16Designated road project

16 Designated road project (1) The Minister may determine that a road project is a designated road project. (2) A determination under subsection (1) may— (a) specify a road authority to which the designated road project is assigned; (b) specify a public authority or agency which is not a road authority to which the designated road project is assigned; (c) designate a project area for the purposes of the designated road project; (d) specify the period during which the determination under subsection (1) is to operate. (3) If a road authority is specified under subsection (2)(a), as from the date that the determination has effect, the specified road authority becomes the coordinating road authority and the responsible road authority for— (a) the designated road project; and (b) if a project area has been designated under subsection (2)(c), any roads in the project area. (4) If a public authority or agency which is not a road authority is specified under subsection (2)(b), as from the date that the determination has effect, the specified public authority or agency has for the purposes of this section the road management functions of a road authority and becomes the coordinating road authority and the responsible road authority for— (a) the designated road project; and (b) if a project area has been designated under subsection (2)(c), any roads in the project area. (5) The Minister must ensure that a copy of the determination under subsection (1)— (a) is published in the Government Gazette; and (b) is provided to each road authority which may be affected by the determination. (6) A determination under subsection (1) has effect from the date it is published in the Government Gazette or a later date specified in the determination. (7) The road authority to which a designated road project is assigned may enter into an arrangement under section 15. (8) If a determination relates to any public roads, the road authority affected by a determination under this section must enter the details of the determination in the register of public roads.