48JPowers of relevant authority

48J Powers of relevant authority S. 48J(1) amended by No. 45/2016 s. 6(2). (1) The relevant authority may— (a) install bus stop infrastructure and designate bus stopping points; (b) remove, relocate or modify any bus stop infrastructure installed under paragraph (a); (c) remove or relocate any bus stopping point. S. 48J(2) amended by No. 45/2016 s. 6(2). (2) The relevant authority may for the purposes of this section conduct any works which are necessary or desirable including— (a) opening and breaking up any roadway, pathway or area of roadside; and (b) temporarily stopping the traffic on any roadway, pathway or area of roadside. S. 48J(3) amended by No. 45/2016 s. 6(2). (3) In completing the works, the relevant authority must after the works are completed reinstate the roadway, pathway or area of roadside to the standard before the works were commenced— (a) as promptly as is reasonably practicable; and (b) as nearly as is reasonably practicable to an equivalent standard of quality and design; and (c) so as to ensure that any feature to assist persons with a disability is restored. S. 48J(4) amended by No. 45/2016 s. 6(3). (4) If the relevant authority has conducted works on any roadway, pathway or area of roadside, the relevant authority must bear or pay all reasonable expenses of the reinstatement of the roadway, pathway or area of roadside and any related road infrastructure for 12 months after it is restored, so far as those expenses have been incurred by conducting the works on the roadway, pathway or area of roadside. S. 48J(5) amended by No. 45/2016 s. 6(3). (5) The powers conferred on the relevant authority under this section are in addition to, and do not derogate from, any other powers conferred on the relevant authority. S. 48K inserted by No. 17/2009 s. 23.