Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009
192Compensation for affected utilities
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192 Compensation for affected utilities
(1) A project authority is liable to pay compensation in accordance with this section to a utility that has been adversely affected by the exercise of a power under section 186A(1)(a) or (b) or 186D(1)(b) or (c).
Note to s. 192(1) inserted by No. 43/2021 s. 209(3).
Section 186A(1)(a) provides for the discontinuance of a road. Section 186A(1)(b) provides for the realignment of a road. Section 186D(1)(b) provides for the temporary deviation of a road. Section 186D(1)(c) provides for the temporary deviation of traffic onto a temporary roadway or a temporarily deviated road.
S. 192(2) inserted by No. 43/2021 s. 209(2).
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the adverse effect on a utility is a lack of access to land and there is an alternative method of access to that land.
Subdivision 2—Road declaration powers
S. 193 amended by No. 8/2019 s. 113, substituted by No. 48/2024 s. 32.