part apply, despite the provisions of the Land
Title Act 2000, the Crown Lands Act 1992 or any other law of the
Northern Territory relating to Crown lands.
Part 6 Miscellaneous matters
51 Metal projections etc. on tyres
A person must not drive or haul a vehicle on the formed or paved
part of a road, if a part of a wheel or tyre of the vehicle, which
comes into contact with the road, has a metal projection, bar, spike
or stud on, or attached to it.
Maximum penalty: 3 penalty units or imprisonment for
6 months.
52 Vehicle or object to have wheels fitted
(1) A person must not drive or haul or cause to be driven or hauled on
or across a paved part of a road a vehicle or object unless:
(a) the vehicle or object is so supported on or by wheels as to
prevent any part of the vehicle or object other than its wheels
from coming into contact with the surface of the road; and
(b) the wheels are equipped with rubber tyres; and
(c) any rubber tyre, not being a pneumatic tyre, which is fitted to a
wheel of the vehicle or object is at least 30 millimetres thick at
its thinnest part and has a surface of which the portion that
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Control of Roads Act 1953 18
ordinarily comes into contact with the paved part of the road is
at least 30 millimetres wide and is even across its full width.
Maximum penalty: 3 penalty units or imprisonment for
6 months.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution under this section if the defendant
proves to the satisfaction of the Court hearing the case:
(a) that the defendant's failure to comply with the requirements of
this section occurred immediately after:
(i) an accident in which the vehicle or object was damaged;
or
(ii) a tyre, or a mechanical or structural part, of the vehicle
or object ceased to function efficiently;
so that it was then not reasonably practicable for the
defendant to comply with those requirements; and
(b) that the defendant then took all reasonable steps to comply
with those requirements as soon as possible.
53 Caterpillar type tractors
Despite section 52, a person may drive or haul a caterpillar type
tractor or machine transversely across a road if the tracks of the
tractor or machine are so constructed or protected that metal
projections, bars, spikes or studs on or attached to those tracks do
not come into contact with the surface of a road.
54 Certain acts forbidden
A person must not do any of the following:
(a) retard the progress of a vehicle by means of an instrument or
device which comes into contact with the surface of a road;
(b) make or assist in making, or cause to be made a fire on or
within 3 metres of a road;
(c) suffer the effluent from a septic tank, dirty water, filth, dirt or
other offensive matter, fluid or thing to run or flow on to a road
from a house, land or premises occupied by that person;
(d) leave a stone or other thing, having been used for blocking or
stopping the wheels of a vehicle, to remain on a road or a part
of a road after that vehicle has moved from the place where
that stone or other thing was so used;
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Control of Roads Act 1953 19
(e) except with lawful excuse, deposit sand, stone, rubbish or
material of any description on a road or part of a road.
Maximum penalty: 3 penalty units or imprisonment for
6 months.
54A Use of immobilising devices
(1) The Commissioner of Police may authorise the use by police
officers of a vehicle immobilising device:
(a) to prevent the use of a vehicle by a person for the purpose of
escaping from lawful custody or avoiding lawful arrest; or
(b) to stop or assist in stopping a vehicle in connection with the
pursuit of the vehicle by police officers.
(2) Section 54(a) does not apply to the placing or deploying of a vehicle
immobilising device by a police officer acting in the course of the
officer's duties.
(3) In this section:
vehicle immobilising device means a device capable of causing a
vehicle to stop or preventing a vehicle from moving and includes a
device designed for, or capable of, deflating tyres.
55 Person not to stop vehicle etc. on bridges or culverts
A person must not stop a vehicle on a road whilst the vehicle, a part
of the vehicle or a trailer attached to the vehicle, is on a bridge or
culvert, or causeway except in case of mechanical break-down,
accident or other unavoidable cause.
Maximum penalty: 0.8 penalty unit.
