19Declaration of transport areas

19 Declaration of transport areas

19 Declaration of transport areas

(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare an area specified in the order to be a transport area.

(2) The Minister may make an order under this section only if the Minister is satisfied that the order is required to enable integrated road and transport services to be provided for a major event.

(3) As soon as practicable after making an order under this section, the Minister is to cause a copy of the order to be given to the Commissioner of Police and any government agency that has any of the functions referred to in section 20 (1) in the transport area concerned.

(4) An order under this section takes effect on the day the order is published in the Gazette or on a later day specified in the order.

(5) An order under this section remains in force for the period specified in the order.