19Closure of local highways for public functions, &c.

19 Closure of local highways for public functions, &c.

(1)  [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 89 of 2001, s. 8, Applied:17 Dec 2001] *[Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 30 of 1995, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*For a purpose in connection with a public function, or in order to facilitate work on land adjoining a local highway, a corporation may, after consulting the Commissioner of Police–

(a) close a local highway or part of a local highway in the municipality;

(b) [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 89 of 2001, s. 8, Applied:17 Dec 2001] forbid the use of a local highway or part of a local highway in the municipality by all person, or by all persons with vehicles, subject to such exceptions as the corporation considers appropriate; or

(c) [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 89 of 2001, s. 8, Applied:17 Dec 2001] subject to a resolution of the council, grant exclusive licences to occupy part of a local highway so closed for such periods and on such conditions as the corporation thinks fit.

(2)  [Section 19 Subsection (2) amended by No. 89 of 2001, s. 8, Applied:17 Dec 2001] [Section 19 Subsection (2) amended by No. 89 of 2001, s. 8, Applied:17 Dec 2001] *[Section 19 Subsection (2) amended by No. 30 of 1995, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*When practicable, a corporation shall give notice in a local newspaper circulating in the municipality of any action that it proposes to take under this section.

(3)  [Section 19 Subsection (3) amended by No. 89 of 2001, s. 8, Applied:17 Dec 2001] *[Section 19 Subsection (3) amended by No. 30 of 1995, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*The forbidding under subsection (1) (b) of the use of a local highway or part of a local highway in a municipality shall be effected by an order–

(a) published in a local newspaper circulating in the municipality; or