56 Vehicles etc. to be removed from bridges and culverts
If a person has stopped a vehicle on a road whilst the vehicle, a
part of the vehicle or a trailer attached to the vehicle, is on a bridge
or culvert, or causeway, the person must not fail to remove the
vehicle, the part of the vehicle or the trailer attached to the vehicle,
from that bridge or culvert or causeway as soon as is reasonably
practicable.
Maximum penalty: 0.8 penalty unit.
Part 6 Miscellaneous matters
Control of Roads Act 1953 20
57 Timber etc. fixed to roads not to be damaged etc.
A person must not dig up, break, pull down, cut, destroy, injure or
damage, or drive a vehicle on a road in such a manner as to
destroy, injure or damage, timber growing on a road or a bridge,
culvert, water-table, kerb, gutter, footpath, lamp, direction board,
kilometre post, rail, post, wall, chain, fence or other thing erected on
or affixed to a road.
Maximum penalty: 3 penalty units or imprisonment for
6 months.
58 Person not to cut timber, quarry, erect petrol pumps or cattle
ramps without licence
A person must not do any of the following:
(a) cut or remove timber or bark from a road;
(b) quarry or remove stone, clay, gravel, or sand from a road;
(c) erect, maintain or operate a petrol pump on a road;
(d) construct or maintain a cattle ramp on a road;
unless the person holds a licence, granted by the Minister under
section 13, which is in force.
Maximum penalty: 0.8 penalty unit.
59 Houses and other obstructions on roads
(1) Subject to this section, a person must not do any of the following:
(a) erect or build, or cause to be erected or built, a house or other
building, verandah, wall, fence or structure on or at the side of
a road, or in such a place or in such a manner as to reduce
the width of, or encroach upon, the road;
(b) make or cause to be made a drain, gutter, sink or
watercourse, in or across a road or a part of a road;
(c) fill up or obstruct a ditch, drain, gutter, sink or watercourse at
the side of a road;
(d) obstruct the public use of a road or part of a road.
Maximum penalty: 0.8 penalty unit.
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Control of Roads Act 1953 21
(2) Despite subsection (1), a person may do an act prohibited by that
subsection if the act is done in accordance with the permission of
the Minister given under this section.
(3) For the purposes of this section, the Minister may, by notice in
writing and on payment by a person of such fees and charges as
the Minister determines, give permission to the person to do an act
prohibited by subsection (1).
(4) Permission given under this section may be subject to such
conditions, including the giving of indemnities, as the Minister thinks
fit and specifies in the notice.
(5) The Minister may revoke a permission given under this section by
notice in writing to the person to whom the permission was given,
and the permission is revoked at the expiration of 6 months after
the date the notice was given.
(6) If a permission is revoked under subsection (5), the person must
remove the house, building, verandah, wall, fence, structure or
obstruction erected or built on or at the side of the road or remove
or restore the drain, gutter, sink, watercourse made, filled up or
obstructed in, across or at the side of the road, as the case may be,
in accordance with the directions, if any, of the Minister.
(7) If a person fails to comply with subsection (6), section 9(3) applies
as if permission under this section had never been given and the
house, building, verandah, fence, structure or obstruction was
erected or built, or the ditch, drain, gutter, sink or watercourse was
made, filled up or obstructed, as the case may be, in contravention
of this Act.
(8) If a permission is revoked under this section, the person to whom
the permission was given is not entitled to any compensation for
any loss sustained in respect of or as a consequence of the
revocation or for any costs incurred in respect of the removal or
demolition of the house, building, verandah, wall, fence, structure or
obstruction or the removal or restoration of the ditch, drain, gutter,
sink or watercourse.
60A Approval to drive air cushioned vehicle
A person must not drive a hovercraft over a road without the written
approval of the Minister.
Maximum penalty: 0.8 penalty unit.
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Control of Roads Act 1953 22
61 Liability of owner and actual offender
(1) Except as provided by this section, if a vehicle is driven on a road
or part of a road in contravention of this Act, the owner and the
driver of the vehicle at the time it was so driven are each guilty of
the offence in respect of that contravention and liable on being
found guilty to the penalty provided for the offence.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution against the owner of a vehicle for an
offence mentioned in subsection (1) if the owner of the vehicle
satisfies the court that the vehicle was being driven at the time of
the alleged offence without the owner's express or implied authority.
