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Highways Act 1926
21I—III redesignated as s 21(a)—(c) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
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21 I—III redesignated as s 21(a)—(c) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
s 21(1) and (3)
s 21A
inserted by 54/2012 s 17
s 22
s 24
amended by 48/2000 s 15
s 25
s 26
amended by 5/1998 s 4
amended by 68/1999 s 3
9.12.1999
s 26(5)
s 26(6)
amended by 38/2017 s 5
19.12.2017
s 26(7) and (8)
s 26(9)
amended by 54/2012 s 18(2)
s 26A
amended by 54/2012 s 19
s 26AA
s 26B
s 26B(1)
amended by 54/2012 s 20
s 26C
amended by 54/2012 s 21
ss 26CA and 26D
s 26E
inserted by 36/1979 s 5
s 27
s 27A
amended by 11/1991 s 50(a)
s 27AA
s 27AA(1)
s 27AA redesignated as s 27AA(1) by 11/1991 s 50(b)
s 27AA(2)
inserted by 11/1991 s 50(b)
s 27AB
s 27AB(1)
amended by 36/1979 s 6
amended by 11/1991 s 50(c)
s 27AB(3)
s 27AC
s 27AC(2)
s 27AC(3)
s 27AC(4)
deleted by 29/2016 Sch 2
s 27AC(5) and (6)
s 27AD
s 27AE
s 27AE(1)
s 27AF
s 27B
s 27B(1)
s 27B(2)
amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
s 27B(2a)
inserted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
s 27C
s 27C I—III redesignated as s 27C(a)—(c) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
27CA
s 27CA(1)
amended by 48/2000 s 17
amended by 54/2012 s 22
s 27CA(2)
public road
I—IV redesignated as (a)—(d) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
s 27D
s 27D(1)
s 27D(1a)
second sentence designated as s 27D(1a) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
s 27D(1b)
third sentence designated as s 27D(1b) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
s 27F
s 27F(2)
amended by 48/2000 s 18(a)
s 27F(5)
substituted by 48/2000 s 18(b)
s 28
substituted by 48/2000 s 19
s 28(3)
amended by 84/2009 s 183
s 29
substituted by 48/2000 s 19
deleted by 84/2009 s 184
s 29A
heading preceding s 30
s 30
Pt 2A
s 30A
s 30A(1)
amended by 5/1998 s 5
s 30A(2)—(4)
substituted by 48/2000 s 21
s 30A(5)
inserted by 48/2000 s 21
s 30AB
s 30AC
inserted by 54/2012 s 23
s 30B
s 30B(1)
amended by 54/2012 s 24
s 30B(2)
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 48
1.1.2021
s 30B(3a)
s 30B(3) second sentence amended and designated as s 30B(3a)(a)—(c) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)
s 30C
deleted by 48/2000 s 22
s 30D
s 30D(1)
amended by 48/2000 s 23(a)
s 30D(1a)
amended by 48/2000 s 23(b)
s 30D(3)
inserted by 48/2000 s 23(c)
s 30DA
s 30DA(2)
amended by 5/1998 s 6(a)
s 30DA(3)
amended by 5/1998 s 6(b)
substituted by 48/2000 s 24(a)
s 30DA(4)
s 30DA(5)
amended by 48/2000 s 24(b), (c)
s 30E
s 30E(1)
s 30E amended and redesignated as s 30E(1) by 5/1998 s 7
amended by 48/2000 s 25(a), (b)
s 30E(2)
inserted by 5/1998 s 7(c)
amended by 48/2000 s 25(c)
s 30E(3)—(6)
inserted by 5/1998 s 7(c)
s 30F
inserted by 48/2000 s 26
Pt 3
Heading preceding s 31
deleted by 48/2000 s 27
s 31
amended by 6/1982 s 3
substituted by 48/2000 s 27
s 31(3)
amended by 28/2017 s 3
s 31A
s 31A(1) and (2)
amended by 48/2000 s 28(a)
s 31A(3)
amended by 48/2000 s 28(b)
s 32
s 32(1)
amended by 36/1979 s 8(1)
1.7.1976
amended by 36/1979 s 8(2)
amended by 10/1980 s 3
1.10.1979
amended by 6/1982 s 4
amended by 30/1983 s 3
1.7.1982
amended by 36/1984 s 3
1.7.1983
amended by 62/1989 s 3
28.3.1990
amended by 48/2000 s 29(b), (c)
(c) deleted by 48/2000 s 29(a)
(f) deleted by 48/2000 s 29(b)
amended by 84/2009 s 185
ss 35 and 36
substituted by 48/2000 s 30
s 36A
deleted by 6/1982 s 5
ss 36B—39
deleted by 48/2000 s 30
Pt 3A
amended by 5/1998 s 8
substituted by 48/2000 s 31
substituted by 62/2003 s 5
s 39G
s 39G(4)
amended by 16/2013 s 52
Pt 4
s 41
substituted by 48/2000 s 32
s 41A
substituted by 48/2000 s 32
deleted by 16/2013 s 53
s 42
s 42(1)
amended by 48/2000 s 33
s 42A
inserted by 5/1998 s 9
s 42A(1)
s 42A(2)
amended by 48/2000 s 34
s 42B
inserted by 54/2012 s 25
s 43
s 43(1)
amended by 48/2000 s 35(a)
(f) deleted by 48/2000 s 35(b)
s 43(2)
amended by 5/1998 s 10
substituted by 62/2003 s 6
s 43(2a)
inserted by 62/2003 s 6
Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments
Highways (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2000
36—Transitional provision
If—
(a) the Commissioner has, in accordance with section 26 of the principal Act as in force before the commencement of this section, undertaken the maintenance or repair of a road for a term; and
(b) the term has not at that commencement expired,
the road will be taken to be the subject of a notice published in the Gazette under section 26 of the principal Act as in force after that commencement by which the Commissioner has assumed the care, control and management of the road until further notice published in the Gazette under that section.
Historical versions
Reprint No 1—15.8.1990
Reprint No 2—11.11.1991
Reprint No 3—7.5.1998
Reprint No 4—1.12.1998
Reprint No 5—9.12.1999
Reprint No 6—1.9.2000
Reprint No 7—24.11.2003
19.12.2017
1.1.2021