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Highways Act 1926
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Division 4—Tolls
39J—Tolls
(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, fix a toll for vehicular access to transport infrastructure forming part of the Port River Expressway Project.
(2) The Minister may, by further notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a toll fixed under subsection (1).
(3) The toll may vary according to any one or more of the following factors:
(a) whether the vehicle is a road or rail vehicle;
(b) the gross laden mass of the vehicle;
(c) any other factor or factors stated in the notice.
(4) A toll imposed under this section—
(a) is to be collected by a project authority to whom the responsibility for collection of the toll is assigned by the Minister; and
(b) is to be dealt with in accordance with the project description.
(5) A toll is not payable in respect of—
(a) an emergency vehicle; or
(b) a vehicle owned by a person, or persons of a class, exempted by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, from the application of the toll; or
(c) a vehicle, or vehicles of a class, exempted by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, from application of the toll.
(6) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette—
(a) grant or revoke an exemption for the purposes of subsection (5); and
(b) impose conditions in respect of any such exemption.
39K—Traffic control devices and other structures
(1) A project authority may, with the Minister's approval—
(a) erect or install traffic control devices; and
(b) erect or install other structures and equipment,
that may be necessary or desirable to facilitate the collection of tolls.
(2) The provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1961 apply in relation to traffic control devices erected or installed under this section as if the project authority were an Authority authorised to install the devices under Part 2 of that Act.