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3A Application of Road Management Act 2004
(1) A road under this Act is a road for the purposes of the **Road Management Act 2004** but is a public road for the purposes of that Act only if the road is a public road within the meaning it has in section 3(1) of the **Road Management Act 2004**.
(2) The relevant road authority for the purposes of the **Road Management Act 2004** is, subject to any regulations for the purpose of section 37(1)(c) of the **Road Management Act 2004**—
(a) the person or body nominated for the purposes of this section in a notice published in the Government Gazette by the Minister administering this Act; or
S. 3A(2)(b) amended by Nos 70/2013 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 20.2) 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 17).
(b) if no notice is published, the Secretary to the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.
S. 3B inserted by No. 6/2010 s. 25(5)(Sch. 2 item 4) (as amended by No. 45/2010 s. 6).