Forests Act 1958
3AApplication of Road Management Act 2004
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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).