Railway Construction (Maldon to Port Kembla) Act 1983
10Maintenance of roads and bridges
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10 Maintenance of roads and bridges
10 Maintenance of roads and bridges
(1) Where the scheduled work—
(a) crosses a road on the level,
(b) is carried over a road, or
(c) is carried under a road,
the maintenance of, and any future paving, kerbing, guttering, roadmaking, draining and other construction of a like or different nature in relation to, any such road—
(d) in a case to which paragraph (a) applies, up to the sleeper ends on each side of the scheduled work,
(e) in a case to which paragraph (b) applies, that is under the scheduled work, excluding the bridge or structure or any part of the bridge or structure that carries the scheduled work, and
(f) in a case to which paragraph (c) applies, that is carried over the scheduled work,
shall, after the completion of the scheduled work, be undertaken without expense to the Authority by the council (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993), the Commissioner for Main Roads or any other authority, as the case may be, that would have been responsible for the road if the scheduled work had not been constructed, notwithstanding that the road may have been or be wholly or partly vested in the Authority.
(2) Where the scheduled work is carried under a road, the whole or a portion of a bridge or structure over which the road runs, or of an approach to the bridge or structure, that is not within the land required for or for the purposes of the scheduled work as a railway may be dedicated as a public road under the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990, or as a public highway under section 81 of the Public Works Act 1912.
(3) A dedication referred to in subsection (2) of the whole or a portion of a bridge or structure over which a State highway or main road runs or of an approach to the bridge or structure shall have the same effect as if the whole or the portion, as the case may be, had been proclaimed by the Governor as a State highway or main road under the Main Roads Act 1924.
s 10: Am 1990 No 55, Sch 1; 1997 No 152, Sch 4.31 [2]; 2004 No 91, Sch 2.67.