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Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009
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194 Road classification for the purposes of Road Management Act 2004 and naming of roads
(1) The project authority, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may do either or both of the following—
(a) classify a road declared under section 193 as—
(i) a freeway; or
(ii) an arterial road; or
(iii) a non-arterial State road; or
(iv) a municipal road; or
(b) name a road declared under section 193.
(2) In naming a road under a notice under subsection (1), the project authority must—
(a) act in accordance with the guidelines in force for the time being under the Geographic Place Names Act 1998; and
(b) advise the Registrar under that Act of the action the authority has taken under this section in relation to the naming of the road.
(3) A classification or naming of a road under this section may be included in the notice under section 193 which declares the road.
(4) A notice under subsection (1) takes effect—
(a) on the day the notice is published in the Government Gazette; or
(b) if a later date is specified in the notice, on that date.
(5) On the commencement of a notice under subsection (1), a road to which the notice applies is taken to be declared under section 14 of the Road Management Act 2004 to be a freeway, an arterial road, a non-arterial State road or a municipal road as specified in the notice.
(6) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in the Road Management Act 2004.
The project authority may, by notice under this section, amend or revoke a previous notice made under this section—see section of 41A of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984.
S. 195 substituted by No. 48/2024 s. 32.