(3) In this section:
(a) owner has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicles
Act 1949; and
(b) a document issued:
(i) by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles appointed under that
Act; or
(ii) by an officer having duties in connection with the
registration of motor vehicles in a State or in another
Territory, bearing the officer's written, stamped or printed
signature and stating that during a specified period or on
a specified date, a specified person was the person
whose name was registered as the owner of a specified
motor vehicle is evidence of the matters stated in the
document without proof of the signature of the person by
whom the document purports to have been issued or of
the fact that the person was the Registrar or the officer.
62 Regulations
(1) The Administrator may make regulations under this Act.
(2) A regulation may prescribe fees payable under this Act for the issue
of a licence or permit or the giving of an approval.
Part 7 Transitional matters for Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal
(Conferral of Jurisdiction Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2014
Control of Roads Act 1953 23
Part 7 Transitional matters for Northern Territory Civil
and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of
Jurisdiction Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2014
63 Application before former Tribunal
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement:
(a) a person had made an application under section 31A to the
former Tribunal; and
(b) the former Tribunal had not decided the application.
(2) The former Tribunal must continue to deal with the matter in
accordance with the former legislation.
(3) In this section:
commencement means the commencement of Part 5 of the
Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of
Jurisdiction Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2014.
former legislation means the following as in force immediately
before the commencement:
(a) this Act;
(b) the Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal Act 1998.
former Tribunal means the Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal
as in existence under the Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal
Act 1998 immediately before the commencement of the Northern
Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014.
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Control of Roads Act 1953 24
ENDNOTES
1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Control of Roads Ordinance 1953 (Act No. 8, 1953)
Assent date 1 July 1953
Commenced 1 April 1954 (Gaz No. 11, 17 March 1954)
Control of Roads Ordinance 1955 (Act No. 9, 1955)
Assent date 8 June 1955
Commenced 15 October 1955 (Gaz No. 41, 12 October 1955)
Control of Roads Ordinance 1956 (Act No. 18, 1956)
Assent date 4 May 1956
Commenced 19 September 1956 (Gaz No. 37, 19 September 1956)
Control of Roads Ordinance 1958 (Act No. 21, 1958)
Assent date 14 November 1958
Commenced 13 February 1959 (Gaz No. 6, 11 February 1959)
Administrator's Council Ordinance 1959 (Act No. 22, 1959)
Assent date 7 July 1959
Commenced 28 April 1960 (Gaz No. 18, 27 April 1960)
Control of Roads Ordinance 1962 (Act No. 22, 1962)
Assent date 18 June 1962
Commenced 8 May 1963 (Gaz No. 19, 8 May 1963)
Control of Roads Ordinance (No. 3) 1962 (Act No. 8, 1963)
Assent date 23 January 1963
Commenced 23 January 1963
Control of Roads Ordinance (No. 2) 1962 (Act No. 40, 1963)
Assent date 27 May 1963
Commenced 11 December 1963 (Gaz No. 50, 11 December 1963)
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Control of Roads Act 1953 25
Control of Roads Ordinance 1964 (Act No. 21, 1964)
Assent date 14 May 1964
Commenced 14 May 1964
Control of Roads Ordinance 1966 (Act No. 25, 1966)
Assent date 6 July 1966
