48EOnly one offence committed 88

48E Only one offence committed 88 48EA Notification by responsible road authority, infrastructure manager or works manager 89 48EB Notification by works contractor 90 48EC Notification by rail transport operator 91 48F Notification of road authorities before railway operations carried out 92 48G Certain offences in this Division are indictable offences 93 Division 4B—Specific provisions relating to bus stop infrastructure and tram stop infrastructure 93 48H Definitions 93 48I Application of Division 95 48J Powers of relevant authority 95 48K Offence in relation to removal, demolition or relocation 96 48L Resolution of disputes 97 48M Guidelines 97 48N Information to be provided by a municipal council 97 48O Consent of relevant authority required to install, attach or affix rubbish bin or cigarette disposal unit 98 48P Power of Head, Transport for Victoria to remove rubbish bin or cigarette disposal unit installed, attached or affixed without consent 98 Division 5—Road management plans 99 49 The making of a road management plan is voluntary 99 50 Purposes of a road management plan 99 51 Standards may be included in a road management plan 99 52 Contents of a road management plan 100 53 Power to apply, adopt or incorporate 102 54 Procedure for making or amending a road management plan 103 55 Availability of road management plan 104 Division 6—Development contributions 105 56 Development contribution 105 57 Review of required payments 106 58 State road authority may require further payment or refund excess 107 59 When payment is due 108 Part 5—Protection of roads 110 Division 1—Offences 110 60 Offences in relation to unauthorised access to roads 110 61 Offence to fail to comply with direction 111 62 Obstruction of road 111 63 Interference with a road 112 64 Failure to give notice 114 65 Compliance with conditions of written consent 114 Division 2—Controls on advertising, signs and bills on roads and road infrastructure 115 66 Written consent required for placing of specified things on a road or road infrastructure 115 67 Advertiser must disclose name of distributor 115 68 Distributor must disclose name of depositor 116 69 Person must remove structure, device, hoarding, advertisement, sign or bill if requested to do so 116 70 Court may order removal of structure, device, hoarding, advertisement, sign or bill 117 Division 3—Authorised officers 118 71AA Definition 118 71 Authorised officers 119 72 Authorised officer's identity card 121 73 Production of identity card 122 74 General powers of authorised officers 122 75 Power to enter upon any land 122 76 Power to obtain name and address 123 77 Requirement to assist authorised officer during entry 124 78 Assistance of police officer 124 79 Offence for failure to give name and address 124 80 Refusal or failure to comply with requirement or direction 124 81 Protection against self-incrimination 124 82 Offence to give false or misleading information 125 83 Offence to hinder or obstruct authorised officer 125 84 Offence to impersonate authorised officer 125 85 Entry to be reported to the appointing entity 125 86 Register of exercise of powers of entry 126 87 Complaints 126 88 Service of documents 126 89 Confidentiality 127 Division 4—Enforcement 127 90 Power to serve road management infringement notice 127 96 Institution of proceedings for offences 128 Part 6—Civil liability 130 Division 1—General 130 97 Definitions 130 98 Effect of this Part 130 Division 2—Negligence 130 99 Application of Division 130 100 Application of Part XII of Wrongs Act 1958 130 101 Principles concerning performance of road management functions 131 102 Limitations on liability of road authority 132 103 Policy defence 133 104 Liability where duty to perform and discretionary power to remedy 134 105 Defence to prove that reasonable care was taken 134 106 Matters which may be considered to constitute contributory negligence 135 Division 3—Other liability 136 107 Liability of road authority 136 108 Road authority is not liable as an occupier 136 109 Liability in relation to fencing 136 110 Limits in relation to liability for property damages 137 111 Indexation provision 138 Division 4—Liability of persons other than road authorities 140 112 Right to recover for damage to road 140 113 Duty of owner or occupier of adjoining land 141 Division 5—Claims procedure 142 114 Purpose of Division 142 115 Notice of incident 142 116 Preparation of condition report 143 Part 7—General 145 117 Power of Ministers to delegate 145 118 Power of road authority to delegate 145 119 Power of the Head, Transport for Victoria to perform road management functions on roads 146 119A Removal of stationary vehicles 146 119B Removal of abandoned property 148 120 Power of road authority to perform road management functions on arterial road 148 121 Agreement to conduct additional works 148 122 Power to charge fees 149 123 Power to charge for services 149 124 Evidentiary provisions 150 125 Resolution of disputes 151 126 Review of decision 152 127 Compensation payable by a road authority in certain circumstances 152 128 Abrogation of obsolete common law road classifications 153 129 Partial abrogation of "ratione tenure" rule 153 130 Obstruction of navigable rivers 154 132 Regulations 154 133 Application of regulations to Link road and Extension road 163 133A Application of regulations to EastLink 164 133B Application of regulations to Peninsula Link Freeway 165 133C Application of regulations to West Gate Tunnel tollway 165 133D Application of regulations to North East Link road 166 134 Application of Act in respect of the Link road and Extension road 167 134AA Application of Schedule 7 in respect of the Link road and the Extension road 169 134A Application of Act in respect of the EastLink and EastLink Corporation 171 134B Application of Schedule 7 in respect of the EastLink 173 134C Peninsula Link Freeway Corporation 175 134D Application of Act in respect of the Peninsula Link Freeway and the Peninsula Link Freeway Corporation 176 134E Application of Schedule 7 in respect of the Peninsula Link Freeway 178 134F Application of Act in respect of the West Gate Tunnel tollway and the West Gate Tunnel Corporation 180 134G Application of Schedule 7 in respect of the West Gate Tunnel tollway 182 134H Application of Act in respect of the North East Link road and the North East Link State Tolling Corporation 184 134I Application of Schedule 7 in respect of the North East Link road 186 135 Transitional and savings provisions 188 135A Acquisition of certain land for the Alphington link 188 135B Cultural and Recreational Lands Act 1963 188 Part 8—Transitional provisions—Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2019 189 136 Definitions 189 137 Application of Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 189 138 Things done by VicRoads as a road authority before commencement day 189 139 Things commenced but not completed by VicRoads as a road authority before commencement day 190 140 Superseded references 191 141 Authorised officers authorised by VicRoads continue to be authorised officers 191 Schedules 192 Schedule 1—Registers of public roads 192 Schedule 2—Management of road access 194 Schedule 3—Specific powers of State road authorities 200 Schedule 4—Specific traffic management powers of State road authorities 205 Schedule 5—Road property provisions, powers and duties 211 Schedule 5A—Specific provisions relating to the M1 Redevelopment Project 221 Schedule 6—Specific protection of roads and adjoining land powers of State road authorities 259 Schedule 7—Infrastructure and works on roads 263 Schedule 7A—Street lighting 278 Schedule 8—Road management infringements 281 Schedule 9—Transitional and savings provisions 282 Schedule 10—Further transitional and savings provisions and other provisions 285 Endnotes 287 1 General information 287 2 Table of Amendments 290 3 Explanatory details 297 **Version No.** **067** **Road Management Act 2004** **No. 12 of 2004** Version incorporating amendments as at **The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:**