Commenced 6 July 1966
Control of Roads Ordinance 1968 (Act No. 25, 1968)
Assent date 18 June 1968
Commenced 18 June 1968
Control of Roads Ordinance 1970 (Act No. 40, 1970)
Assent date 28 October 1970
Commenced 28 October 1970
Control of Roads Ordinance 1969 (Act No. 41, 1970)
Assent date 4 November 1970
Commenced 4 November 1970
Amending Legislation
Control of Roads Ordinance 1971 (Act No. 42, 1971)
Assent date 27 September 1971
Commenced 27 October 1971 (Gaz No. 43, 27 October 1971)
Control of Roads Ordinance 1971 (Act No. 42, 1971)
Assent date 27 September 1971
Commenced 27 October 1971 (Gaz No. 43, 27 October 1971)
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1973 (Act No. 87, 1973)
Assent date 11 December 1973
Commenced 11 December 1973 (s 12(2))
Amending Legislation
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 34, 1974)
Assent date 26 August 1974
Commenced 11 December 1973 (s 3(2))
Ordinances Revision Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 (Act No. 69, 1974)
Assent date 24 October 1974
Commenced 11 December 1973 (s 3)
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1976 (Act No. 27, 1976)
Assent date 28 June 1976
Commenced ss 1, 2 and 6: 28 June 1976 (s 6(2));
ss 3 and 4: 11 December 1973; s 5: 24 October 1974
Control of Roads Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 38, 1974)
Assent date 23 September 1974
Commenced 23 September 1974
Control of Roads Ordinance 1975 (Act No. 20, 1975)
Assent date 30 July 1975
Commenced 30 July 1975
ENDNOTES
Control of Roads Act 1953 26
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1976 (Act No. 27, 1976)
Assent date 28 June 1976
Commenced ss 1, 2 and 6: 28 June 1976 (s 6(2));
ss 3 and 4: 11 December 1973; s 5: 24 October 1974
Transfer of Powers (Further Provisions) Ordinance 1977 (Act No. 51, 1977)
Assent date 9 December 1977
Commenced 1 January 1978 (s 8)
Transfer of Powers (Self-Government) Ordinance 1978 (Act No. 54, 1978)
Assent date 1 July 1978
Commenced 1 July 1978 (s 8)
Statute Law Revision Act 1978 (Act No. 95, 1978)
Assent date 5 September 1978
Commenced 5 September 1978
Control of Roads Act 1979 (Act No. 64, 1979)
Assent date 15 June 1979
Commenced 24 August 1979 (Gaz G34, 24 August 1979, p 9)
Control of Roads Amendment Act 1980 (Act No. 58, 1980)
Assent date 22 December 1980
Commenced 1 January 1981 (s 2, s 2 Crown Lands Amendment
Act (No. 2) 1980 (Act No. 56, 1980) and Gaz S41,
31 December 1980)
Statute Law Revision Act 1981 (Act No. 29, 1981)
Assent date 25 March 1981
Commenced 25 March 1981
Control of Roads Amendment Act 1981 (Act No. 46, 1981)
Assent date 29 June 1981
Commenced 29 June 1981
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 3) 1981 (Act No. 91, 1981)
Assent date 21 September 1981
Commenced 21 September 1981
Control of Roads Amendment Act 1982 (Act No. 68, 1982)
Assent date 8 October 1982
Commenced 1 January 1983 (s 2)
Control of Roads Amendment Act 1983 (Act No. 13, 1983)
Assent date 17 June 1983
Commenced 17 June 1983
Statute Law Revision Act 1984 (Act No. 28, 1984)
Assent date 20 July 1984
Commenced 20 July 1984
Statute Law Revision Act 1989 (Act No. 60, 1989)
Assent date 2 October 1989
Commenced 2 October 1989
ENDNOTES
Control of Roads Act 1953 27
Real Property (Consequential Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 33, 1991)
Assent date 25 June 1991
Commenced 1 October 1991 (Gaz S49, 1 October 1991)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 77, 1991)
Assent date 16 December 1991
Commenced 16 December 1991
Pastoral Land (Consequential Amendments) Act 1992 (Act No. 39, 1992)
Assent date 25 June 1992
Commenced 26 June 1992 (s 2, s 2 Pastoral Land Act 1992 (Act No. 17,
1992) and Gaz S33, 26 June 1992)
Control of Roads Amendment Act 1992 (Act No. 60, 1992)
Assent date 22 October 1992
Commenced 9 December 1992 (s 2, s 2 Local Government Amendment
Act (No. 3) 1992 (Act No. 63, 1992) and Gaz G49,
9 December 1992, p 3)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1993 (Act No. 84, 1993)
Assent date 31 December 1993
Commenced 1 June 1994 (s 2, s 2 Local Government Act 1993 (Act
No. 83, 1993) and Gaz S35, 20 May 1994)
Planning (Consequential Amendments) Act 1993 (Act No. 86, 1993)
Assent date 31 December 1993
Commenced 18 April 1994 (s 2, s 2 Planning Act 1993 (Act No. 85, 1993)
and Gaz S28, 18 April 1984)
Control of Roads Amendment Act 1995 (Act No. 16, 1995)
Assent date 26 June 1995
Commenced 26 June 1995
Sentencing (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 (Act No. 17, 1996)
Assent date 19 April 1996
Commenced 1 July 1996 (s 2, s 2 Sentencing Act 1995 (Act No. 39, 1995)
and Gaz S15, 13 June 1996)
Planning (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 (Act No. 56, 1999)
Assent date 14 December 1999
Commenced 12 April 2000 (s 2, s 2 Planning Act 1999 (Act No. 55, 1999)
and Gaz S15, 12 April 1999)
Land Title (Consequential Amendments) Act 2000 (Act No. 45, 2000)
Assent date 12 September 2000
Commenced 1 December 2000 (s 2, s 2 Land Title Act 2000 (Act No. 2,
2000) and Gaz G38, 27 September 2000, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 2001 (Act No. 3, 2001)
Assent date 22 March 2001
Commenced 22 March 2001
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008 (Act No. 28, 2008)
Assent date 14 November 2008
Commenced 1 July 2008 (s 2)
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Control of Roads Act 1953 28
Mineral Titles (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 (Act No. 37, 2010)
Assent date 18 November 2010
Commenced 7 November 2011 (Gaz G41, 12 October 2011, p 5)
Control of Roads Amendment Act 2011 (Act No. 4, 2011)
Assent date 16 March 2011
Commenced 31 May 2011 (Gaz S26, 30 May 2011)
Penalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)
Assent date 12 July 2013
Commenced 28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)
Local Government Amendment Act 2014 (Act No. 19, 2014)
Assent date 2 June 2014
Commenced s 16: 1 July 2014; s 18: 1 December 2014; rem: 2 June 2014,
(s 2)
Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction
Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2014 (Act No. 35, 2014)
Assent date 13 November 2014
Commenced pts 4, 9, 10 and 19: 1 June 2015 (Gaz S53, 29 May 2015,
p 2); rem: 1 January 2015 (Gaz G51, 24 December 2014, p 7)
Statute Law Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 10, 2018)
Assent date 23 May 2018
Commenced 20 June 2018 (Gaz S41, 20 June 2018)
Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (Act No. 35, 2019)
Assent date 6 November 2019
Commenced s 11: nc (Act rep by Act No. 23/2020 before comm);
rem: 11 December 2019 (Gaz S70, 11 December 2019)
Local Government Act 2019 (Act No. 39, 2019)
Assent date 13 December 2019
Commenced pt 8.6: 1 July 2022; rem: 1 July 2021 (Gaz S27,
30 June 2021)
Amending Legislation
Statute Law Revision Act 2020 (Act No. 26, 2020)
Assent date 19 November 2020
Commenced 20 November 2020 (s 2)
Local Government Amendment Act 2021 (Act No. 15, 2021)
Assent date 25 May 2021
Commenced 26 May 2021 (s 2)
Statute Law Revision and Repeals Act 2026 (Act No. 3, 2026)
Assent date 9 February 2026
Commenced 10 February 2026 (s 2)
3 SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
s 3 Control of Roads Ordinance 1964 (Act No. 21, 1964)
s 6 Control of Roads Amendment Act 1982 (Act No. 68, 1982)
ENDNOTES
Control of Roads Act 1953 29
4 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Ordinances Revision
Ordinance 1973 (as amended) to the following provisions: ss 4, 5, 10 – 13,
15, 17 – 24, 27 – 31, 34, 36, 38 – 43, 45 – 46, 48 – 50, 50A, 50C, 50F – 50H,
51 – 60.
5 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: ss 1, 5, 7, 11, 16, 36, 61 and 63.
6 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
lt amd No. 29, 1981, s 2
pt I hdg amd No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 1 amd No. 17, 1938, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2
s 2 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2
s 3 rep No. 38, 1974, s 3
s 4 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2
rep No. 4, 2011, s 4
s 5 amd No. 9, 1955, s 3; No. 18, 1956, s 3; No. 21, 1958, s 3; No. 8, 1963, s 2;
No. 25, 1968, s 2; No. 42, 1971, s 3; No. 38, 1974, ss 4 and 19; No. 27, 1976,
s 6; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 64, 1979, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 1982, s 4;
No. 60, 1989, s 6; No. 39, 1992, s 3; No. 60, 1992, s 4; No. 84, 1993, s 6;
No. 28, 2008, s 3; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 37, 2010, s 13; No. 19, 2014, s 26;
No. 10, 2018, s 6
s 6 rep No. 54, 1978, s 4
pt II hdg amd No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 7 amd No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 28, 1984, s 3; No. 60, 1992,
s 5; No. 84, 1993, s 6; No. 86, 1993, s 3; No. 56, 1999, s 3; No. 28, 2008, s 3;
No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 39, 2019, s 370
s 7A ins No. 42, 1971, s 4
amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 7B ins No. 38, 1974, s 5
amd No. 20, 1975, s 3; No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2
sub No. 4, 2011, s 5
pt III hdg amd No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 8 amd No. 18, 1956, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 16, 1995,
s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 9 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2; No. 17, 1996,
s 6; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s10 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 11 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4
sub No. 4, 2011, s 6
s 11A ins No. 38, 1974, s 6
amd No. 20, 1975, s 4; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 4, 2011, s 6
s 12 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 13 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 14 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11
ENDNOTES
Control of Roads Act 1953 30
pt 4 hdg amd No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 14A ins No. 13, 1983, s 3
amd No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 15 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 40, 1970, s 2; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981,
s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 16 sub No. 25, 1966, s 2
amd No. 40, 1970, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 64, 1979, s 5; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 17 sub No. 40, 1970, s 4
amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 95, 1978, s 2
sub No. 13, 1983, s 4
amd No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 18 amd No. 40, 1970, s 5; No. 54, 1978, s 4
sub No. 13, 1983, s 5
amd No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 19 amd No. 40, 1970, s 6; No. 54, 1978, s 4
rep No. 13, 1983, s 6
s 20 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 13, 1983, s 7; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 21 amd No. 18, 1956, s 5
sub No. 40, 1970, s 7
amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 13, 1983, s 8
s 22 sub No. 40, 1970, s 7
amd No. 38, 1974, s 7; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 87, 1973, s 12; No. 95, 1978,
s 2
sub No. 13, 1983, s 9
amd No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 22A ins No. 40, 1970, s 7
amd No. 87, 1973, s 12; No. 38, 1974, s 7; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981,
s 2; No. 13, 1983, s 10; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 23 amd No. 40, 1970, s 8; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 24 sub No. 25, 1966, s 3
amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 25 amd No. 40, 1970, s 9; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 58, 1980, s 4; No. 4, 2011,
s 11; No. 35, 2014, s 26
ss 25A – 25B ins No. 64, 1979, s 6
rep No. 60, 1992, s 6
s 26 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 27 amd No. 18, 1956, s 6
sub No. 25, 1966, s 4
amd No. 27, 1976, s 6; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981 s 2;
No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 28 sub No. 18, 1956, s 7
amd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 29 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 77, 1991,
s 13; No. 3, 2001, s 8; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 12
s 30 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 31 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 39, 1992, s 3; No. 4, 2011, s 7
s 31A ins No. 4, 2011, s 8
amd No. 35, 2014, s 33
s 32 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 21, 1964, s 2; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981,
s 2; No. 13, 1983, s 11; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 33 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2
s 34 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 35 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 36 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 37 rep No. 54, 1978, s 4
ENDNOTES
Control of Roads Act 1953 31
s 38 sub No. 18, 1956, s 8
amd No. 21, 1958, s 4; No. 40, 1963, s 3; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 41, 1970,
s 2; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 38A ins No. 40, 1963, s 4
amd No. 41, 1970, s 3; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978,
s 3; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 39 sub No. 18, 1956, s 9
amd No. 21, 1958, s 5; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 29, 1981,
s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 40 amd No. 21, 1958, s 6; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 29, 1981,
s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 41 sub No. 18, 1956, s 10
amd No. 21, 1958, s 7; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 41, 1970, s 5; No. 38, 1974,
ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 42 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 9, 18 and 19; No. 27, 1976, s 6;
No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 43 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91,
1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 44 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 45 amd No. 18, 1956, s 11; No. 21, 1958, s 8; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974,
s 10; No. 20, 1975, s 5; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 45A ins No. 21, 1958, s 9
amd No. 38, 1974, s 19
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 46 amd No. 18, 1956, s 12; No. 41, 1970, s 8; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 54, 1978,
s 4
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 47 amd No. 18, 1956, s 13; No. 21, 1958, s 10; No. 38, 1974, s 11; No. 51,
1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 48 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 49 amd No. 21, 1958, s 11; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 20, 1975, s 6; No. 29, 1981,
s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 50 amd No. 21, 1958, s 12; No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19;
No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 50A ins No. 21, 1958, s 13
amd No. 41, 1970, s 9; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 46, 1981, s 2
ss 50B – 50C ins No. 21, 1958, s 13
amd No. 38, 1974, s 19
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
ss 50D – 50E ins No. 21, 1958, s 13
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
ENDNOTES
Control of Roads Act 1953 32
s 50F ins No. 21, 1958, s 13
amd No. 22, 1962, s 3; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 38, 1974, s 19; No. 29, 1981,
s 2; No. 91, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 50G ins No. 21, 1958, s 13
sub No. 22, 1962, s 4
amd No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
s 50H ins No. 21, 1958, s 13
amd No. 38, 1974, ss 12 and 19; No. 27, 1976, s 6; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
pt IV hdg amd No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 51 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91, 1981,
s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4
s 52 sub No. 22, 1962, s 5
amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91,
1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4
s 53 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 54 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91,
1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4
s 54A ins No. 35, 2019, s 4
ss 55 – 56 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011,
s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4
s 57 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, ss 18 and 19; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 91,
1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4
s 58 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981,
s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4
s 59 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 18; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 16, 1995,
s 3; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013, s 4
s 60 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4; No. 38, 1974, s 13; No. 29, 1981, s 2
rep No. 4, 2011, s 9
s 60A ins No. 38, 1974, s 14
amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011, s 11; No. 23, 2013,
s 4; No. 3, 2026, s 64
s 61 amd No. 25, 1968, s 4
sub No. 38, 1974, s 15
amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 17, 1996, s 6; No. 4, 2011, s 11
s 61A ins No. 18, 1956, s 14
rep No. 38, 1974, s 16
s 62 amd No. 25, 1968, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 4, 2011,
s 11; No. 35, 2019, s 5
pt 7 hdg ins No. 35, 2014, s 34
s 63 ins No. 35, 2014, s 34
sch 1 amd No. 91, 1981, s 2
rep No. 4, 2011, s 10
sch 2 rep No. 25, 1966, s 5
sch 3 – 4 sub No. 38, 1974, s 17
amd No. 91, 1981, s 2
rep No. 68, 1982, s 5
sch 5 rep No. 18, 1956, s 15
ins No. 21, 1958, s 14
rep No. 38, 1974, s 17